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CHRISTEN EAGLE II

Name: CHRISTEN EAGLE II
Brand: Biplane
Price: 95950 USD
Availability: InStock

1993 Biplane

Torrance, CA Listed today

About this aircraft

$95,950 · READY FOR A NEW HOME · After 17 wonderful years of ownership and countless memories with this incredible airplane, I’ve come to the difficult realization that it’s not being flown enough. Work and a young family haven't left much time to keep it warmed up. It’s time to pass it on to someone who will truly enjoy flying it as much as I have. Built in 1993 TT 1703.3, annual Oct 2024 Top wing rebuilt in 2010 AEIO-360A1D, 897.7 SMOH 4-into-1 exhaust with silencer cone Whirlwind 200C Prop, 75 SPOH MGL Avionics Voyager EFIS with full EMS, taxi camera GTX327 xpdr, EchoUAT ADS-B 2 Softie Parachutes Located at KTOA

Specifications

Year: 1993
Total time (TTAF): 1,703 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 898 hrs
Engine: AEIO-360A1D
Annual due: Oct 2024

Avionics & panel

Glass panel

Integrated glass display. Verify WAAS GPS and autopilot details with the owner for IFR use.

Glass panelADS-B Out

MGL Avionics Voyager EFIS with full EMS
taxi camera
GTX327 xpdr
EchoUAT ADS-B

Equipment list extracted from the seller's description. Verify with logbooks before purchase.

How this stacks up

2 in this listing's favor1 to ask about

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
Annual may be overdue
The listing states the annual was due Oct 2024 — confirm the aircraft has a current annual before you commit
Engine has life left
1,102 hrs to TBO (55% of the 2,000-hr Lycoming IO-360 interval remaining) — an overhaul is well down the road
Glass panel
Integrated glass display. Verify WAAS GPS and autopilot details with the owner for IFR use.
4/5 key specs
Most key specs are provided; verify any missing details with the seller

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Engine Life

Based on 898 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 2,000 hr TBO for the Lycoming IO-360.

1,102 hrsto TBO

55% of TBO remaining

≈ 21 years to overhaul at its historical pace

1,102hrs left ÷ this aircraft's ~52 hrs/yr average. A rough projection — your own flying rate will change the timeline.

Engine reserve budget~$1,300/yr · ~$13/hr

Estimated overhaul cost ($26,000) spread over 2,000 hr TBO at 100 hrs/yr — a rule of thumb, not a quote.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 1,703 hrs total time across ~33 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈52 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 52 hrs/year over ~33 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Annual inspection

Required every 12 calendar months. Read off the listing's stated annual-due date — confirm against the logbooks.

Oct 2024Verify

Annual inspection may be overdue

The listing states the annual was due Oct 2024, about 22 months ago — confirm the aircraft has a current annual, and budget ~$2,500 if it still needs one.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Engine reserve from the panel above is folded into the split. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$2,022/mo$24,260/yr

≈ $243 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$95,950 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $9,260 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$95,950	$2,022/mo	$24,260/yr
1/2 share	$47,975	$1,511/mo	$18,130/yr
1/3 share	$31,983	$1,341/mo	$16,087/yr
1/4 share	$23,988	$1,255/mo	$15,065/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection, engine reserve) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$95,950

Listing trust

2/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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