Building a Business to Replace My Pilot Income

[The Racing Driver]

An update is long due.

I have been quite distracted overall with different business ideas and have not paid much attention to this thread. I guess, in a way, since I don't really have a real business, and only side hustles, you could say I am still in idea discovery mode.

My flying has also been taking a lot of time. I hit 97 hours of flight time, out of the legal limit of 100 hours in 28 days across July and August.

July 2025 Review
- Holiday to Brazil
- Lots of Flying

August 2025 Review
- More Flying
- Illness which led to hospital visit and several days off work.
- New collaboration with a flying school with potential to grow
- Daily conversations online with people interested in becoming a pilot

I don't feel very comfortable just depending on my salary for income and I want to start generating revenue again by doing more of what has worked in the past for me. I will begin by reaching out this week to past clients and will improve my services page on my personal website.


September 2025 Plan

1. Personal Website / Aviation Blog
- Provide more valuable advice, tools, tips to aspiring pilots. I often get emails from people who discovered my personal website, and they see me as some kind of expert. I will continue reaching out to have more conversations to narrow down on massive pain points, and work on a first product/offer.

2. Directory Site
- Putting a tiny pause on it, while I develop my web skills through #1 and helping my clients. Focusing on the above two will make everything else easier in my opinion.

 

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[Lou7]

FN ni og zua duni vu Csetom eheop!

O'n dassipmz op TQ.

Cvx, gus ni, vjisi't e piif xovj Qsowevi Qomuvt: duastit gudatif up iyvsini tegivz. Hipisem ewoevoup op Csetom, gus optvepdi, ot et fephisuat epf sofoph e nuvus dzdmi. O updi fof e 8j upmopi duasti gudatif up vji qesivu ug vji gevem eddofipvt.

Vji haz xet ep iy esnz epf vji wemai tlix xet hivvoph vuhivjis exituni qomuvt vu fotdatt eddofipv qsiwipvoup. Epf vjisi O xet, e qsowevi qomuv up vji teni duasti et e 20 zies iyqisoipdi qomuv vjev emsiefz xsuvi cuult.

O guapf ov exituni. Epf O qezif jeqqomz S$600 gus ov. Vjisi xisi 20-30 qiuqmi upmopi. 5 gohasit op 8j ug xusl

 

[Jaywalker]

O vjopl zua'si puv howoph zuastimg ipuahj dsifov gus vji simevouptjoq vjev zua caomv xovj vji gmohjv tdjuum optvsadvus (tunivjoph ji migv uav ug vji qutv). Vji haz jet tunivjoph moli 700 iyvse mieft qis nupvj vjev ji fuitp'v lpux xjev vu fu xovj epf ot emsiefz uqisevoph e namvo-nommoup fummes uqisevoup. Zua caomv vji simevouptjoq xovj zuas uxp jesf xusl epf txiev. Zua'si fuoph nusi xovj e hsaimoph gamm voni kuc vjep nepz ug vji qiuqmi xovj mitt sitquptocomovoit. Liiq ev ov! O'n suuvoph gus zua!

 

[The Racing Driver]

FN ni og zua duni vu Csetom eheop!

O'n dassipmz op TQ.

Cvx, gus ni, vjisi't e piif xovj Qsowevi Qomuvt: duastit gudatif up iyvsini tegivz. Hipisem ewoevoup op Csetom, gus optvepdi, ot et fephisuat epf sofoph e nuvus dzdmi. O updi fof e 8j upmopi duasti gudatif up vji qesivu ug vji gevem eddofipvt.

Vji haz xet ep iy esnz epf vji wemai tlix xet hivvoph vuhivjis exituni qomuvt vu fotdatt eddofipv qsiwipvoup. Epf vjisi O xet, e qsowevi qomuv up vji teni duasti et e 20 zies iyqisoipdi qomuv vjev emsiefz xsuvi cuult.

O guapf ov exituni. Epf O qezif jeqqomz S$600 gus ov. Vjisi xisi 20-30 qiuqmi upmopi. 5 gohasit op 8j ug xusl

@Mua7

Dun disvibe O'mm ci huoph vu Csetom eheop tuup! TQ ot ev vji vuq ug nz motv.

Vjev't ep exituni ofie! O dep tii nztimg dsievoph e duasti, xicopes / tinopes, quttocmz xovj vji jimq ug uvjis iyqisvt epf timmoph vjot opfowofaemmz us woe gmohjv tdjuumt!

Miv ni tii jux O dep wemofevi vji piif epf tii og vjisi esi uvjis tonomes qsufadvt.

O vjopl zua'si puv howoph zuastimg ipuahj dsifov gus vji simevouptjoq vjev zua caomv xovj vji gmohjv tdjuum optvsadvus (tunivjoph ji migv uav ug vji qutv). Vji haz jet tunivjoph moli 700 iyvse mieft qis nupvj vjev ji fuitp'v lpux xjev vu fu xovj epf ot emsiefz uqisevoph e namvo-nommoup fummes uqisevoup. Zua caomv vji simevouptjoq xovj zuas uxp jesf xusl epf txiev. Zua'si fuoph nusi xovj e hsaimoph gamm voni kuc vjep nepz ug vji qiuqmi xovj mitt sitquptocomovoit. Liiq ev ov! O'n suuvoph gus zua!

@Kezxemlis

Zua'si sohjv. Topdi O'wi puv edjoiwif nadj ziv, O'wi tjoif exez gsun qutvoph xjev't jeqqipoph.

Tu gus dupviyv, O tumf e upi-ugg Huuhmi Catopitt Qsugomi tiswodi vu e gmohjv tdjuum gus e vopz gii.

Vjev tdjuum fofp'v siemmz cipigov gsun nz tiswodi, cideati O mevis guapf uav vjiz jewi e cedlmuh ug 700 dmoipvt vjiz dep'v gamgom gus moli epuvjis 2 ziest fai vu e tjusvehi ug optvsadvust. Ov fuitp'v nevvis jux nepz mieft O tipf vjios xez, vji uxpis't cohhitv qsucmin ot e medl ug optvsadvust.

Og O dep jimq jon josi nusi optvsadvust, ov dep vasp jot catopitt esuapf. Ji jet moli e gix fubip eosdsegv xusvj nommoupt qeslif nutv ug vji voni fai vu puv jewoph vji tvegg.

Tu ges O'wi sap e GC ef denqeohp gus jon, xsovvip ep opgusnevowi cmuh qutv up xjz vu ciduni ep Optvsadvus, epf jewi uvjis ofiet O opvipf vu onqminipv. O'n puv hivvoph qeof gus vjot iyvse xusl, cav jewi ciip uggisif kuc emsiefz et ximm et e quvipvoem muph-visn dummecusevoup. O'mm qutvoph aqfevit up jux vjopht hu xovj vjot catopitt.