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VREF | The Truth About the Aviation Market — 51 episodes
The Market Split In Half: The Numbers Don't Lie | EP 55
The Great Mooney Mystery: Six Questions The Record Doesn't Answer | EP 54
The "Ferrari Problem" Is Coming For Aviation | EP 53
The $2 Million Loss Your Insurance May Never Mention | EP 52
The "Red Hot" Jet That No One Is Selling | EP 51
Aviation's Alphabet Mafia | EP 50
The Jet That’s Worth More Dead Than Alive | EP 49
Oshkosh: Where Dreams, Deals, and Bad Numbers Collide | EP 48
Why Some Airplanes Sell In Days While Others Just Sit | EP 47
The $110,000 Upgrade That Could Tank Your Aircraft’s Value | EP 46
The Confidence Recession Is Here: Why Aircraft Deals Are Freezing Before Prices Break | EP 45
Blood In The Hanger: Why Smart Buyers Win The Market Turns | EP 43
The “Hot Market” Lie That Costs Aircraft Owners Millions | EP 42
The $4 Million Deal That Died in Court: One Aircraft Transaction, Years of Litigation | EP 41
The Post-COVID Boom Is DEAD: Why Q2 Is Forcing Aviation Back To Reality | EP 38
The Charts Are Lying: Why The Aviation Market Is Moving Were Data Scrapers Can't See | EP 37
The Aircraft Market Lost Its Nerve: Why Falling Prices Still Won't Make Buyers Move | EP 36
Why Bad Deals Start Before the Pre-Buy, and Why Your Network Matters More Than You Think | EP 35
Too Many People, Not Enough Closers: Why Aircraft Deals Are Getting Slower and Messier | EP 33
When Markets Don’t Break… They Slow: Why Aviation Risk Is Now Showing Up in Time, Not Price | EP 32
The Asking Price Lie Why Listed Aircraft Values Mean Far Less Than People Think | EPISODE 31
The Low-Time Lie: Why “Hangar Queen” Might Be the Most Dangerous Phrase in Aircraft Shopping | EP 30
The Comps Illusion: Why Aircraft Sales Data Isn’t What You Think It Is | EPISODE 29
War, Fuel, and Frozen Deals: How Iran Is Reshaping The Aviation Market | EPISODE 28
Why the Pre-Buy Isn’t About Maintenance…It’s About Risk | EPISODE 27
The Aviation Market Is Breaking: Why Some Aircraft Are Holding Value While Others Nosedive | EP 26
The Next Aviation Downturn Won’t Start With Airplanes | EPISODE 25
Is Your Aircraft Worth More DEAD Than Alive? — The Brutal Truth About Part-Out Economics | EP 24
The 7 Mistakes That Cost Aircraft Owners Millions | EPISODE 23
The Fuel That Broke General Aviation | EPISODE 22
Why “Engine Overhauls Don’t Add Value” Is the Most Dangerous Take in Aviation | EPISODE 21
The Aircraft Financing Hit List: Top Banks, Financiers, Credit Unions, and Brokers | EP 20
The Ladder Is Gone: Why New Aircraft No Longer Make Sense the Way They Used To | EPISODE 19
Is Aviation Ready for AI? | EPISODE 18
’Twas the Night Before Christmas… and the Market Remembered Gravity | EPISODE 17
Aviation’s New Privacy Crisis: How ADS-B, FAA Reform & Public Tracking Are Colliding | Episode 16
The Six Brokers You’ll Meet in Aviation (and How They Quietly Shape Every Deal) | EPISODE 15
The Weirdest Aviation Market We’ve Seen in Years | EPISODE 14
Aviation, Gratitude, and a Global Express | EPISODE 13
Why Your First Airplane Is (Probably) the Wrong Airplane | EPISODE 12
When Aircraft Sit: Understanding Value in a Slow Market | EPISODE 11
The Great Engine Shortage: Why Your Program Might Not Save You | EPISODE 10
Is NBAA Still Relevant - And What it Says About the Future of Business Aviation | EPISODE 9
Time Kills Deals: How Aircraft Transactions Really Close (and Blow Up) | EPISODE 8
The Truth About Off-Market Aircraft, Back-to-Back Deals, and Why You Still Need a Broker | EPISODE 7
What the Market is Really Saying | EPISODE 6
Can I Afford That Airplane? | EPISODE 5
How Damage Effects Aircraft Value | EPISODE 4
The Good, the Bad, and the Manipulated: How Aircraft Valuations Really Work | EPISODE 3
The Free Jet Myth & The Aircraft Popularity Contest | EPISODE 2
Turbulence Ahead: Tariffs, Supply Chains and the Market Correction Taking Shape | EPISODE 1