A 1973 Traveler With a Recent Overhaul and an IFR Panel: The Short Trip, Priced Small

A 1973 Grumman American AA-5 Traveler is up for sale with an upgraded engine that has logged relatively few hours since its last overhaul, and a Garmin GPS approved for instrument flight. It has one piston engine, and for this airplane that's the point. An owner who is used to turbine hours and maintenance programs needs to look at only two things here: how much time the engine has left before its next overhaul, and whether the panel can handle an instrument clearance. Flying's marketplace editors picked it as a practical airplane for regular short trips, the kind you'd rather not put on the jet's logbook.

With reporting from Flying.