Voices Of Flying

At some point, a pilot shopping for an airplane will inevitably arrive at a certain fork in the road on their journey to ownership: the decision of whether to go with tricycle gear or a taildragger. For some, it’s a decision they skip right over without a second thought. A pilot with his or her […]

Editor’s Note: “Taking Off in Public” is a new digital series written by Craig Fuller, the new owner of FLYING. In this series, Fuller will provide insight into his plans for Flying and a first-hand look at how Flying is being built for the next generation. Magazine covers have so much meaning. It’s the most […]

Editor’s Note: “Taking Off in Public” is a digital series written by Craig Fuller, the new owner of Flying magazine. In this series, Fuller will provide insight into his plans for Flying and a first-hand look at how Flying is being built for the next generation. My wife and I celebrated our fourth anniversary this […]

There are plenty of tax rules that a pilot can use to reduce their overall tax bill. But it helps greatly if you know the rulebook. Consider this column an introduction to that rulebook. Deductions & Credits In my last column, we looked at how US federal income tax rates are applied in a graduated […]

Back in the early ‘90s, Honda ran an ad for its redesigned Prelude. It showed a bright red model against a city skyline with the caption “You’ll never have your pizza delivered again.” The implication was that with a fun enough vehicle, we will look for any excuse to get out and enjoy it. As […]

Editor’s Note: “Taking Off in Public” is a digital series written by Craig Fuller, the new owner of Flying magazine. In this series, Fuller will provide insight into his plans for Flying and a first-hand look at how Flying is being built for the next generation. The past two months have been some of the […]

I know what you’re thinking: “Um, dude, we’re here for Flying. Why are you talking about taxes?” Sadly, taxes affect far more of our lives than we’d like to admit. Companies run the way they do because of taxes. Everything about personal finance from savings, to retirement accounts, to how we structure aircraft ownership is […]

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 […]

Fellow aviators, I’m truly honored to have this opportunity to write about finances for Flying—things like retirement, taxes, and ways that you can keep more of your money. But before we dive in, I want you to know where I’m coming from. I started flying in Cessna 172s and Piper Cherokees out of Loveland, Colorado […]

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 […]