Owning the thing will
Barry - this is possible. My accountant and I bought a Cessna 182 - kept it for around 6 years, took on another partner then sold the plane for a health profit. I logged around 250 hours and got my instrument rating. When we sold the plane it pretty much covered my entire cost of owning and flying the plane - basically, we owned it for free (if you don't count the labor doing some of the maintenance and grunt work on annuals etc). The only drawback is that you have to put out the money during that time and it can get expensive. It hurts to pay out a couple thousand for maintenance items etc. Good luck - hope you enjoy it.