Show USED PLANE MARKET BECOMES A PROBLEM rapid stride in design make craft obsolete chicago the airplane Bir plane distributor at the average airport Is rapidly ap at lne the impasse which was the bugbear of so many automobile deal ere ers a few year years back that t in the exchanging new planes for old on an equitable basis while the aircraft industry has thus far tar eluded the used car problem it has only been because of tha lack of markets for or used planes ro so constant are the made in airplane plane construction and plants that places planes having lived less jess than one fifth of their average lives are already be comin obsolete their owners would be ready prospects for new ships if there were some way of making an equitable trade on ali the old ones several enterprising dealers hare have been studying the problem and here and there one has bad had the courage to emulate bis his brother of the automotive arlo motive field by taking the old plane as part payment oo 00 the new he ile then rebuilds the old chip ship and either uses it himself or stores it away until some buyer comes clung along who Is unwilling to buy a new plana place 10 10 standard yet has been esta established blo whereby the value of a used airplane can con be judged this Is probably due to the lack of uniformity in the construction of the various types of 0 new ships one pilot may like one and another another without regard for the superiority rity of newer models the point Is argued by the mall pilots many of whom still prefer the old liberty motored ships to the more mod ern planes which are faster and more table stable they say ay that they are used to the older type and as to its Us reliability in the opinion of many older pilots it Is just as well that there are not many umed planes for sale too many they say ay would them io ua cheap that irresponsible people would be at grated only to birt b themselves and the industry as ri i whole if it the plane plans remains in the hands of the original owner however they say he will wear it out in perfect safety knowing its idiosyncrasies and guarding against them |