By James E. Ellis

Buying an airplane isn’t an easy task, but it doesn’t have to be difficult either—if you use the comprehensive guide, Buying and Owning Your Own Airplane. This handy, updated book contains all the information and special considerations for buying and owning an airplane.

The third edition of this manual provides answers on everything from selecting partners and home fields to negotiating sales contracts to maintaining and upgrading your treasured bird. Readers will find new information essential for buying aircraft, including a survey of the most common new and used planes on the market today.

Chapters are fully updated, offering additional aircraft coverage, detailing changes in tax laws, outlining requirements for obtaining and retaining insurance coverage, and projections on long-term trends in the aviation industry. Updated information includes the enormous impact of the Internet on aviation purchasing and ownership.

Contents Include:

• Comprehensive coverage of what first-time owners should consider, with analyses of popular planes (including the Cessna 177 Cardinal, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, Beech 77 Skipper, and others).
• A chapter examining complex single-engine aircraft, so you can expand your horizons into 200-plus horsepower singles and retractables as well as the new Cirrus, Lancair, and Diamond aircraft.
• A complete listing of aircraft owners’ associations specializing in the care of specific types of aircraft.
• An introduction to fractional share programs for aircraft ownership.