I’m brokering for a friend a 2002 Columbia 300, N-regd and based Europe (France – Italy) .
At $149K, it’s by far the lowest priced Columbia on the world market – owner is motivated to move it !
Listed on Planecheck here : http://www.planecheck.com?ent=da&id=25972
Saw that go on sale yesterday – very nice, and have forwarded ad to someone who may be interested. Sorry for my ignorance, but it is this an experimental or a certified a/c?
Am I correct that this cannot stay in any one EU country for more than about 1 month (if non-CofA)?
The Columbia 300 is fully Certified in the Utility Category – BETTER than Cirrus that is just “Normal Category” !
Peter why would this be “cannot stay in any one EU country for more than about 1 month (if non-CofA)?” ?
That was my mistake.
This appears to be a certified aircraft (ICAO compliant CofA) so no issues with basing it anywhere in Europe.
The only country I know of which tries to block long term parking of N-regs is Denmark.
In fact, the Columbia/Cessna line are the ONLY SEP airplanes in the world to hold a rugged FAR Part 23 Utility Category certification.
Which didn’t really help in making it a success…;-)
True Bosco, and as a matter of fact, it might have even contributed to it’s early demise since the cost to certify to that level was staggering .
