When used airplanes turn into vintage airplanes, they’re easier on the budget but harder to own

Vintage cockpits aren’t like their ûmodern brethren: a WWII-era Piper ûJ-3 Cub.

If nothing else, aviation is all about rationalization. The Wright Brothers thought it rational to abandon a lucrative bicycle business to leap off sand dunes in North Carolina; Lindbergh considered it perfectly sane to head for Paris without the benefits of GPS or even a windshield. And if you glance into the bathroom mirror, you may see the latest generation of flying dreamer look back. That’s good, because we need more romantics willing to grasp at what’s wonderful simply for the pleasure of discovery. …