Economical Time Builder?

[fukhar]

Hello again - I am looking into purchasing an economical (annual, fuel insurance and maintenance - wise) time builder. 2 seaters are fine, but i only know of 150/152's. airplane must be IFR equipped because i want to get my instrument rating on it. preferably at or under 20K, the lower the better obviously. i just want to buy a plane, put 200-300 hours on it and sell it..

open to suggestions - thank you!

 

[Jim Logajan]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/rvs/2440820098.html

Lots of cheap aircraft out there..

I notice that older IFR panel layouts rarely conform to the 6-pack layout of later panels:

For example, there is this layout on a '68 Mooney:

Can those with IFR ratings provide some insight on whether there are any learning issues with buying a plane with "non-standard" panel layouts and first learning on that? Is it a big scanning re-learning hassle to move from one layout to another, or not a big deal?

 

[Jim Logajan]

Tipped ??? WTH ?

Oh oh. Just found this:

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=155870