So long Citabria

The Champ was getting a little neglected... not maintenance wise, we took great care of her.  In fact she just got a brand new prop.  I was quite surprised to see her gain an additional 15 mph from it too!  It was revealed at the annual that the old prop was a seaplane prop and was actually 1/4 inch too long for the size tires we had.  We either had to get the bigger tundra tires or swap the prop, so we got a brand new Hartzell which seemed to boost the speed.  That plus an extensive annual and we even got a brand new rudder from American Champion.  The plane was dialed in...   the neglect was my partners neglecting to fly it.

One partner who also flies a TBM 850 added up his share of the bill for the year, and divided it by the 1.5 hours he flew the plane and decided it cost more to run the Champ than his TBM.  Long story short, my partners wanted out.  In truth I've gotten quite busy myself with real life, especially work, and so the days of hopping on out to the airport for a turn around the patch and a lunch run have greatly diminished.  In short, it was time to sell.  On the bright side, we got a great price for her and didn't lose any money (other than routine maintenance and hangar, gas etc).  She was a great plane in near perfect condition and I'll miss having a tail dragger to fly now and then!