I don’t suppose we will see this headline in many of the experts’ outbox as they begin to look forward to 2011.  In fact, I hesitated writing the title this way in case I might have a chance to jinx the possibility of it actually being the case.  It appears that the slide has stopped [...]

There is a man down the street from my house that has the best looking garage in the neighborhood.  He has one of those special floors that is painted with that special speckled paint and inside that garage is a couple of the family cars.  Those cars are the best kept cars I have ever [...]

I have been giving some thought to the recent brouhaha about the old Speaker of the House using the Air Force for travel needs and the new Speaker of the House indicating that would not happen and that the new Speaker would be taking commercial flights like the rest of the citizens.  I am not [...]

There is nothing worse than being stuck in an airport delayed for the third time while waiting for a commercial flight to grandma’s house to celebrate the holidays.  As a father of four children, I can assure you that we just do not travel during the holiday for that reason.  I tend to send grandma [...]

I have been giving some thought to a few of the posts that talk about security and ease of travel that is brought out by many companies as to why they have decided to purchase a corporate jet or have decided to go with a private aircraft for their executive travel.  It has to do [...]

When purchasing a corporate jet or company jet it is necessary to determine if you are purchasing the aircraft as a sole owner or if you are intending to be a co-owner of the aircraft.  Each has its own set of issues related to the ownership. A sole owner of a corporate aircraft or business [...]

I have been traveling around Colorado and parts of Wyoming this week, not as a business related trip but because I am taking my family around sightseeing.  It hasn’t been in a private aircraft or a business jet but more along the lines of a family minivan.  I wouldn’t mind showing the family all of [...]

Everyone seems to be getting their feet back under them in this rebounding economy.  The aviation business is seeing some light at the end of the tunnel and it seems that part of the reason is how those with the means are investing their money. Katya Kazakina of Bloomberg reported yesterday: As millionaires’ assets rebounded [...]

I was reading recently from Forbes.com an article written in Wheels Up by Susan Friedenberg called “Is The Person In The Back of Your Private Aircraft Trained To Save Your Life?”. I am not sure there is ever a time when you would want to respond to that question in the negative.  It was interesting [...]