Pilots and their planes now call more than 600 fly-in communities across the country home, says Dave Sclair, retired publisher of General Aviation News.
“It’s a very popular trend,” he says.
John Travolta keep his Boeing 707 parked at his estate in the air park Jumbolair near Ocala, Fla.
But celebrities aren’t the only people who choose this […]

If a person has been steadily employed and paying income taxes their entire life, they should not lose their home following the circus of the last 8-9 years when gas prices quad-rupled, among other things.  I have a better solution:  Forgive all home mortgages.  A person with multiple homes would write-down their primary residence only.  […]

By RICHARD HANNERS / Whitefish Pilot

Word that the Wall Street meltdown has led to layoffs at the Moonlight Basin ski resort had some locals concerned about the future of Whitefish Mountain Resort.
By mid-September, the ski resort south of Bozeman had spent $100 million on construction and lined up another $70 million in financing, thanks to […]

Posted: Thursday, Oct 16, 2008 - 02:13:04 pm PDT

The Big Mountain Commercial Association looking for members
By RICHARD HANNERS / Whitefish PilotNow in its 10th year, Big Mountain Commercial Association’s SNOW Bus program continues to provide much-needed public transportation between Whitefish and the ski resort on the mountain.
BMCA executive director Rick Cunningham said the bus service […]

Despite the fact that the $250 billion the government plans to invest in banks is intended to help them make new loans, J.P. Morgan Chase, BB&T, and Zions Bancorporation are among the financial institutions hoping to use the money to acquire other banks.
While some experts are worried such deals could further the trend of […]