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.
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.
We bought a plane!
Saturday 22 June 2024
FlyingOwning a plane
Yes, we did – really! Let me share how this all started and the journey that led to the actual purchase of the plane and how I moved from renting the PH-VTB to (partially) owning the F-GSBM.
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