Columbus has a great history as the beginner of commercial aviation.

the old pilot in me is trying to figure it out.. since aviation is all 3 and 4 letter short cuts.I think most of the short cuts you guys use these days is lost on me. 

my underground guy is my aviation partner with 125 employees and he owns all the iron that he leases to the company for 150k a month  etc etc..

REcapture also is tough with big capital items you buy for your business Like your airplane.. that one sneaks up on a guy.. and there is a big reason that the successful real estate company that has private aviation will usually move up … and if they do sell they have massive recapture so you want to sell that airplane in a down market when you have so loss carry backs to off set.. did this in 2009 post crash we sold one airplane that had I not had some loss carry backs would have been 100k plus to pay tax on .. 

Dinner at Mavro's or Sasabune is on me after :) I retired as Pilot in Command this year.. 40 years no accidents thought it best to go out on a high note.. when you do have an ut oh in small private aviation if it does not kill you it maims you pretty good.. other than hanger rash type things.. 

@Adam ZachYep, same here..Aviation

well I would not go that far.. for many there is an aviation saying it goes like this.... actually a few... 

:)A more appropriate one for me is the:Get Smarter App :)I just love aviation.. so I have to pay for the privlage.. but if I can get say 8 to 10 transcon round trips on the G 4 for 15k.. well that to me is a no brainer....

I live in a small town but I think it has promising potential for growth because we have one of three gates to a military base where all Army pilots are trained (Fort Novosel previously named Fort Rucker) both my parents work on the base as civilian contractors and it is one of the highest paying aviation jobs in the state and is also a government job so has great benefits.