1951 Chance Vought F4U Corsair<\/strong>: $3,450,000<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\nThis aircraft was designed and operated mainly as a carrier aircraft when it was mass-produced for the U.S. Navy in late 1944 early 1945. It quickly became the most capable of carrier-fighter planes in WWII. It was later used during the Korean War from 1942-1953 making it the longest-running of U.S. fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How Much Would You Spend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n The most expensive aircraft available is the 1960 Lockheed C-130 E Hercules going for $15,000,000<\/strong>. This plane could hold 92 passengers, 64 airborne troops, 74 litter patients, a 5 person medical crew, 6 pallets, 2-3 Humvees, 2 M113 armored personal carriers, and one CAESAR self-propelled howitzer. Holy moly what a mouth full. With under 60 years under the C-130, The Hercules is the longest-produced military plane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The number 6th plane on what is available is going to be the 1951 Cessna L-19 305F Bird Dog<\/strong>. This plane is the least expensive you can buy as it goes for about $149,000<\/strong> as this was what the military was looking for when it came to adjustable artillery fire and performing liaison duties. It was also modified to help aid in service during both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWith all this said, you’re looking to spend roughly about $2-$4 million<\/strong> on a surplus military aircraft. Auctions are common for the retired planes or there’s always a better chance you can haggle with other sellers to claim the plane’s seat as your own. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIt would be useful to make friends or acquaintances with those who own military planes and have been in the business for a while. It is always good to get an insider’s perspective when looking to buy something as expensive as an airplane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There aren’t really any cheap collectibles in the world of hobbies but it’s still fun to at least look around to see what options are out there, regardless of whether or not you can afford them. I do truly wish you the best of luck if you still have your heart set on sailing the skies with a nostalgic treasure of our war history aircraft. Happy shopping and may the prices be ever in your favor!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Owning a military plane would be the most exciting purchase of a lifetime. However, the real question is whether or not it’s able to be functional to fly and if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3030,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions\/3030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/militaryexcess.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}