Buying And Owning Your Own Airplane

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.

Buying an airplane isn't as easy as it sounds. But it's not all that hard, either--if you read Buying and Owning your Own Airplane. This handy book asks all the right questions and has all the information you'll want to consider if your thinking of buying your own 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.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This invaluable companion covers everything a private pilot needs to consider before and after purchasing an airplane, and is now updated to cover the new FAA Special Light Sport Aircraft category For the first-time airplane buyer, this book is an invaluable resource and guide. The award-winning author offers money-saving information on everything a private pilot needs to consider before and after buying a plane: selection, purchasing, financing, hangaring, maintenance, legal issues, and much more.

Despite what you may believe, owning a private plane is not a privilege reserved exclusively for celebrities, world leaders, and the uber-rich. If you're an entrepreneur or business person who flies regularly on commercial or charter airlines, private plane ownership may not only be possible, but preferable. This remarkable guide provides all the tools and information you will need to finally enjoy the exhilarating and surprisingly cost-effective freedom of unrestricted flight. Owning your own plane gives you unlimited access to a new world of commercial and networking possibilities. Nik Tarascio, the CEO of a successful aviation company, provides strategies for determining your ideal aviation lifestyle, whether it's a luxury twelve-seat global jet or a practical four-seater. He offers tips for assembling the expert team that will make it happen and debunks the myths promoted by a commercial airline industry looking to retain its monopoly. It's all here in Own Your Own Plane, whether you'd prefer to employ a pilot or put yourself behind the controls. With Nik's expert guidance on choosing, financing, and maintaining the proper aircraft, the freedom of the sky can finally be yours. Best of all, it can be more affordable than you ever imagined.

Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership is the much-awaited sequel to his previous books Manifesto and Engines. In this two-volume set, Busch distills his wisdom from his more than 50 years as an aircraft owner. He brings his refreshingly commonsense and often outside-the-box approach to every aspect of owning and operating a general aviation aircraft. Volume 1 covers selecting, purchasing, insuring, and maintaining an aircraft. Busch emphasizes that it is the aircraft owner-not his mechanics-who bears the regulatory responsibility for airworthiness. He discusses how to choose the right mechanic or shop and how to manage the maintenance they perform. Busch dissects the much-dreaded annual inspection, and how owners can keep it from spiraling out of control. He offers guidance about the all-important post-maintenance test flight, and how to deal with an owner's worst nightmare: a mechanical breakdown far from home. Volume 2 covers the rules and regulations that every aircraft owner needs to know but is often not taught. It discusses owner-performed maintenance, troubleshooting techniques, aircraft modifications, twins, and resolving owner/mechanic disputes. It takes the reader on a guided tour through the various aircraft systems, discussing the operation, care and feeding of each one. It offers guidance on how to fly safely and efficiently, including leaning techniques, air-speed and altitude selection, and more. The volume concludes with Busch's thoughts about the future of owner-flown general aviation and where we're headed. If you own an aircraft (or want to), these books will be an invaluable addition to your aviation library.

Aircraft Partnerships is the only complete guide to the most affordable means of owning your own planeÑco-ownership. Packed with detailed information on everything from figuring the costs, to picking the right partner(s) and the right plane, to sorting out legal and practical issues, this book is an inspiration to those who would balk at the expense of sole ownership, but yearn to have wings of their own. Complete with case studies of actual partnerships.