Restoring an old airplane is the same proposition for the kind of craftsman who is honest with himself. The work itself is the reward. Standing in a quiet shop on a Saturday morning with a piece of spruce in one hand and a glue brush in the other, fitting a new wing rib into a fixture that has not held a wing rib in eighty years, is its own kind of payment.

But that wasn't my last encounter with Marla or her biplane. The very next year, sitting in my hotel room, bored, in advance of a business meeting, I was scrolling through the Barnstormer ads when her name jumped off the page. The UPF 7 was for sale again!

Recently, I wrote an article about some things I think antique airplane buyers ought to consider when setting a price and selling a plane. I think turnabout is fair play, and here are some thoughts on how to be a great buyer and someone a seller of a treasured antique airplane ought to want to sell to.