This is one area of the aviation world I didn’t ever consider I would become involved with. Its normally the reserve of the salesman or insurance types. However as it has turned out, it is both interesting and very challenging. You may have heard of the “Aircraft Blue Book”. A great tool for this task, even if it does take some time to master how to drive it. But like all good tools it has a few missing features. ie: Not all aircraft types are covered therein. Needless to say my first adventure into this minefield was littered with non-blue book types. So I had to develop my own logical and transparent tools. So if you need an unbiased, logical and detailed aircraft valuation, I’m your man. 

Now not everyone can afford airfares etc to get their pride and joy valued so I have developed a nifty way to address these client needs. I give them a detailed checklist of required data and photos. They collect those and burn them onto a CD and post that to me. Within a few days and for a very low cost I will give a certified valuation based on the data supplied. Sort of like a “Desk top” valuation but with the log book data and aircraft photos next best thing to touching the metal.