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Why use SkyMachines?
Four BIG words:
"
Full Disclosure" & "Satisfaction Guaranteed"


"Full Disclosure"--Two words you won't hear from most aircraft broker/dealers.
To the contrary, the aircraft resale industry has traditionally followed the same "let the buyer beware" principle followed by creepy used car lots. Not here: We promise to tell you everything we know about every airplane we sell.

"Satisfaction Guaranteed"--Two more words you don't hear in this business. If you're not satisfied with the purchase or service you receive from us, we'll refund as much of your money as it takes to make you happy. We want you to come back to SkyMachines when it's time to sell the airplane you bought from us. And we want you to buy and sell with us again and again. We can only survive if our customers are 100% satisfied. Period.

We believe the old "buyer beware" principle should be done away with for good:

  • We follow a rigid Code of Ethics developed by the business jet and turboprop-oriented National Aircraft Resale Association...we're the only piston aircraft dealer to do so.

  • We apply the best of the proven business practices of the real estate industry to aircraft sales...after all, airplanes often cost as much as houses, and a lot more can go wrong with them. These practices include: Full Disclosure, independent evaluations, certified appraisals, pre-sale inspections, title search, escrow services, and written contracts.

What we mean by "Full Disclosure:"

  • The most detailed aircraft spec sheets anywhere, with an incredible amount of information. (Click here for a sample.)
  • For airplanes we own (and most of those we broker for other owners), a complete certified aircraft appraisal by a member of the National Aircraft Appraisers Association who has no relationship to SkyMachines. (Although SkyMachines does appraisals, we will not appraise aircraft in which we have an interest.) The appraisal is your guarantee that the airplane is worth what we say it is. You can literally "take it to the bank." In addition to the appearance and fair market value of the aircraft, the appraiser will check for AD compliance, logbook completeness, and records of damage history.
  • Honest disclosure of any known maintenance defects or damage history.
  • Honest disclosure of any sales of the aircraft which have failed in the last 90 days, with the reasons for the failed sale. 
  • For airplanes we own (and most of those we broker for other owners), a copy of the pre-sale inspection by a certified mechanic. This inspection covers, at a minimum: airframe corrosion inspection; damage history check; cylinder compression test; boroscope of cylinders to check for rust, oil and valve condition; inspect oil filter for metal particles; and an engine oil analysis by a licensed laboratory.  
  • Copies of the most recent aircraft logbooks.
  • Copies of the title search.
  • Copies of our search for records of the aircraft in the FAA and NTSB accident/incident databases.

To further protect you:

  • We insist on using written legal documents for every step of the purchase process.
  • We accept purchase deposits via credit card and PayPal (a 3% service charge applies)
  • We transfer all purchase deposits into an escrow account at an independent, licensed, bonded aircraft escrow service in Oklahoma City
  • We agree to utilize arbitration by AOPA Legal Service Plan attorneys in the unlikely event of a dispute (we've never needed this service).

To our knowledge, no other broker/dealer takes all of these important steps to protect you.

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SkyMachines,
The Airplane Store
®
"Buy, Sell, Trade, Trust."

Contact:
Marc C. Coan, CEO
Tel: 1-888.651.2257 
Fax: 1-866-896-5551
Email: marc@SkyMachines.com

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