A Financial Advisor for Pilots
and Aircraft Owners
Navigating Your Finances
If you are a pilot, and especially if you are an aircraft owner, there are specific considerations when it comes to the kind of financial guidance you receive.
The Financial Side of Flying
Owning and operating an aircraft is a major financial commitment for you and your family. Like all aviation endeavors, planning is THE critical element for success. The financial aspects of owning and operating your personal aircraft are something that I have come to understand personally and professionally.
I understand that all financial aspects of aircraft ownership—from purchasing, to operating costs, to maintenance, to insuring an aircraft—are important to you. Integrating these key considerations with planning for the care of your family and your legacy is what I do. Working with a financial advisor who understands aviation can give you peace of mind and facilitate better long-term financial outcomes for you and your loved ones.
Financial Planning
All aspects of aviation require precise planning. The financial aspects should be no different. It’s not just the purchase. Maintenance, hangar fees, insurance, fuel, and financing costs can all have affects on your long-term financial wellbeing, as well as your future choices.
A sound financial plan can illustrate, in detail, how your passion for aviation can live alongside your child’s college funding. How flying might affect your retirement plans. How to properly leverage possible tax advantages of different aircraft ownership options. These factors play a major role in your financial wellbeing. Using a financial planner who, like you, lives and breathes aviation can meaningfully impact your goals and help you succeed financially in the long run. Developing a financial plan will provide insight into your possible future outcomes, enlighten your decisions, and empower you to move forward with confidence.
Investment Management
Your aircraft is a significant asset that will both appreciate and depreciate in complex ways. Careful stewardship of that asset must be top of mind.
Your retirement savings, college savings, and other investment can be equally complex and should be managed with equal care. A professional advisor can help you maintain and care for these assets in the same way you ensure a sound maintenance plan is in place for your airframe and powerplant.
YOUR TOTAL FINANCIAL PICTURE
Aviation is part of your life…but not all of your life. Help and advice in the already complex world of family financial matters is driven to a new level of complexity when personal aviation is added to the mix. Let a skilled, knowledgeable, experienced financial advisor bring clarity to your financial world.
Aviation finances, college savings, college financing, home ownership, retirement planning, tax planning, and estate planning are all areas where sound, comprehensive financial advice—with that special appreciation for aviation—can make all the difference.
Meet The Pilot and Financial Advisor
Richard Pyle, ChFC®, FPQP®
Wealth Advisor
Aircraft Owner and Pilot for 30+ years
In my practice, I provide financial planning, investment management, and estate and tax planning advice designed to meet the unique needs and challenges of pilots, aircraft owners, and those who want to be aircraft owners.
Ashton Thomas Private Wealth
Investment Advisory services provided by Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser. Tax services provided by Ashton Thomas Tax Advisory, a DBA of Ashton Thomas Insurance Agency, LLC. Though there are similarities among these services, the investment advisory programs and tax services offered by Ashton Thomas' advisors are separate and distinct, differ in material ways and are governed by different laws and separate contracts with you.