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Get a Class A CDL and keep it renewed, just in case. It'd be like being a low altitude cargo pilot.

I'm waiting for someone who is smarter than the guys who started this to put forth a better idea. Hasn't yet happened.

Are there no service or technical manuals available, or do aircraft mechanics memorize everything about every aspect of every aircraft they might work on?

Hence my concern in seeing with my own eyes every part that goes on properly inspected and tested, every gasket properly laid, every bolt properly torqued. Then checked, double checked, and checked again to my satisfaction, rather than not knowing if another person doing it is preoccupied with...

I'm just the opposite; working on stuff is a significant part of my enjoyment in owning it. And buying new tools? Everyday can be Christmas when you have a project that needs new tools.

For some reason, mechanical things seem to make sense to me and I've learned to be a good mechanic. From what I've seen online, the engine in any airplane I would buy is a dead simple proposition. I would certainly need a reference for inspection tolerances, torque values, and such, but there...

I'm very knew to this so I don't understand some of the things in your post. Is there a circumstance where I could perform an annual inspection on, say, a 1975 C182 I owned, or replace a magneto?

If the FAA will let me decide whether or not to take off in bad weather, and leaves me to decide if flying into a thunder storm is a bad idea, why don't they trust me to decide whether or not I can work on my own plane? I learned a long time ago, dealing with motorcycle mechanics, no one is...

What does the FAA have to do with mental health? Are there an inordinate number of unbalanced people flying they aren't addressing?

That's exactly how I got her in the first place. No, I don't have much marketing game.

What makes an IFR aircraft? I would have thought any aircraft with standard instruments would be capable of IFR flight, but I see a lot of sale listings for VFR aircraft.

No kidding. Married 35 years and I still think information and facts are the way to make a case.

Thanks again for the replies. It turns out my wife does have some hesitancy about flying in small aircraft. I showed her some crash investigation videos and emergency landings to demonstrate planes rarely just fall out of the sky due to circumstances beyond the pilot's control and that it is...

You know, I'm not sure. She's been all over the U.S. and Europe with me on the back of a motorcycle, but she's never flown in a small plane at all. I plan to get the physical before I spend any money on anything else. Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I'll just wait until I finish my...

I'm five years from retirement and I'm going to start flight training next spring with the goal of having an IFR rating and sufficient experience to fly with my wife to vacation destinations in the U.S. several times a year in retirement. I doubt I would ever fly more than about 1200 miles one...