By Scott “Sky” Smith Recently we’ve had several people wanting to talk about partnerships, flying...

Unless I know the pilot well (or I have their money in hand) I don’t let them fly my aircraft. This is my choice.

Single-engine prices have been increasing since 2017. The prices for average light, single-engine aircraft have gone up almost 75-80 percent.

I think most pilots have a regular routine. It is kind of instilled in pilots during their training that things we do should be a “routine.”

If you are like me, a week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh gets you all excited and motivated for a new airplane.

If the owner of a smart watch was a pilot, information like this could be detri­mental to their medical or career in general.

I like new stuff. For years I told myself I bought things for the long haul. It didn’t matter if it was a car, boat or aircraft.

Ever own a Corvette? I owned a 1974 Convertible. Great car, fun to drive and very impractical. Fast, sleek and simple.

I am one of those pilots that I tell people not to be. I am a private pilot with single engine and multi engine rat­ings.

As a follow up to my past article about “Your Ego Buying Aircraft You Can’t Get Insured,” here are some additional details.

“Flying is not inher­ently dangerous, but crashing is!” Aviation is one of those areas that has a higher risk if you are in over your head.

I was talking to a client the other day about the training requirements for a new airplane being purchased.

Aviation insurance continues to get higher priced and harder to get. In fact, it’s now one of the top three costs of owning an aircraft;

If your plane can’t fly, what happens to your insurance? Sometimes owners drop insurance until they can fly again.

Talking to owners and buyers also gives me an idea about what’s on their minds, such as the cost of aircraft, fuel, and insurance, and ways to cut some of those costs.

I guess I could have titled this article “Flying Naked,” which means flying without insurance, but the word “naked” might conjure up the wrong notion to those who aren’t familiar with the phrase. So I stuck with the less provocative title.

The internet is quite the place. You can find great videos of kittens, fantastic recipes, and almost any opinion on anything imaginable.

If the origi­nal type certificate is modified or the performance parameters have been changed, you’re looking for changes in the insurance.

Good piloting means using cross controls, maintaining a heading, and controlling the aircraft to the ground.