An Aviator S Field Guide To Buying An Airplane

Readers will learn practical tips on making the decision, alternatives to buying, choosing the correct plane, cockpit options, price and negotiations, insurance, getting your new airplane home and much more.

Describes and illustrates over four hundred different airplanes likely to be seen in North America, grouped in the categories of biplanes, agricultural planes, low-wing singles, amphibians, low-wing twins, high-wing twins, twin-boom and canard twins, four-engine props, business jets, jet airliners, military aircraft, recently retired military aircraft, and helicopters.

Readers will learn practical tips on joys and challenges of aircraft ownership, costs, making the most of aircraft ownership, insurance, storing and ground travel, maintenance, documentation, equipment, modifications, avionics, and selling an aircraft.

The best way for private pilots with limited means to obtain the plane of their dreams is to purchase a used one -- and there's no better way to buy one without getting burned than this heavily illustrated guide. Focusing on airplanes priced at $100,000 or less, the author walks readers through the entire process of purchasing a used plane: prospecting the market, determining a plane's true value, closing the deal, partnership, and much more. Audience includes the more than 700,000 private pilots in the U.S. New chapters on Sport Pilot Licenses and Light-Sport Aircraft All models and prices updated New airworthiness directives (ADs) and all new regulations

In "An Aviator's Field Guide to Middle-Altitude Flying" author Jason Blair shares his experience in a variety of piston twin-engine aircraft regularly used to fly in middle-altitudes, typically between 10,000' MSL and 25,000' MSL. This book describes major phases of flight and considerations that pilots who operate aircraft capable of flight at these altitudes may find useful as they develop their skills and seek tips and methods possibly missed in their initial training. This is the author's result of years of instructing and taking notes previously passed on to his own students, now compiled and shared with the broader aviation community. The pilot owner/operator of aircraft capable of flying above 10,000 MSL, up to altitudes in Flight Level 20s, may have had limited training that addresses this type of operation -- beyond basic aircraft systems and performance training. For these pilots, Jason Blair's notes and suggestions help to expand technique more broadly into "middle-altitude" flight operation.

Buying and Owning Your Own Airplane provides invaluable information such as: * Provides comprehensive coverage of what aircraft the first-time owner should buy, with analyses of popular planes (including the Cessna 177 Cardinal, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, Beech 77 Skipper, and others). * Includes a chapter examining complex single-engine aircraft, so you can expand your horizons into 200-plus horsepower singles and retractables. * Features a complete listing of aircraft owners' associations specializing in the care of specific types of aircraft. and Owning Your Own Airplane, you may discover your dream can become a reality.

Plane Sense is an indispensable, must-have guide for aircraft owners, operators, and all aviation enthusiasts. It highlights the requirements involved in acquiring, owning, operating, and maintaining private aircraft. A valuable reference for understanding the basics of general aviation, this guide also outlines the rules, regulations, and practical aspects of flying your own aircraft—straight from the FAA. This manual touches upon subjects such as aircraft owner responsibilities, finding pertinent FAA publications, buying private aircraft, obtaining special flight permits, accessing maintenance records, service difficulty problems, and many more important topics.