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What did the AH1 Cobras on GSA go for?
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Whitey
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I saw those earlier and got excited! They may never fly again, but they'll still look cool as **** on the ground.
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Had to be said.
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They were around $5200 yesterday morning when I looked and then quickly left that site to not be tempted.
Barrman,
You have enough scrap metal laying around to buy at least two or three of them...
All for sold today.......
1-$56,000
2-$51,475
3-$50,500
4-$42,750
On GSA you can lookup closed auctions.......If you know how.....
I don't know if they where the same ones, but four sold in Dec 2010 for around $18,000 each. Same location.
You have enough scrap metal laying around to buy at least two or three of them...
All for sold today.......
1-$56,000
2-$51,475
3-$50,500
4-$42,750
On GSA you can lookup closed auctions.......If you know how.....
I don't know if they where the same ones, but four sold in Dec 2010 for around $18,000 each. Same location.
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flyxpl
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this morning before closing I saw one around the 14,000 with I think about an hour to go .
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All went for around $50k
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So will any of those ever fly again?
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Sure, in a big enough tornado! 
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I looked at them when bidding was open, and desciption said they were parted out. I'm sure this means engines, trans, electronics, etc.? Seriously, what value would they be at $50,000.00? Cool display at a theme park or something, but are they worth that?
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I stopped bidding at $18k my goal was to seek it to a collector for like $40k since I don't live far from Olympia I said what the heck. At $50k I sat back and laughed.
They will show up on eBay I bet.
They will show up on eBay I bet.
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I was eyeballing those as well. Only 40 miles from my house. When they hit 15k I quit looking
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I would expect that 50k is actually reasonable even for a helo shell. I have seen wrecked ones go for 25K + just for components in them. I am not sure how much an engine would cost or all the particulars in getting them airworthy but I'd be willing to bet that when airworthy they could fetch well over $250K.
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I think Libya bought them...they conform with the "no-fly" rule.
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My guess is they will be display only . I would amagine the regular guy would not be given access to the parts needed to get one of these birds flying again .
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Here is an airworthy one...Hold onto your seat when you see the price.
Northwest Helicopters - Bell TAH-1P Cobra
Northwest Helicopters - Bell TAH-1P Cobra
papabear
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Ain't no guns...just good for recon??
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Heck for 1.5 million it should at least have missles, even if they are just glorified bottle rockets
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I think if you could afford the 1.5 mil, fuel, hangar maintenance...I think you could afford to arm it.Ain't no guns...just good for recon??