Who I Am
I am 28 years old, based in Cape Coral, FL, and I run a software company. I am not a career pilot. I did not grow up around aviation. I made a decision in 2025 that most people told me was backwards: I bought a 1965 Beechcraft Bonanza before I had my private pilot certificate, formed an LLC around it, and started documenting everything in public.
Why I Bought a Plane Before Getting My License
The logic was simple, even if it looked insane from the outside. I knew I wanted to fly. I knew I wanted to own a specific type of aircraft — a Bonanza, high-performance, complex, something I would grow into rather than out of. The right plane was available in September 2025. I bought it.
Every hour I spend on ground school, every lesson with my CFI, every preflight I do on N2015W teaches me something about the specific airplane I will actually be flying. There is no transition checkout waiting for me at the end. I am already there.
The Bonanza
N2015W is a 1965 Beechcraft S35 Bonanza. Continental IO-520-BB6B, 1,267 hours SNEW. Hartzell prop, 40 hours SNEW. Retractable gear. Aspen EFD 1000 PFD, Garmin GNS 430W, GTX 345 ADS-B, S-TEC 50 autopilot. Classified as complex, high-performance, and technically advanced. It is a real airplane. That matters.
The Mission
Krosswind Aviation LLC was founded to document real-world aircraft ownership — the costs, the mistakes, the milestones — and eventually to expand into training and aircraft access for other pilots. The name comes from crosswind landings: the fundamentals you have to master before anything else matters.
Where This Is Going
- Private Pilot Certificate
- Instrument Rating
- Building hours and experience in N2015W
- Eventually: dry-lease opportunities and flight instruction
- All of it documented here and on YouTube