An aviator's field guide to owning an airplane : practical insights for successful aircraft ownership / Jason Blair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blair, Jason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private planes--Purchasing.

Private planes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, Washington : Aviation Supplies & Academics, [2020]

Summary:

"In 'An Aviators Field Guide to Owning an Airplane' author Jason Blair, shares the lessons he's learned as an active pilot, instructor, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner who has owned multiple general aviation aircraft himself for both business and personal use. He has helped numerous customers buy, sell, manage, and choose the right aircraft for their needs. The author provides practical tips on the joys and challenges of aircraft ownership, real costs, making the most of your aircraft ownership, insurance, storing and ground travel, must haves, maintenance, documentation, inoperative equipment, modifications, avionics, selling your aircraft, and much more. The content of this book is the result of years of industry experience. Blair has passed many of these notes on to customers and students, but now has put it together to share with the broader aviation community. It offers a detailed dive into the considerations of aircraft ownership that allows the reader to learn from his experience, from other people's mistakes, and from best practices."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The joys and challenges of aircraft ownership

The real cost of ownership

Using your aircraft

Insuring your aircraft

Taxes and your aircraft

Picking the right airport to call home

What to look for in aircraft storage (hangars)

Tugs and towbars

Maintaining your aircraft

Documents you should own for your aircraft - maintenance and parts manuals

Organizing your aircraft's logs for better maintenance

Inoperative equipment we learn to live without (and shouldn't) on our aircraft

Owner approved maintenance - what you can do, and what you should do

Things every owner should have for their aircraft, and probably keep in the aircraft

Deciding if you can fly with inoperative equipment - MELs, KOLs, and beyond

The special flight permit

Modifying your aircraft to enhance performance

Avionics upgrades

The engine overhaul/swap

Planning and budgeting for future maintenance

Throw away planes?

Selling your aircraft.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61954-846-1

1-61954-848-8