PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 80 OWNERSHIP 85 TECHNIQUE 90 NEVER AGAIN 93 WX WATCH 95 AVIONICS of AOPA members own an aircraft. ON THE WEB TIPS ON BUYING USED AIRCRAFT on AOPA Online (www.aopa.org/members/ files/guides/tipsbuy.html) No TC, no problem Owners of orphaned airplanes persevere B Y I A N J. T W O M B LY GERARD KENNEY is a typical airplane owner who owns two atypical airplanes. Since mid-2009, Kenney has owned N510AX and N558MC, a pair of Adam A500s. Kenney’s A500s are like many products of broken dreams in the aircraft marketplace—the type certificate owner has orphaned the airplanes. 80 | AOPA PILOT September 2012http://www.aopa.org/members/files/guides/tipsbuy.html http://www.aopa.org/members/files/guides/tipsbuy.html