Book excerpt: Expanded and completely updated, the second edition of this popular handbook provides complete facts and step-by-step directions for selecting, purchasing, and maintaining an airplane for personal use. Second edition features include: material on recommended first aircraft; additional aircraft references for first-time owners; additional material on ultralights and homebuilt/kit-built aircraft; leaseback information reflecting tax law changes; information on the use of autogas in airplanes; and a new chapter on high performance single-engine aircraft.