Ownership

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 […]

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 […]

A little bit of due diligence now can save you an expensive headache later, or worse.

Thinking about taking the plunge can bring on a range of emotions, but there’s work to do before you actually jump in.

There are options at your disposal that can put that airplane you want within reach.

A pilot lived with hangar worry for years. Then, just when things looked safe, rejection arrived.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]