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ForeFlight app users have access to an AI-powered insurance tool that backstops the price of a premium.

G100UL is in service but a lot of misinformation is still out there, plus some users are reporting problems. Here’s what we see going on.

In an aviation insurance market that targets aging pilots in complex aircraft, SkyWatch says it takes a high-tech and more flexible approach to underwriting.

That headline is pretty much the same as it was when we took a look at the hardened aircraft insurance market a couple of years ago. At the tail end of 2023, owners, underwriters and aircraft sales pros still tell us that senior pilots (aged 70 and older) and inexperienced pilots are attention-getters when it […]

As the average age of general aviation pilots continues to climb—during a “hard” insurance market—we hear horror stories of pilots being unable to find coverage, having coverage canceled or facing premium price increases they simply cannot afford.  As we started our look into the matter, we found consistent evidence that once a pilot hits 70 […]

Over the past year or so we’ve been getting plenty of reports from pilots slapped by the sobering reality that the current insurance market has sunset their flying career. The trend is pretty clear: These are pilots north of 70 years old—many flying twins, turbines and even small tailwheel airplanes—who on paper have spotless flying […]

An amusing and depressing part of the job here at the magazine is scouring the accident reports for the safety data we assemble in the Used Aircraft Guide. If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. There is some horrific and fascinating stuff, all of it making me wish I had gone to work for the NTSB. […]

It’s a sometimes painful truth of aviation: If you want something done right you need to go to an expert. That goes for finding the right technician for the type of airplane you own, getting flight instruction in backcountry flying or buying life insurance.  For pilots seeking life insurance the scenario is a familiar one—you […]

The ongoing allure of tailwheel airplanes for pilots seeking backcountry adventure, flying aerobatics or simply owning one because it has a tailwheel means that we’re always getting questions from prospective owners about whether they can insure their purchase. Our definitive answer is: probably. But it might be expensive. And your age is going to be […]

It’s happened. You’ve dreamed of this forever. You can finally afford to step up from the piston-pounders you’ve been flying into the world of owner-flown turbines.  You’re excited as a puppy in a shoe closet. Yet, when you discuss the idea with some of your friends with aviation backgrounds you respect, they shift into making-noncommittal-comments-while-nodding-politely […]

We don’t have to remind anyone that there aren’t any free lunches in the 200-knot club, do we? To go fast there’s always stuff to spend money on, and first and foremost is training, aggressive maintenance and upgrades, while insurance eligibility hangs in the balance. Put simply, if your flying credentials look questionable on paper, […]

Doing the research for this article, we spoke with aircraft owners and insurance brokers. We came away concerned for the financial well-being of owners because we heard owners repeat some aviation insurance myths that should have died long ago and because some have signed agreements that—in certain circumstances—can negate the insurance they spent good money […]