I used Google and simply searched "airplanes for sale" because I figured it would be interesting to see what came up with this search. Also to have some sort of basis of understanding for the pricing of early aircraft in relation to today's. I was quite surprised at how many different sites appeared. From Controller.com to trade-a-plane.com to hondajet.honda.com there were so many options just based off three words typed into a search engine. The availability of planes commercially is astonishing as compared to how it was even less than 80 years ago. I was half expecting to find an Amazon.com-like service where one could order a plane online and get it shipped to your front porch. As crazy as that sounds, imagine what an aviator of the early 1900's would have said to all the advances we have now.
One of the sites I visited was offering planes crafted in Switzerland. It is amazing how the internet has had such a huge impact on networking and pulling places together much like air travel has.
They went on to market each plane down to the features; it was almost like car shopping! Controler.com offers buyers and sellers the chance to post for free either what they are selling or what they are looking to buy. You can finds listings from everywhere with information on each plane. There were links to find parts, salvage aircraft, and even leasing opportunities. Aircraft raged from military, agricultural, to amphibious planes. The site even included forecasts, radars, and a quick search for exactly what you were looking for.
I couldn't believe that it was so simple to just search from home for the right plane for you. Of course it isn't that easy to be allowed to fly it... but the fact that we have such resources today and connections to all over. You do not even have to have the "right connections" to the aviation world as long as you have internet! Even though not realistic, this really shows the potential to put a plane in every American garage as dreamed of in the industry in the 1940s
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