Save Money on Hangars – Buy an Airplane Cover

                                                                                       Return to www.planesgalore.com In these challenging times many airplane owners are looking for ways to cut their operating costs while protecting their aircraft investment.  One option is to eliminate that big fixed cost – hangar rent.  While it’s true that hangared aircraft typically resell for more than their tie down cousins, it is possible [...]

Stimulus Package – What’s in it for Aviation?

                                                                                                         Return to www.planesgalore.com You’d have to be in a coma to be unaware of the disastrous effect of the economic downturn on general aviation.  Planes just aren’t selling the way they used to.  CEOs are excoriated for replacing aging aircraft with newer, more efficient jets.  Pratt & Whitney is cutting 1,000 jobs and hiring [...]

The Greening of Aviation?

                                                                                              Return to www.planesgalore.com Was it only last fall that people were chanting “drill, baby, drill!”, and declaring everyone from the government to your grandmother must “go green!”?  Remember $8.00 a gallon 100LL and paying for pillows and blankets on US commercial flights?  Given the furor over global warming and energy prices, how is it possible that [...]

How Safe are Small Airplanes?

                                                                                    Return to www.planesgalore.com General aviation airplanes have one of the world’s best safely records among all forms of public transportation.  In fact, since 1950, the accident rate per 100,000 flying hours is down by more than 93%. Some of us will always feel a little nervous about flying in small airplanes.  But here are a few [...]

General Aviation, A Medical Lifeline

They’re called “Compassion Flights”, or “Angel Flights”. The FAA calls them “aeromedical services”.  It’s a sector of general aviation that you may not think about everyday.  But in an emergency, perhaps a car accident, it’s a sector that can save your life. I live in a fairly remote area of coastal California where medical evacuation [...]