by Rick Eriksen | Dec 5, 2021 | Air Craft Owners, Aircraft sales, Aviation Businesses, Investors
Business Aviation can be Tricky and Expensive! The hype, the image, and the reality of business aviation are vastly different realities! As the creator of two successful international aviation businesses, and as a high time corporate pilot in the business...
by Rick Eriksen | Nov 27, 2021 | Air Craft Owners, Aircraft sales, Aviation Businesses, Investors
The term “Yanking and Banking” in aviation terms means successive steep climbing/banking turns, high G loading and unloading. Also, it is really a lot of fun in an airplane. Making Money in Business Aviation, however, is a hugely different story. Making money in...
by Rick Eriksen | Nov 8, 2021 | Air Craft Owners, Aircraft sales, Aviation Businesses, Investors
The Key to Aviation Sucess? Fact: Yes, it is possible to make money from the business of business aviation. Unfortunately, unless it is in sales, it is just not likely, at least not the way business aviation is done today. Make a few changes to the current going...
by Rick Eriksen | Oct 31, 2021 | Air Craft Owners, Aircraft sales, Aviation Businesses, Investors
Full Spectrum Dominance of Business Aviation! Wikipedia describes full Spectrum Dominance in non-military matters as a comprehensive tactical effort to support a strategy. Business Aviation struggles to achieve full spectrum dominance every day with one slight...
by Rick Eriksen | Oct 30, 2021 | Air Craft Owners, Aircraft sales, Aviation Businesses, Investors
A Bunkerism: “They just wanna get rid of us old guys over 50, that’s all, and put us out to pasture. Well, I ain’t ready to be pasteurized.” Me either! If you are not ready to be pasteurized, and prosper in business aviation, read on! The...
by Rick Eriksen | Jul 4, 2020 | Aircraft sales
If you sell jets or turboprops, you are an artist! Selling jets and turboprops is an art form. Therefore by default, you as an aircraft sales person, are in fact an artist. Right out of the box, that gorgeous jet or turboprop sitting in front of the customer, that is...