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Fractionals for Small Airplanes: Part II

Fractional ownership for small planes
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The article explores the author's positive experience with fractional ownership of a new small aircraft (OurPlane) as a viable alternative to traditional ownership or renting, offering access to a nicer plane with fewer maintenance burdens.
  • A primary concern, airplane availability, has been largely satisfied, with the aircraft consistently accessible when needed, despite minor issues like an inconvenient base relocation and initial scheduling quirks.
  • Overall, the author finds the experience to be positive, praising the aircraft's quality and service, though the future impact of reaching the maximum number of owners on availability is an ongoing consideration.
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As a kid who grew up with the new math, I learned early on to look at numbers in new and different ways. So I was well prepared, it seems, to take an objective look at a different model of small aircraft ownership, fractionals.

The idea behind fractional ownership is to give the airplane’s many owners the impression that each one of them owns the whole darn thing spinner to tail. They also get red carpet treatment from day one with few worries about the everyday concerns that can haunt traditional whole-airplane owners, like surprise annual bills. Just pay and fly. Who wouldn’t like the sound of that kind of math problem?

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