An Aviator's Field Guide to Buying an Airplane


Book Description

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.




An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane


Book Description

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.




An Aviator's Field Guide to Owning an Airplane


Book Description

"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.




Civil Aircraft Recognition


Book Description

The perfect guide for spotters and enthusiasts interested in airliners, feederliners, executive jets, light aircraft and other commercial aeroplanes. Contains 3-view silhouettes, colour photographs, dimensions, technical specifications and a potted history of those aircraft most likely to be seen in the skies and at airports. Other helpful details are included to make aircraft identification more certain.




How to Buy a Single-Engine Airplane


Book Description

Following a brief history of the market for private aircraft, this illustrated guide helps potential buyers assess their needs based on factors like budget, applications, planned travel distances, passenger capacity and speed. A range of models from names like Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft and more, are all arranged by price range.




Buying and Owning Your Own Airplane


Book Description

Expanded and completely updated, the second edition of this popular handbook provides complete facts and step-by-step directions for selecting, purchasing, and maintaining an airplane for personal use. Second edition features include: material on recommended first aircraft; additional aircraft references for first-time owners; additional material on ultralights and homebuilt/kit-built aircraft; leaseback information reflecting tax law changes; information on the use of autogas in airplanes; and a new chapter on high performance single-engine aircraft.




Conventional Gear


Book Description

The original configuration of an airplane's landing gear was tail wheel. Only during World War II did the nose wheel become common as longer runways were required to take off with the heavy loads. After the war, the tricycle landing gear layout became standard, although the traditional arrangement has always been known as "conventional" gear.




Airplane Ownership


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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.




Aircraft Ownership


Book Description

Offers “how to” information and solutions to the most common legal and tax issues facing general aviation aircraft owners—in layman’s terms Flow charts, diagrams, and legal case briefs provide real world scenarios of each discussion Downloadable forms, agreements, and checklists




Guide to Airport Airplanes


Book Description

The second edition of a handbook designed to facilitate rapid identification of 66 different airliners. Each one appears in a two-page entry featuring three-view silhouettes, a colour photograph, plus details of capacity, cruising speed, range, country of origin and date of the first flight.