Martha Lunken

Here’s to the friends who bring us into the aviation fold.

Reminisces of a fun and misspent life aloft.

The long rap sheet only tells part of the tale.

The historic airfield gets a major facelift.

It turns out that bad things happen in threes.

For more than 80 years, Runway 21R, one of the original paved runways at Cincinnati’s Lunken Airport, has withstood generations of student pilots.

Clubs devoted to flight in the U.S. have existed since the late 1800s.

As a child, I thought Christmas Eve was hands-down the most magical time of the year, but December 24, 2021, was over the top. That morning I became a “real” private pilot…nine months since the revocation of all my certificates and ratings. Though I could pursue getting all of them back, at this time in […]

A FLYING reader has a question about backing in the iconic Boeing B-17 bomber, and Martha Lunken has the answer.

Following a nine-month hiatus from flight, the author’s joy at completing her second ‘first solo’ is audible.