If you want an old-school warbird, this is one of the cheapest options.īuilt in Romania from 1977-1998, the Yak 52 was a training plane in the former Soviet Unio/n.Ī lot of them have been bought by private owners and it’s not uncommon to see a few up for sale at any given time. You’ll absolutely need a few million dollars to get your hands on one of these military planes ( one located in California, which claims to be the only privately-owned one capable of flying, is currently going for $1.5 million).

Credit: Platinum Fighter Sales/Trade-A-Plane It’s also very, very fast, with a top speed of Mach 2.23. It’s seen action everywhere from Vietnam to Afghanistan but is also still in service with the Iranian, South Korean, Greek and Turkish air forces. Originally made as a fighter-bomber and a high-speed interceptor, it’s a deadly jet. If you want one that fully works and is fully capable of supersonic flight, expect about $850,000. If you just want a decorative piece to stick outside your house, expect to pay not much more than $30,000. Credit: Keith Charlot/Platinum Fighter Sales These jets are capable of flying at just over twice the speed of sound and have an iconic stubby-winged design that’s made it an aviation classic. These planes have a reputation as a ‘widowmaker’ thanks to various deadly crashes in West Germany.īut the plane has been safely flown in private hands for decades now. Want a fighter jet? How about the infamous F-104 Starfighter. It will cost you about $250,000 to buy one. You also get modern gadgets like the ones you’d find in a jet airliner. The BT-67 gets modern turboprop engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney Canada and has fuselage modifications to make it stronger, more stable and able to carry more cargo. There are modern upgrades by a group called Basler – which turns it into the mighty BT-67. It’s huge inside and can take plenty of passengers or heavy cargo. They’re tough, dependable and easy to maintain.Īnd you can take off from even the toughest airstrips. These have been around for 80+ years and there’s a very good reason why. I can’t make a list of military planes without mentioning the C-47. You could end up paying just shy of a million dollars for a really good warbird. Credit: Platinum Fighter Sales/Controller It’s a tough, dependable helicopter that can carry passengers and cargo with aplomb, something that has made them useful for a wide variety of roles from medical evacuation and disaster relief to close air support as a helicopter gunship. There’s more than 16,000 and, although they’re no longer used by the US army, you can find them operating everywhere from Albania to Zambia. The Iroquois (also named the Huey due to its original designation of HU-1) was the first turbine-powered helicopter to be produced for the US military. One type of military helicopter that often ends up falling into private hands is the Bell UH-1H. There’s plenty of ex-military fixed-wing aircraft around, but what about ex-military helicopters? Well, you can get those just as easily too!

READ MORE: The world’s biggest Hummer is as long as a humpback whale Credit: JetLease/ControllerĪn early 1960s C-130E like this one here will set you back anywhere from $12 million to $15 million. The Hercules can also take off and land on short and unpaved landing strips, something that’s really impressive considering the aircraft’s size!

The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft ever (it’s been in production for more than 60 years!). Well, believe it or not, it’s not too impossible to get your hands on older models of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules! Having a nimble warbird or an ultra-fast fighter jet might be all well and good, but what if you need to haul some serious cargo? MiG 29s are few and far between when it comes to finding them for sale, but I did manage to find one from 1986 that’s going for an eye-watering $4,650,000! 2. Some were even inherited by the current German Luftwaffe after the reunification of Germany, although those aircraft have now mainly been sold to Poland. It’s also one of Russia’s most popular export aircraft, operated by air forces in India (the first international customer for the aircraft), Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Iraq, Libya and Sudan among others. The MiG-29 has been around for a while (it was originally designed to go up against the now fairly ancient F-15 and F-16!).īut the late Soviet-era jet can still keep up with the current gen of frontline fighter jets. READ MORE: Top Gun: Maverick’s epic new trailer hints at fall-out from original pl ot

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