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While the United States gets ready to celebrate for the Fourth of July holiday, here is a look at some the most unique ways to watch fireworks. Whether you get to look down from an airplane or look up from the ground, these two videos shot with GoPro cameras offer some stunning up-close views of […]

For the second year, Palm Springs, California, is welcoming back pilots and aviation enthusiasts to the annual Flying Aviation Expo presented by Scheyden, to be held this Oct. 15-17 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Registration is now open for the three-day aviation event at aviation-xpo.com. Tickets for the show are available in a variety […]

In the 1960s, Ohio Gov. Jim Rhodes committed to putting a 4,000-foot paved runway in every county — an idea promoted by his friend Norman Crabtree. Both men were from rural southeastern Ohio and proud Bobcats — graduates of Ohio University at Athens. Norm, director of the Ohio Aviation Division, flew the governor around in […]

Many of you will remember the 2013 viral video of six-year-old Lainey Woodson experiencing the unbridled joy of flight for the first time in her father’s Piper Cub. Now an even more heart-warming video has surfaced of four-year-old Lea Langumier giggling in the skies over Quebec as her dad Raphael performs aerobatics in his Citabria. […]

Following a successful inaugural event last year, Flying Magazine is once again sponsoring and hosting the Flying Aviation Expo in Palm Springs, California, this October 15-17. Several of the activities and events featured at the show will be back bigger and better, including some new premiere sponsors — Scheyden Precision Eyewear and Aircraft Spruce. To […]

What’s the secret to making the world’s best paper airplane? Who better to ask than paper airplane world record holder John Collins, who in 2012 designed a paper airplane that flew a whopping 226 feet 10 inches. Our friends at PopSci recently caught up with Collins at the Bay Area Maker Faire, where he revealed […]

What’s cooler than a high-def video of the Jetman blasting across the sky beneath his jet-powered carbon-fiber wing? A video of two Jetmen flying formation aerobatics over Dubai, of course. Yves “Jetman” Rossy has made a name for himself by flying all over the world with nothing but his jet wing attached to his body. […]

Like many, flying has always been my dream. By some miracle, I have been able to turn that dream into a successful career and hobby. As I passed midlife, suddenly realizing how valuable time is, I thought it time to fill that “bucket” that has loomed in the back of my head for so many […]

Divers searching the wreckage area of a sunken I-400 World War II Japanese submarine off the coast of O’ahu recently came upon an interesting find: the massive submarine’s missing aircraft hangar. The hangar and other key features of the mega-submarine were separated from the main wreckage, discovered by University of Hawaii and U.S. National Oceanic […]