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The Economics of the Airplane Hobby

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StarJar

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For many years I thought my fortune lay in the homebuilt aviation world. I thought that if I could just design a plane that everybody liked I would have gobs of money and be financially set. But I guess I never really looked hard at the reality of that. Even a popular design does not put its creator into the financial stratosphere.
On the other hand I failed to look literally in my own back yard for my best shot at financial independence. The trade that was my family roots. There was always a lot of opportunity there that I never realized. Maybe because in school you're motivated to go out and succeed, but we go out too far, away from our potential fortune in life.
Now those of you who do have a virtual backyard of airplanes, then you might have the roots and DNA infrastructure to do very well there.
Of course we all want the money to do the hobbies we want, but I just think that going too far from you're own backyard may be the wrong direction to make the kind of money you want.
Can anyone else relate to this?
 
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