The second airplane I owned was a 1978 Grumman Tiger, N28718, in the late 80's. It was the first low wing airplane I ever flew. A really fun little airplane. I bought it for $28,000 and sold it in August of 1990 for $30,000 to Harold Fischer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Fischer).


I see Tigers every week. I live at the airpark where Fletchair is located. (https://fletchair.com/)

The more I think about this low time Tiger, the price isn't crazy. It's going to take the right buyer for sure, You can zero time an engine or re-do a panel on any airplane, but you can't zero-time an airframe on a Tiger or most other airplanes. If it has been hangared it's whole life and has no damage history or corrosion, what would a new Tiger sell for today, if they were being made? $500,000 minimum if a Cessna 172 sells for $450,000.

To put it in perspective, how much of a premium would an always hangared 27 hour 1990 Mooney 252 or a 1997 Mooney Encore sell for today, even if it had the original panel?

Yup, I learned to fly in the AA5A at Fletcher Aviation when they were located at Houston Hobby.

Maybelle was my DPE and signed my ticket.

I remember those days! I was an avionics tech for various shops at Hobby and used to work on planes at Fletcher

When I owned the Tiger I was in North Dakota and used to buy parts from Mr. Fletcher in Houston. Now I'm at the same airpark as Fletchair, which David Fletcher the son owns.