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Kali and Robin arrived at the race start (KMDH) after a long, hot day of flying from Denver (KCFO). Their Cessna 172 had just completed a 100 hour inspection and oil change, and the team used the 7-hour flight to confirm that the aircraft was running smoothly and in race condition.
Jetlaw Partner Kali Hague and flight instructor Robin Laws are competing in the all-women’s Air Race Classic. The Jetlaw team returns after capturing 10th place in Kali’s restored 1947 Luscombe 8E taildragger. This year the team is racing a 1979 Cessna 172 from the flight school where Robin teaches.
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Watch Partner Kent Jackson race at the National Championship Air Races at Reno and Partner Kali Hague compete in the women’s Air Race Classic in her vintage Luscombe.
Fourth quarter means a rush to upgrade aircraft before the end of the year to capture depreciation benefits for 2026. Prior to the 2017 tax bill, the industry benefitted from “like-kind exchange” rules that allowed an aircraft owner to sell their current aircraft and reinvest the proceeds into a new, (or new to the owner) aircraft while deferring taxes.
The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) requires U.S. registered aircraft (“N” number aircraft) to be owned by U.S. citizens or resident aliens, unless a registration exception applies.
Even among seasoned aviation professionals, determining whether a flight must be conducted under the FAA’s stringent Part 135 commercial operating rules or the more permissive Part 91 operating rules is a daunting task.
