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The arrival to Brackett Field Airport (KPOC) takes you through the Pomona Valley south of the San Gabriel Mountains approximately 35nm east of LAX. Look down on the city of Baldwin Park and Interstate 10 and pay homage to the original location of In-N-Out Burger chain that opened in 1948. The San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate […]

Muslims have Mecca, Jews have the Western Wall and Christians have the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The aviator’s holy site is First Flight Airport (KFFA) containing the Wright Brothers Memorial. The memorial is a 60-foot granite pylon sculpture sitting on a star-shaped base at the top of a lush green hill. It’s the place […]

There’s not a whole lot of information about this Greek advanced ultralight (homebuilt in the U.S.), but it sure looks like fun. It’s not fast (no afterburner) and it won’t carry much ordnance, but based on the accompanying video of a 16-year-old pilot taking it around the patch, it looks as though it flies pretty […]

The desert landscape south of Las Vegas can be a desolate, harsh and foreboding place. The clear skies and diverging lines of US 95 (Veterans Memorial Highway) and US 93 will lull an aviator into a sense of complacency. Reach for the Phoenix sectional, grab a sip of water or even blink at an inopportune […]

How does a free iPad 2 with ForeFlight sound? Like us on Facebook and enter to win this and other great prizes for aviation enthusiasts. The prizes are as follows: Grand Prize – An iPad 2 – A one-year subscription to ForeFlight – An iPad Starter Kit from Sporty’s, which includes a Bluetooth GPS, a […]

How does a free iPad 2 fully-equipped with Jeppesen Mobile TC and Garmin Pilot My-Cast sound? Enter our Facebook contest and you could be the lucky winner who gets to snag this Grand Prize! We’ll also be giving away other hot prizes like an iPod Touch. Check out our Facebook page now to enter.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security a few days ago issued a warning that small airplanes might be used as improvised flying devices against civilian targets by terrorists looking to make a deadly statement on the 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The advisory went on to say that there was […]

Load the airplane with your favorite co-pilot, the family dog, a well-used set of golf clubs and an overnight bag and head for the perfect west coast summer getaway. Follow the Pacific coastline to Shelter Cove on the California Lost Coast. Shelter Cove and the Shelter Cove Airport (0Q5) are located 350 miles south of […]

A variety of rare and legendary military aircraft will be making their way to EAA AirVenture for next week’s show, poised and ready to delight warbird fanatics and history buffs alike. Among them is a 560 A6M3 Model 22 Zero, one of just three airworthy Japanese Zeros left in the world. The airplane was recovered […]