BeardedFlyer

BeachBum, Thanks for the informative post. It's nice to hear from someone who actually has first hand experience.

Say a pilot wanted to start their own aerial advertising business, maybe with just himself as the sole employee (owner/operator/pilot type of thing), other than an airplane what would it take? I know there are places you can buy the banner material and equipment, but how much $ would have to be put into other expenses? How do you find business that will advertise with you? What kind of insurance would you need, etc.??

I have heard of quite a few smaller operations like the one your family owns, maybe the same type of thing would be worth pursuing in my local area? I live in a fairly decent size part of the Pacific Northwest, but I never see any banners flying around here. Maybe I could stop spending my time searching for jobs and just employee myself! Wouldn't that be nice...