An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane
eBook - ePub

An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane

Practical insights for successful aircraft ownership

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane

Practical insights for successful aircraft ownership

About this book

In An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane, author Jason Blair shares the knowledge and tips he's gained from his many years owning aircraft and assisting numerous customers buy, sell, manage, and maintain their own airplanes. This book incorporates Blair's many years of industry experience as an aircraft owner, active pilot, instructor, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner to cover the practical details of ownership and offer tips to maximize your use and enjoyment of your aircraft.

You'll discover how to determine the full cost of aircraft ownership, select insurance, consider tax implications, pick an airport to call home, assess and choose aircraft storage, safely move your airplane, manage maintenance work, find and organize important documents, manage and determine the significance of inoperative equipment, evaluate potential modifications for improved performance, upgrade avionics, overhaul or swap an engine, budget for future maintenance, and more. Blair's goal is to help you protect and properly maintain your aircraft so you can get the best use and enjoyment out of aircraft ownership.

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: The Real Cost of Ownership
  5. Chapter 2: Using Your Aircraft
  6. Chapter 3: Insuring Your Aircraft
  7. Chapter 4: Taxes and Your Aircraft
  8. Chapter 5: Picking the Right Airport to Call Home
  9. Chapter 6: What to Look for in Aircraft Storage (Hangars and More)
  10. Chapter 7: Tugs and Towbars
  11. Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Aircraft
  12. Chapter 9: Documents You Should Own for Your Aircraft: Maintenance and Parts Manuals
  13. Chapter 10: Organizing Your Aircraft’s Logs for Better Maintenance
  14. Chapter 11: Inoperative Equipment: What You Shouldn’t Just Fly Without
  15. Chapter 12: Completing Your Own Maintenance: What Can You—and What Should You—Do Yourself?
  16. Chapter 13: Items You Should Own and Keep in Your Aircraft
  17. Chapter 14: Deciding If You Can Fly with Inoperative Equipment: MELs, KOLs, and Beyond
  18. Chapter 15: The Special Flight Permit
  19. Chapter 16: Modifying Your Aircraft to Enhance Performance
  20. Chapter 17: Avionics Upgrades
  21. Chapter 18: The Engine Overhaul or Swap
  22. Chapter 19: Planning and Budgeting for Future Maintenance
  23. Chapter 20: Throwaway Planes?
  24. Chapter 21: Selling Your Aircraft
  25. About the Author