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Inability to shut down a running engine may explain part of that delay.

My mil tips the garbage guy who works for a WM contractor. It buys you some goodwill. If the cart is not at the curb, he'll hop out and get it. If it's snowy, he wheels it back to the house. If there is bagged trash after the holidays, it disappears even if it wasn't tagged. Do you have to do...

Livability may be different for a family with young kids, a retiree or a remote worker.

He would still have a plane. It would just not be insured while he flies it. The insurance would still cover his hangar neighbors if the plane burns up while parked. That would potentially satisfy the hangar owners insurance requirement. It would just be a conscious decision to forego coverage...

That's not how it works with the feds. Sentence over a year, he has to serve 82-85%. Sentence less than a year, it's 100% (thats one of the reasons you see 1 year and 1 day sentences). There is no parole in the Fed system, the 10-15% discount is based on in-house conduct.

Another option is to get the non-owned coverage through Avemco. Their liability limits 'stack' with the primary insurance, iow they are not secondary to it. Avemcos underwriting standard for non-owned includes a mirror and a checkbook.

I think the key takeaway is not to make any changes once you hit that age. We had an issue with getting new insurance once one of our partners hit 70. That was for a 6 seat retract, probably less of an issue for fixed gear VFR only plane.

Does every handoff require a controller to controller call or is there an automated process for routine ops, e.g. airliners coming down a STAR ?

They come up occasionally. The owner auctions off the lease payment when they do. In terms of rush hour travel time, that's definitely the closest GA airport to 'DCA' (+/- Arlington/Alex). In addition to to the FRZ issue, it's not the easiest airport to fly in and out of. I had a Warrior tied...

Yes. Ask Udvar Hazy*. A colleague of mine ran a GA aircraft lease business on the side. He was able to leverage his access to capital and his skill to find planes out of flight school bankruptcy auctions to make it a worthwhile business. As it qualified as an 'active business', there was also a...

Even if nobody routinely asks, it's one of those pieces of paper whose absence can be a big 'thing' if you run into the wrong local official who has a checklist to work off.

I had a hangar car sitting for 3 years. Main problem was that the tires remained bumpy even after driving it for a while. Eventually I replaced those. I didn't have to drain the fuel. Modern gas tanks with the evap control system are pretty much sealed, so the alcohol doesn't have a chance to...

It'll need tires oil, brake fluid, filters and maybe fresh fuel. I would leave belts and hoses alone. That's still a new car.

Writing new insurance is the issue. I was a partner in a 5-way partnership on a 6 seat retract. When we had one of our members approach 70, the broker told us to decide on a insurance company and to stick with it going forward as nobody would write new insurance for us going forward...

That's because they are 70+.

I have a frunk battery in an old 911. Fold carpet back, access battery. I have no issue with that. Actually a better place than stuffing it in the engine compartment.

Some Porsches require you to drop the engine to get to the upper spark plugs. I made the mistake to tell the dealer 'oh, just change the spark plugs too' on my little Nissan truck a few years ago. Turns out its a 3.5hr job that requires them to take off the intake manifold. Now I'll just wait...

Your not wrong. It's more than cars. My dad is a retired engineer. He was an electrician by trade before he went to college. His job for much of his career was to turn plans for industrial HVAC systems drawn by others into reality. More than once he had to explain to the bespectacled CAD...

The recent Escape is famous for that. The answer is: Because Ford could save $0.52 per unit during production by doing it that way.

Again, depending on where you are, that may or may not be a good strategy. In states, that dont consider moving it into a entity a taxable event, there is little downside to buying it as a personal aircraft. That way, you avoid annual filing fees and the additional accounting expense of creating...