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Go for it?

Sunday 16 February 2025
FlyingOwning a plane

The financial analysis we did back in October made clear what we already suspected: owning a plane isn’t cheap. But having the numbers on your screen in a spreadsheet was confronting and made us wonder if we were willing to put that much money into our hobby.

Some time has passed and we have had some time to think things over. The dark and cold months are behind us, and the good weather is getting closer. At some point we have to stop thinking about it and decide which plane we are going to fly this year. So, let’s have dinner, discuss and see if we can come to a conclusion.

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Can we afford it?

Tuesday 15 October 2024
FlyingOwning a plane

Flying is great fun, but it’s not a cheap hobby. Renting planes from a flying club is usually the best option to keep the cost under control. That is exactly what we have been doing for years.

But there’s a downside to that: the availability of the planes. And that is how we ended up with the idea of buying a plane. Before taking that step, let’s figure out if we can afford it.

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We need another plane!

Saturday 22 June 2024
FlyingOwning a plane

Most of my flying hours over the last seven years have been logged on the PH-VTB. I love this plane. It’s comfortable, has a nice modern glass cockpit, and an autopilot. Ever since Gea got checked out on the plane as well, this has been the one we rent whenever we want to go somewhere.

So why would we need another plane? Let me share the background of the story and how we started an interesting journey.

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The Big Apple Edition comes to an end…

Friday 16 September 2011
USAFlyingBlue Sky Flying Adventures

After a few weeks of fun, we’re getting to the end of the tour. It’s about an hour flying to Kissimmee, where Lex will leave the group. He’s got to go to Tampa where he will meet his ferry pilot who will join him in flying his plane back to the Netherlands.

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Final flight?

Thursday 15 September 2011
USAFlyingBlue Sky Flying Adventures

We’re heading towards Kissimmee today. Since we returned to hotel quite late last night, we have a delayed start this morning. The day started with the regular checks and flight preparations. During our flights we have collected a large amount of bugs on the windscreen and as a result, the photos are getting worse and worse. Solution:

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