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Going with a broad index fund can simplify your investing strategy—and give you more time to spend in your airplane.

Jason McDowell gives some sage advice about narrowing down the choices and managing the allure of rare types when you’re trying to pick out your airplane.

Last week, I passed my FAA private pilot check ride with the designated pilot examiner, and I became a newly minted pilot. As a 51-year-old, I feel like the sky has opened up to me in so many unexpected ways that I just had to share my experiences. Relocation Leads to Opportunity I always wanted […]

Former premier of the Soviet Union Vladimir Ilyich Lenin once said, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” If you hold that axiom up to the light, you might think that this uncanny attribution was about the aviation industry. Sometimes the industry inches along like Caribbean molasses; other times, […]

As a pilot since 1996 and aviation journalist since long before that, I’ve always kept an eye open for what’s new and exciting, looking for innovation that we as an aviation family and industry can use to propel general aviation forward. Sometimes that means learning about the latest and greatest new aircraft, avionics, and programs […]

Jason McDowell outlines the arduous process he went through to find the aircraft that was just right for him.