Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership Volume 1: What every aircraft owner needs to know about selecting, purchasing, insuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, modifying and flying light airplanes by Mike Busch

Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership is the much-awaited sequel to his previous books Manifesto and Engines. In this book, Busch distills his wisdom from his more than 50 years as an aircraft owner. He brings his refreshingly commonsense and often outside-the-box approach to every aspect of owning and operating a general aviation aircraft.

Volume 1 covers selecting, purchasing, insuring, and maintaining an aircraft. Busch emphasizes that it is the aircraft owner—not his mechanics—who bears the regulatory responsibility for airworthiness. He discusses how to choose the right mechanic or shop and how to manage the maintenance they perform. Busch dissects the much-dreaded annual inspection, and how owners can keep it from spiraling out of control. He offers guidance about the all-important post-maintenance test flight, and how to deal with an owner’s worst nightmare: a mechanical breakdown far from home.

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