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We started our aerial business when the great boss of the company we worked at died. His moron idiot son took over. He was driving the company into the ground, and we could see that company was going extinct.

We bought a new digital camera system, and rented Cessna 172s at the local airport. We both worked out of our houses, so no real office to keep overhead low. The first year we made almost nothing in profit, but all the costs were paid by the company. By year two we had some big jobs, and that allowed us to buy some more expensive software, and start taking draws on the company.

Now we own a Cessna 182T and a much better digital camera, and lots of computers and software, and still have fun doing the projects.

So the real answer, about 24 months to see any real profit and get the startup costs paid.
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1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
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