Darren Nix

Update - sold it all to somebody from this group - thanks. I traded in my Ovation for a Lancair Evolution so I've got some gear to sell. Make me a fair offer and it's yours. I can ship to you or pick up in Austin, TX. Minimax Electric Tug. Purchased in 2023 for $1699.95 AIRTRAC 600-6 6PLY Nose Tire. Part #: 06-08500 Mfr Part #: AA1E4 Still in packaging. Purchased in 2023 for $118.00. Phillips 66 20W50 X/C Aviation Oil 10 of 12 Quarts in case remaining Purchased in 2024 for $118.57 Wellue O2 Pulse Oximeter Fits as a ring around finger so it can be worn continuously while flying and alerts when oxygen saturation drops below 80/85/90 Purchased in 2023 for $229 PIVOT Articulating Claw Mount - Medium Claw Purchased in 2023 for $65 Air vent covers Free if you buy something else.

I’m in Austin and selling my 2007 M20R. Put up some info here. N678JC.

I'm around 175 TAS at high altitude.

Yes, I normally cruise between 12-14 GPH. If it's an especially long trip with favorable winds, I'll sometimes climb up to 15-16,000 on oxygen to get better fuel numbers. Cruised at 200 knots GS at 12.8 gph on my last trip back from Denver to Austin.

$339K. Fuel tanks are 102 gallons. So it's really a 2-person plane if you want to take off with full tanks. With 4 people, I take off with 50 gallons, which is ~3 hours plus reserves.

I've flown her 120 hours in the last 4 months and enjoyed every minute, but I got the chance to hop into a turbine and I jumped. Logbooks, videos, and more photos here: https://n678jc.webflow.io/ Price: $349K Engine & Airframe Built in 2007 310hp Engine Upgrade STC Continental IO-550-G 1,150 hours since new (engine and airframe) 2,000 hour engine TBO Serial 29-0463 Avionics G1000 with WAAS Garmin Synthetic Vision Garmin GFC-700 Autopilot Garmin GTX-345R Remote Transponder with ADS-B In and Out Garmin GDL-69A Weather DataLink Avidyne Active Traffic Avoidance System Landing Height System Announces the height to touchdown like an Airbus. No more guessing when to flare at night. "200 feet. 100 feet. 50 feet. 10 feet. 5 feet." The Landing Height System by Microkit uses two eye-safe lasers mounted in the wing utility panel to measure the true height above the runway rather than using GPS or altimeter. Can be turned off from the cockpit. Ice protection TKS 'Weeping Wing' De-Icing System Certified for Flight Into Known Ice (FIKI) 2 hour capacity at normal flow; 1 hour at max Other Dual alternators (mandatory for FIKI systems) Factory oxygen system with 115cf capacity Dual batteries 101 gallon Fuel tank AMSAFE Inflatable Restraints (Airbags) Speedbrakes Prop Hartzell 3-Blade TopProp Overhauled at 1,000 hours; 150 hours SOH Maintenance No damage history Next annual is due in May, 2024 Maintained at Don Maxwell Aviation in Longview, TX

The average T-hangar is 1,000 sqft. The price estimates I've seen to build one range from $30-150 per square foot. Keep in mind, $150-200/sqft is what you can build a modest house for so I'm guessing the real number is more in the $100/sqft range. So we're talking $1M investment. Given the length of the 9-year backlog e.g. Georgetown, I think you'd still have a long waitlist of people willing to pay $1,000/month. That's an 8.3 year payback period. Those are better numbers than you'd get in residential or commercial construction by a wide margin.

Given the long waiting list all the Austin area airports, there's a lot of money to be made for whoever builds some new hangars to rent them out... curious why nobody's jumping on that windfall opportunity?