A Super Cruiser With Super Powers? Aka, The Funniest Airplane-For-Sale Ad We‘ve Ever Seen

Despite the humor and hilarious candor, it looks like a pretty nice plane.

Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
Ty Ferkin's Super Cruiser for sale.
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Key Takeaways:

  • Ty Ferkin from Caldwell, Idaho, is selling his Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser.
  • The sales ad is notably humorous and self-deprecating, describing the aircraft as a rugged bush plane that will transform the buyer into a "fearless bush pilot."
  • Ferkin jokingly guarantees the plane can land and take off from any Idaho backcountry strip with "Creek" in its name, despite its unwashed state and mismatched control surfaces.
  • The article commends the ad for its entertainment value and unique, witty sales pitch, regardless of the plane's availability.
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Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
Ty Ferkin’s Super Cruiser for sale.

Ty Ferkin from Caldwell, Idaho, is selling his Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. And it’s not just any Super Cruiser. To hear the owner’s view on it, he’s amazed it ever managed to get from Point A to Point B, at least with him as the pilot. But this plane will change your life, and he insists, “You’ll be the living embodiment of those bush pilots we see in the movies. Fearless, not even noticing that their bird hasn’t been washed in 8 years, or that not a single control surface is the same color.” And he further claims that this PA-12 is “Guaranteed to land and take off from any strip in the Idaho backcountry with the word ’Creek’ in the name.”

We don’t know if the plane is still available but thank goodness the ad is. Thanks for the grins, Ty!

Funny Facebook Aircraft Ad
Ad for Aircraft for Sale by Ty Ferkin.

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