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OH, come on, Jared. You're such a party pooper.

I like talking about tailwheels.

Careful, Jared!

I do see the smiley face, but "Forum Police" don't seem to last too long on a forum like this! It's more of an open ended conversation here, ...... not a structured debate with referee's and judges! Yuck!

TD
Me too, me too, (obviously) ...

When I got the FAA CD on the airplane there was not a clear paper work trail. I don't know if the Canadian records ever find their way into the FAA data base or not. Plus, the seller plead ignorance of the airplane's history. I never even saw the airplane so I don't know if the work was shoddy or not. I might have tried to unravel the paper trail if the conversion was done in the US, but I just waited for something else to come along.

Geo.

Cut Jared some slack, here, After all, he's only flown those planes that have a wheel stuck up their noses!

He's never experienced the thrill of flaring for landing and having the nose block your forward vision right at the moment you need it most, or the adrenalin rush of dancing on the rudders, tryin' to keep the nose aligned down the runway while a crosswind gust is doing it's best to blow you into the weeds at the side of the runway...

or the joy of touching down in a friend's cowpasture in the early morning - and taxiing to his house for a cup of coffee.

Gimme a TD any day.

"Grace and Style are All"

There's a flip-side to Canadian-registered planes. Our Canadian brethren can confirm or correct me, but I understand that when a plane is registered in Canada it is given a new set of logbooks. All of maintenance in Canada must be recorded in the Canadian logbooks, not continued in the originals. For the most part, the original logbooks cease being important - Transport Canada is only interested in the Canadian logs. With no requirement to keep the original U.S. logs, why bother remembering in which attic or 'circular file' they're stored? Registering an airplane in Canada is one way to launder the logbooks of a plane with a checkered history.

Interesting, ....Very interesting. I'd beware if buying an airplane, in Canada, that had previously been registered in the U.S. I also would be suspect, that if the plane had a "checkered history" in the U.S., It's logs would be missing. Or laundered, as you present it.

Sorry guys to raise some crap I do appolgise and was fully aware I may step on somebody's feet.... But guys comeon we trying gettting into 2 now 3 differnt subjects when guy simply asked what is 150 is worth. I think thats what this orginal disscussion was about I cant remember now, because we all (including myself) have turned into something completly off topic. Sorry never met to hurt anybodys feelings but Im finding this happening more and more and bottom line is at the end there is no answer. As for the information of the indivudal I have been flying in bush planes (cubs,super cubs, Cessna 180/185, Beaver, turbo beaver, Otters, twin otters, and so on both on skis and water) in northern Saskatchewan since I was in diapers. I also have had the chance to fly a 180 couple times and have the idea whats involved. But anycase everybody has there own favorite plane....

As you can see, Jared, the original question concerning the worth of a tailwheel equiped 150 (or any other aircraft) has many answers, depending on a seemingly endless number of variables!

Any airplane is worth what we are willing to pay for it on any given day! Our only hope in preventing not being "had" is knowledge! You get that from asking questions (research) and listening to the answers! While this thread seemed to go "off topic", it is all pertinent information pertaining to owning and flying tailwheel aircraft ..... which takes you back to the original question!

well Ive been knowen to be wrong I now keep quite