An Aviators 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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

Bill Clarke wrote this book to assist the prospective buyer in the search for an economical used airplane. Every step is considered, from how to determine the size & type of craft needed to how to decipher used airplane ads.

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.

A guide to modern navigation for aviators.

Instruktionsbog for elementær pilotuddannelse.