Page 30 - 215236_Feb21T

You know you’ve made the right aircraft choice when you do it all over again.”
wanted to fly single pilot. He gave it to Cessna in 2019 and ordered avionics updates, all maintenance, new paint, and new interior – essentially made it a brand-new airplane. When the pandemic hit, he felt it best to stick with one jet and decided to sell the refurbished one without ever flying it. We came to an agreed price, a quick pre-buy, and my perfect upgrade was on its way home to Tennessee. A few weeks later, with some paint additions and a tail number change, my 2007 Citation Mustang became N915CF. You know you’ve made the right aircraft choice when you do it all over again. Now eight months in of flying the new Mustang, and it still amazes me.
And Finally
Whatever your plane, we should all recognize how blessed we are to have aviation as part of our lives. This year, I’m more aware than ever, more grateful than ever, and more determined than ever to advocate for and protect our freedom to f ly.
an airplane, and the depreciation recapture tax implications were very real. The question wasn’t if, but which one? Once again, I looked through my logbook, looked at my missions, looked at the finances, and spent stupid amounts of time on “Controller.” Of course, we couldn’t leave the house, so that wasn’t so terrible.
Validation
After doing all of the research, and in a buyer’s market (remember, the world was burning), I found the perfect next airplane – another Mustang. It checked all the boxes.
A guy who owned a Citation XLS had purchased it as his second jet when he
Covington
28 • TWIN & TURBINE / February 2021