Tonight I went out to do my last instrument flying of the year. There are few things as exciting as doing the ILS RWY 17 at MHT at 150mph right down to 200 feet over the ground. You see the runway lights appear out of the gray gloom and you realize exactly how close you are to the cold, hard earth. And you're moving. Won't see that for another five or six months.

Wide-Flying Moguls: Google Duo's New Jet Is a Boeing 767-200

Flying a used 767 with a functional but not lavish VIP interior would cost an average of about $13,000 per flight-hour, compared with $7,850 for a Gulfstream V, according to Conklin & deDecker Aviation Information, an Orleans, Mass., research and consulting firm. That includes both variable costs such as fuel and fixed items such as crew salaries, maintenance and depreciation.

I stretch my finances to spend $150/hr to fly in the C-182 in my association. The cost/hr for those larger just is just staggering and just points out how little money I make when compared with the super-rich.