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+1 for AirBnb. There are quite a few properties pretty close. If you don't mind staying 30-45 minutes away, your options expand quite a bit.

I'm in the cellular camp; never had an iPad without it, as I want to be able to just pull it out and the internet works without any extra fuss. But I am filing IFR pretty much everywhere I go too, and have XM weather and traffic in the panel.

I know of several co-ownerships with the Eclipse 500/550 jet, and one with a JetProp.

What to speak of the owner-flown turbine segment, which is already crazy across the board, not just for old guys.

https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/crashes/plane-crash-update-22-year-old-and-19-year-old-killed-at-lake-of-the/article_2620de5e-21f7-11ee-9631-03d0d0206678.html

Not necessarily apples to apples, but I believe HondaJet is currently selling delivery positions for 2027.

Exactly. To me, "self serve" means, "the equipment is here for you to pump your own, and it works without us having to be here".

No problem, would also highly recommend Medusa's Child.

Correct. Which is why I refuse to use most complimentary wifi anywhere. Unlimited data plan for phone & iPad and click the hotspot on if my laptop needs it.

Same, although I'm not quite that elaborate with it.

If you're signed into an account (Google, Microsoft, etc,) on your browser(s), it's going to sync your browsing history between machines and serve ads on all 3 machines based on that.

Besides disabling Google Assistant or Siri, I go one step farther and disable mic access to anything that doesn't need it. The Facebook app is also a big piece of spyware, as well as Amazon Alexa. If you need Facebook on mobile, I would recommend just doing it through mobile browser.

The ASUS ZenBook Pro2 Duo has a neat 2nd screen feature.

Heard this one on frequency awhile back— "Center, [Airline 1234] FL340, any complaints? *long pause* "Yeah, I'd really rather not be here today."

Or just the Brave browser, without having to bother with any of the other stuff.

John J. Nance has an aviation theme in almost every book.

https://potomac-aviation.com/vlp/

The Brave browser (built around ad blocking) won't take care of all the ads at the bottom, but it will usually ax all the stuff in the middle.

When my wife goes along, it's pretty much decided by if it's a schedule she wants to mesh with and if there's a seat for her in the plane.

This pretty closely describes the owner I fly for.