Food for Flight Is the Way to Go

I love to eat. I also love to fly. So I absolutely love where mozzarella meets magnetos.

Ben Younger

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 01:22 PM ET

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Flying for food is a more than acceptable reason to get in the air. [Adobe Stock]

Key Takeaways:

The author celebrates the joy of combining aviation with his love for food, viewing flying as a mission-oriented way to enhance any adventure.
General aviation allows access to unique, off-the-beaten-path regional restaurants and local communities that offer authentic culinary experiences, unlike homogenized commercial areas.
These food-centric flights lead to memorable meals, ranging from high-end cuisine to charming diners, and foster unexpected, genuine encounters with local people and culture.
Future cross-country flights are planned based on "taste buds and curiosity," highlighting the personal and exploratory nature of these culinary aerial journeys.

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I love to eat. I also love to fly. An opportunity to combine the two makes me feel like Dom DeLuise in the 1981 movie History of the World, Part I when he realizes he’s going to bathe in treasure from the orient. “Treasure…Bathtub…Treasure bath…I’m going to have a treasure bath! Treasure bath!!!”

I’ve written in these pages about combining my love of racing motorcycles with aviation, flying to distant racetracks and sometimes even landing on the track itself. Aviation sweetens the pot for any adventure. It’s a simple equation: Anything you like to do + Aviation = A Win.