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Money, Money, Money. How will people make money on the idea? Flying is not an exhibition anymore, so making money off of just flying...

Air racing would gain a larger audience if it had a figure 8 course.

I think it's the same guy, and he went on to make this;

"Never sell your last flying airplane until you have another flying airplane in hand to replace it." Truer words were never...

WW Hunter The sum total of what I've learned in aviation, 43 years after first solo, and 20+ airplanes owned... is this: Never sell...

The Tailwind is a pretty compact plane. It is very accessible to build. A W10 empty should aim for 900 lbs; over 1050 starts eating up...

Gosh yes.... One such engine even had all of NINE miles on the odometer. Link just below. Damaged on the ship. Some have a few...

Which means you'll be buying the airplane (at it's insured value) every 6 yrs. I'd look long and hard at self insuring the hull before I...

I wouldn't care if I got cremated in the plane (as long as I am dead first). One less thing for the family to bother with on my affairs...

I liked the part about buried in it

This is generally good advice for ALL walks of life. Always own less than you can afford, and only insure things that you can't afford...

One of the advantages of building and flying a low end homebuilt is not being hurt financially as much if you have to write it off after...

I do the same with my Glasair. If I do something dumb I can repair it myself. If the damage is more than I can repair, well, I'm...

Same over here in Europe. My broker has changed insurer twice in the last two years due to the original company leaving the aviation...

Liability is all I ever had on any of my planes. Just paid my annual premuim on my 701. 1 M liability for $397 for a year. If it gets...