Description:

1/8th Shares Available - Varga 2150A Kachina in outstanding condition based at Perth, EGPT in Scotland.

G-BPVK is one of only 3 Varga’s flying in the UK with the vast majority of the 150 or so examples built remaining in the US where they were manufactured from 1975 until 1982.
VK benefited from a full bare metal respray in 2021 including main gear overhaul + new fuel and oil hoses at a cost of Approx £15k.

The Varga is an exceptionally simple but delightful aircraft to fly with outstanding all round visibility and very light and crisp handling, often described as like flying a baby warbird. The Varga gives an excellent mix of short field performance & climb rate as well as a respectable cruise speed making it a fantastic all rounder. There is a large baggage area behind the rear seat and with 130 litres fuel capacity giving almost 4hrs range at 110kts there is plenty of scope for touring with one of the previous owners having flown it extensively around Europe.

Having been a factory built aircraft the Varga also doesn’t suffer from typical W&B issued encountered with many LAA types having an empty weight of 551kg, a MTOW of 824kg leaving 273kg of useful load.

VK was clearly cherished by her previous owners having been exceptionally well equipped for an LAA aircraft with a Garmin GNS 430, VOR/ILS, DME, ADF etc (all working) in addition to a retrofitted wireless Aeolus AHARS system allowing a full EFIS display on any tablet. VK also has PilotAware installed which gives ADSB traffic and in flight weather.

Some good reviews of the type can be found here:

https://www.planeimpressions.com/post/varga-kachina-2150a
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/april/pilot/budget-buy-varga-kachina
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/buyers-guide/six-light-single-engine-planes-they-totally-need-to-bring-back/

Further details:

G-BPVK 1977 Varga 2150A Kachina
Lycoming 0320-A2C (150hp) with fixed pitch metal prop
2464 TTAF, TTE 1760 SMOH (rising as in regular use)
Typical cruise speeds (real world) as follows:
2350 rpm (65% econ cruise) = 105ts IAS = 9 USG per hr
2450 rpm (75% perf cruise) = 110kts IAS = 10 USG per hr
Empty weight 551kg, MTOW of 824kg
273kg of useful load with excellent W&B loading range.
LAA Permit until 30th July 2026

VK has been with her current owners for last 4 years and now offering shares due to purchase of another aircraft and our preference being to continue flying her rather than selling.

VK is currently hangered at EGPT, Perth Scone and monthly cost would be £60 per month which covers Hangarage, insurance and fixed annual maintenance costs.

Dry rate would be £40 Per hr with free landings at Perth.

Price: £5000