operating cost

Hi folks. With today's prices for new (and old!) GA planes, looks like the experimental/home built/LSA market is looking attractive. Yes, I know that I'm comparing apples to pineapples, but both will fly you places. I also know that some LSA/ELSA have price tags of 200K-300K and more (brand...

Does anyone have experience operating/managing a Chieftain? A friend of mine is involved in a freight company and they're exploring expanding into regional air freight. It sounds like they get a lot of requests for extremely time sensitive cargo these days. None of them are into aviation and...

In one of his books he says the cost to operate/maintain a piston airplane is about 3x the cost of the fuel per hour. So if you're burning 10 gal/hour, at $5 gallons, it would cost about $150/hour to fly and maintain the aircraft over time. 100 hours in a year would cost $15,000 in fuel an...

I would like to post a short survey about GA and how we use our aircraft. How recent technologies and services have effected our decisions. What are our operating costs. No personal information is sought. Please let me know if you are willing to help out. Thanks in advance for your help...