Adventures & More

Aviation enthusiasts have been opening the video link of “Lainey’s First Airplane Ride” like it was money from home. While it’s tough to match the infectious enthusiasm of a six-year-old, try this one on for size. Born a few years before Lainey — in 1950 — Livingston Taylor is an accomplished singer-songwriter and professor at […]

The following article, Wrightophilia, is from the December 2003 print issue. The story of the achievement of powered flight by the Wright brothers, which in its bare outline is familiar to everyone, grows more interesting to me as I delve more deeply into it. Orville and Wilbur Wright, as indistinguishable at first glance as Tweedledum […]

In a startling announcement a few days ago, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft has named an August 1901 flight by Connecticut aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead as the first successful powered flight in history, beating the Wright brothers’ first flight by more than two years. Jane’s, which calls itself the world’s foremost authority on aviation history, […]

Able Flight is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping wounded veterans and other disabled people learn to fly. Sennheiser, Embraer and Signature Flight Support are sponsoring a benefit evening for Able Flight on Saturday April 20 at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, near Orlando. Guests will be able to tour Kermit Weeks’ aviation […]

The National Aeronautic Association announced on Tuesday that the team behind the Mars Curiosity Rover will be awarded the 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The award was given “…in recognition of the extraordinary achievements of successfully landing Curiosity on Mars, advancing the nation’s technological and engineering capabilities and significantly improving humanity’s understanding of ancient Martian […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Roy Brewer, who recently flew into Tulsa’s Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport in a Commander 114. Here’s what he had to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Bruce Barber, who recently flew into Minnesota’s Worthington Municipal Airport in a Cessna 172. Here’s what he had to say about one of the airport’s FBOs, Integrity Aviation: […]

Six-year-old Lainey Woodson never had an interest in flying, until her first flight on Oct. 5, 2012. The youngest of four, she was always scared of flying, unlike her older siblings. On a clear October day, her family traveled out to York, South Carolina (01SC), to the grass strip for a picnic and an afternoon […]

The Solar Impulse has arrived from Switzerland at Moffett Field, California — though not under its own solar power. The revolutionary airplane arrived in a crate, and the Solar Impulse team is now working to reassemble it for a planned four-stop flight across the United States this summer. The Solar Impulse has a 205-foot wingspan, […]

In our FBO Spotlight series, we’re highlighting FBOs around the country that have received rave reviews from our readers. This latest Spotlight is brought to you by Laura Lyne, who has flown into DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta in a Mooney, Cessna 210, Baron and Aero Commander. Here’s what she had to say about one of […]