Aircraft Ownership

We crunch the numbers on one of the most asked questions in aviation.

Know exactly how much money you need—and will need—to join the airplane ownership club.

As the weather gets colder, Jason McDowell discovers that he needs to come up with a plan for his airplane, and fast.

The folks at your flying club mean well, but sometimes their advice isn’t on the mark.

Visual and mechanical tests mix with heavy dollops of nerves and self-doubt.

It wasn’t a hung start, exactly, but it wasn’t a normal start either. The N2 spun up smartly and fuel flow was normal. The engine began to accelerate, but then it hesitated. The interstage turbine temperature, which had been rising normally, had a sinking spell. Before I could think to do anything about shutting off […]

With a broad selection of new models approaching certification this fall and lots of used deals bringing new owners into the market, 2020 has shaped up to be a better-than-expected year to become an aircraft owner. Keeping in mind those challenges, Flying has made a new approach to our online Buyers Guide, showing you a […]

Most pilots are introduced to tailwheel flying in small, two-place types such as the Piper Cub, Aeronca Champ and Cessna 140—airplanes that are perfectly suited to initial training and short pleasure flights. But as they build experience, more than a few pilots begin to recognize the limitations of these bantamweights and begin searching for an […]

When researching various aircraft types for Flying, I encounter a wide variety of owners with an even wider variety of stories. Most recently, I met with the owner of a taildragger who agreed to take me up for a demonstration flight to help me evaluate the type for an article I was writing. As he […]

I didn’t know who McPherson was, but I knew I hated him. There, scrawled into the schedule, smack dab in the middle of the weekend I had planned for a flying vacation, was a two-hour block of time during which he had reserved the flying club’s Cessna 172. I thought I had planned far enough […]