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The Asking Price Lie Why Listed Aircraft Values Mean Far Less Than People Think | EPISODE 31
Podcast: The Truth About the Market Host: Jason Zilberbrand, President of VREF
In aviation, one of the most trusted numbers is often the least reliable.
It shows up in listings, broker conversations, tax disputes, financing discussions, and seller expectations. It gets forwarded, quoted, screenshotted, and repeated until it starts to feel like fact.
But it isn’t.
In this episode of The Truth About the Market, Jason breaks down one of the most persistent misconceptions in aircraft transactions: the idea that an asking price tells you what an aircraft is actually worth. Because in aviation…
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