Ownership

FLYING Partners with Conklin & de Decker to Provide Readers with Access to Aircraft Operating and Performance Guide

FLYING has entered into a partnership with Conklin & de Decker, a JSSI company, to provide readers with free access to its Aircraft Operating Cost and Performance Guide (AOCPG) for a seven-day period, with a 10% subscription discount available for longer term access. The partnership provides a valuable resource by giving readers verified data for piston aircraft (in production or recently […]

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Five Airplanes You Can Buy Instead of a Virgin Galactic Ticket

Virgin Galactic has reopened ticket sales for a 90-minute trip to the edge of space—but it will set you back $450,000. According to Virgin Galactic, the company already has hundreds of reservations for its previous $250,000 set of tickets. If you want to reserve your spot in line now, you’ll have to be ready to […]

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Special Moment Shared in Column Debut

For many of us, the initial steps toward aircraft ownership begin at an early age. Sitting in a stuffy grade-school classroom and being presented with the finer points of the New Deal, the parallelogram, and mitochondria, our eyes wandered to a sliver of blue sky visible in a window, and our minds followed. Perhaps our […]

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Lean of Peak and the Engine Rebuild

Long before I became a pilot, I read something somewhere about the extreme dangers of shock cooling a piston aircraft engine. The article didn’t specify which engines. It tossed a large, wet blanket over every Lycoming and Continental ever made. The idea of cylinders cracking on a steep descent with all that cold air passing […]

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Chief Pilots & Aircraft Owners

The relationship between the chief pilot and the principal is extraordinary. Like our entrepreneur friend, Bill Cook, and his chief pilot, Bob Harbstreit, people in this relationship become mutually entwined. They develop very respectful and trusting relationships. I know of no parallel relationship outside of aviation. It is not unusual for entrepreneurs to fly as […]

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