This beautiful plane will soon be available for Charter through Corporate Flight Management. http://www.flycfm.com/charters.cfm

$50 Knoxville-Nashville Round Trip Ad – Blue, a photo by Corporate Flight Management on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
$50 Round Trip tickets between Knoxville, TN and Nashville, TN (actually Smyrna, TN but Smyrna is only about 20mins from downtown Nashville)
www.socialflights.com

Josh Lockhart finished producing the first of hopefully several videos for CFM. This video was to debut Dassault Falcon 20F,  N349MR, however the plane was sold before we could begin our advertising campaign.

Enjoy!

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCWH_O0dcV0

Photos of this beautiful plane can be found on our Flickr page. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corporateflightmanagement/sets/72157627611040295/

1989 British Aerospace Executive Jetstream J32 – sn 874 – N874CP
Charter this beautiful plane here:
http://www.flycfm.com/charters.cfm/type/A/inventory/43

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King Air Acquisition Email, a photo by Corporate Flight Management on Flickr.

King Air 100 – 200 Acquisition and Sales by CFM
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My name is Chris Findley and I joined the CFM Aircraft Sales team this summer. I love helping

pilots and owner/operators enjoy the freedom and convenience of corporate aviation. Even with

the economic challenges we face in the current market, there are some incredible

opportunities available.

Corporate Flight Management has been serving the needs of its clients for almost 30 years

under the same ownership. With our solid track-record of performance we can help you in your

search for your next aircraft. From mission analysis and aircraft comparison to test flight,

closing, and delivery, we will partner with you to find the right aircraft, at the right

price, for you.

CFM’s services include sales and acquisition of new aircraft, maintenance and aircraft

management and charter services. If you are looking to buy or sell your aircraft, please feel

free to contact me if I can serve you in any way.

Chris Findley
Aircraft Sales Specialist
615-669-9393
chris.findley@flycfm.com

Once you decide to begin the search for a new aircraft, you need to have a criteria for prioritizing your options.  You may like the King Air 350 but will it do what you need it to do?  Likewise you may write off the possibility of a Citation VI and not realize that it is the perfect aircraft for you and can do over 90% of the travel you need.  So how do you begin to narrow down your choices?

First, clearly establish your “Key Missions”.  Conklin and deDecker, one of the leading authorities on aircraft acquisition, says simply that, “Key missions are the ones that define success for the organization’s use of aircraft.” (1)  In order to purchase the right aircraft for your organization, it is crucial to understand these key missions.  Are most of your flights regional?  Are you travelling from 500 to 750 nautical miles?  Or are most of your flights transcontinental?  You look at the “normal” trips, the most frequent trips you expect and the likely conditions (weather, field lengths, passenger/cargo loads etc.)  If  85% of your trips are in the southeast, you have to decide if that extra $3Million of acquisition cost and $250,000 in annual operating costs are worth being able to make a longer flight just 15% of the time.  Does that cost offset making a fuel stop?  Sometimes the convenience and importance of the mission might mean that yes, you need the plane to be able to make that trip.  Other buyers might say, “No, the fuel stop is fine.”  But nonetheless, it is important to define the mission.

Secondly, “Evaluation Parameters” describe other criteria that affect the ability of the organization to achieve its mission with an aircraft.  If you are an air ambulance company, door size will be an important evaluation parameter.   Perhaps you are going to be moving a number of people and need airline-styled passenger seating.  Or maybe your aircraft will only move 8 or 10 people and an executive seating arrangement makes more sense for your needs.  Are there special avionics needs or certification needs for your airplane?

It is vitally important to do this work before you move too far down the road toward acquisition.  In the end, it will save you time and potentially a lot of money.  So, determine your key missions and spend some time working through the evaluation parameters with your flight department and aircraft broker.

Remember you don’t just need a plane, you need the right airplane for you.

Chris Findley is an Aircraft Sales Specialist with CFM Aircraft Sales (formerly CFMJet).  He can be reached by email at chris.findley@flycfm.com or by phone at 615-696-9393.

1.   Conklin & deDecker Aircraft Acquisition Planning  (Conklin & deDecker Institute of Aviation; Orleans, MA, 1998, 2010 rev.) Page56