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Own Your Own Plane

Own Your Own Plane

by Nik Tarascio

★★★★★ 4.6 · 33 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Aviation

About This Book

Despite what you may believe, owning a private plane is not a privilege reserved exclusively for celebrities, world leaders, and the uber-rich. If you’re an entrepreneur or business person who flies regularly on commercial or charter airlines, private plane ownership may not only be possible, but preferable. This remarkable guide provides all the tools and information you will need to finally enjoy the exhilarating and surprisingly cost-effective freedom of unrestricted flight. Owning your own plane gives you unlimited access to a new world of commercial and networking possibilities. Nik Tarascio, the CEO of a successful aviation company, provides strategies for determining your ideal aviation lifestyle, whether it’s a luxury twelve-seat global jet or a practical four-seater. He offers tips for assembling the expert team that will make it happen and debunks the myths promoted by a commercial airline industry looking to retain its monopoly. It’s all here in Own Your Own Plane, whether you’d prefer to employ a pilot or put yourself behind the controls. With Nik’s expert guidance on choosing, financing, and maintaining the proper aircraft, the freedom of the sky can finally be yours. Best of all, it can be more affordable than you ever imagined.

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Nik Tarascio

Nik Tarascio

Nik Tarascio is the CEO of Ventura Air Services, a family aviation company founded by his father more than three decades ago at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York. A licensed pilot since the age of thirteen, he is rated to fly jet, turboprop, and piston aircraft, and has worked across the aviation industry as a pilot, mechanic, avionics technician, and aircraft salesman. He is the author of Own Your Own Plane: It Costs Less Than You Think, and his perspective on private aviation has been featured by Fortune, HuffPost, Business Insider, Newsday, and the BBC.

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