One staple of 1990s aviation journalism—a dubious one, I might add—is that used airplanes were appreciating so fast that if you bought one, the gains realized when you sold it would pay for it. In other words, if we tired of flogging the runway turnback argument, we could always rustle up some numbers to show airplanes were a good investment. And here’s where I toss the editorial head back and collapse in paroxysms of snorting, coffee-spewing laughter.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/airplane-sales-go-haywire