The story behind this comes from Paul Mantz's purchase of 475 surplus aircraft for $55,425.68.įor those of you who have never heard it, story goes that he made back his purchase price in fuel still aboard the aircraft. You lose $ 12667 :diablo: :eek: :diablo: :eek: P51 269 Gallons internal + 2 droptanks = 490 Gallon = $ 146ī25 974 Gallons internal + droptank = 1489 = $ 446 P38 410 Gallons internal + 2 droptanks = 1010 Gallon = $ 303 Interesting in the thread : Scrapyard Photos Any More? page 23 post by Mondariz are listed some prices of surplus US aircraft in 1946Ĭar fuel price in 1946 were 20 cent per Gallon, so let's asume you would pay 30 cent for high octane fuel. In a lot of aircraft forums the story goes that the people buying those surplus aircraft were very smart persons because the fuel still onboard was more worth than the purchase price.
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