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Essentially, it's a rare variant (relatively) of a twin engined airplane. Beech still makes them, but the new G58 is almost 1.5-2million bucks. To have one in this condition from the USFS is a bit insane. Even if it needs a little spit and polish, it would also need to have it's dataplates and serial changed.
Which, mind you, is legal if you do it right. You essentially trade the identity of one airframe for another. We'd just need to find a wrecked 58P that still could be registered with the FAA and swap plates. As far as the records show, our 58P would become the wrecker, and the wrecker would become the flying one. Had a teacher do it with a ground loop Cessna 170 (another rare bird) and the FAA said "...Ok. You're good."
I dunno.. I just wanted to share all of this because I kinda fell in love with the old bird when I came to the college. If they ever sell it, I'm going to tackle these with the FAA and hopefully get a sick turbocharged airplane for cheap. You think a vette sounds sick up close, just stand next to a 520ci aircraft motor..
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