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Hopefully you mean “flyable” condition.
Flying means airborne.
Get caught flying it, even a low hover, without the required paperwork, etc and you’ll wish you never saw it.
Saw a guy do that with a Huey.
Restored to flyable condition and had almost zero paperwork for work done as it was for “ground only display”.
No AWC, etc.
Idiot hovered it within sight of a US Customs Hanger and the airport control tower.
Aviation is a small community and the whole airport knew what the Huey was intended for.
FAA was there bright and early next morning.
It did not end well for the guy.
Buying a surplus aircraft is cheap.
Getting it flying is very expensive.
Both Flying condition and FAA Airworthiness Certificate is extremely expensive.
You can get a decent BlackHawk Helicopter for under $500K, but you’ll spend millions getting all the inspections and overhauls and replacing timed out components.
Just one main rotor blade is $75,000.
Not one set......1 blade.
Price adds up fast.
Flying means airborne.
Get caught flying it, even a low hover, without the required paperwork, etc and you’ll wish you never saw it.
Saw a guy do that with a Huey.
Restored to flyable condition and had almost zero paperwork for work done as it was for “ground only display”.
No AWC, etc.
Idiot hovered it within sight of a US Customs Hanger and the airport control tower.
Aviation is a small community and the whole airport knew what the Huey was intended for.
FAA was there bright and early next morning.
It did not end well for the guy.
Buying a surplus aircraft is cheap.
Getting it flying is very expensive.
Both Flying condition and FAA Airworthiness Certificate is extremely expensive.
You can get a decent BlackHawk Helicopter for under $500K, but you’ll spend millions getting all the inspections and overhauls and replacing timed out components.
Just one main rotor blade is $75,000.
Not one set......1 blade.
Price adds up fast.