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 finds immense joy and purpose in combining their love for flying with the pursuit of unique culinary experiences, often using a meal as a "mission-oriented" reason for a flight.
General aviation facilitates the discovery of authentic, regionally specific "mom-and-pop" restaurants located off major highways, offering a richer and more personal dining experience than chain establishments.
These "flying for food" adventures provide more than just a meal, leading to memorable flights, unique local encounters, and unexpected cultural interactions that enrich the overall travel experience.

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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.