Our Story
Why we're not a charter company (and why that saves you money)
Four deliberate “no”s — no Part 135, no crews, no trips, no call center — and what each one hands back to the person leasing the airplane.
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Notes on flying private
Plain-English takes on dry leasing, private-aviation economics, and turbine ownership.
Compliance
What is operational control — and why the FAA cares
The one definition that decides whether a flight is private or commercial — and why holding it is exactly what makes dry-lease economics legal.
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The Aircraft
What a Tamarack CJ1 does that a stock CJ1 can't
Active winglets, translated into missions: which city pairs open up nonstop from South Florida — and what winglets honestly don't change.
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Dry Leasing
The bridge lease: keep flying between aircraft
Sold the plane? Panel's out for three months? How a 30-day-notice dry lease keeps a flight department flying without months of charter invoices.
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Cost & Value
Owning vs. dry leasing a light jet: the real annual math
The full ownership cost stack, the honest crossover point where buying starts to win, and the wide middle where leasing is the smarter capital decision.
Compliance
7 signs a “dry lease” is actually an illegal charter
The patterns the FAA's enforcement teams look for — and what a legitimate dry lease looks like instead, sign by sign.
Compliance
Is dry leasing legal? The FAA rules, in plain English
Yes — when it's built right. Operational control, the crew rule, truth-in-leasing, and a checklist you should run on any lessor. Including us.
Cost & Value
Jet card vs. dry lease: reading the fine print side by side
Peak-day calendars, surcharges, and deposits on someone else's balance sheet — versus a lease on a specific airplane at published rates. A fair comparison.
Owner-Pilots
Single-pilot jets: fly a Citation CJ1 yourself — without buying one
The CE-525 rating, the nearly empty market for jet rentals, and how a dry lease puts a single-pilot-certified CJ1 in your hands — insurance permitting.
Cost & Value
How much does it cost to dry lease a private jet? Real numbers.
Our actual rates, the full cost stack a lessee really pays, and who shouldn't dry lease at all — with nothing hidden behind “price on application.”
Dry Leasing
Dry lease vs. charter: what's the difference?
The line between a legal dry lease and an illegal charter comes down to one thing — who provides the crew. Here's how it works.
Cost & Value
Dry lease vs. charter: the honest math
Every line of both invoices for the same South Florida round trip — and the honest list of what the cheaper structure asks of you.
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Take it with you
Not ready to call? Take the lease overview with you.
Four pages: what an aircraft dry lease covers, what you bring, the three cost lines, and what your counsel will want to see. The download is on the next page — and one owner follows up once, personally. No list, no drip.
Aircraft dry lease only — you supply the crew and hold operational control under Part 91. Rates indicative. We’ll reply personally, usually the same business day.