Pilots

When First Landings, the flight school where I did my Sport Pilot training, announced it was organizing a North Carolina “adventure flight,” I was intrigued. The plan was for a group of us to depart early one Friday morning in April from Apopka, Florida’s X04 for a long weekend of hiking and whitewater rafting in […]

As we all know, general aviation covers a wide range of aircraft types, from Cessna Skycatchers and Robinson R22s to Gulfstream G650s and Sikorsky S92s and everything in between. Whether it’s a vintage Cherokee flying 40 hours a year or a shiny new King Air flying 400, if it’s privately owned and flown for business […]

I have before me a bound volume containing a year’s worth of Flying, a gift from an old friend and collaborator, pilot and photographer Baron Wolman, who picked it up at a swap meet for $4. The year, 1916, will surprise anyone who knows that our esteemed publication first appeared, under the name of Popular […]

Paul Redlich dead-sticked a newly restored P-40 into Ohio’s Clermont County Airport (I69) from 6,500 feet this winter. The Allison engine suddenly blew on a test flight of the rare and iconic World War II fighter about six miles east of I69, and Paul found himself flying a glider with the sink rate of a […]

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 Jared Heiner, who recently visited Kemp Jet Services at Ogden-Hinckley Airport in a Cessna Cardinal 177RG. Here’s what he has to say about the experience. Kemp Jet Services […]

Air race lovers can now get an up close and personal look at the Reno Air Races in Air Racers 3D, which premieres today in select IMAX theatres. The movie is sprinkled with historical footage, providing background information on the history of air racing and some of the airplanes that participate in the Unlimited race […]

The scene of the Martin Family relaxing Wednesday morning next tor their just-restored 1946 Fairchild, is captivating for more than one reason. A young family camping at Sun ‘n Fun next to an antique airplane they flew nine hours from Pennsylvania to be at this year’s fly-in speaks volumes in that it is exactly what […]

Sun ‘n Fun 2012 is in full swing, with blue skies, spectacular aircraft and great performers attracting aviation enthusiasts from throughout the country. Here’s a look, provided by photographer Jim Koepnick, at the crowd pleasers at this year’s show: View the photo gallery here. Check out our full coverage of the show here.

Sun ‘n Fun 2012 has gotten under way at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida, and despite sunny skies, crowds are still thin. But with good weather expected across most of the United States for the next several days, organizers expect excellent crowds for the remainder of the show. The show will be a […]

Last spring thousands of aviation enthusiasts and hundreds of companies flocked to the grounds of Sun ‘n Fun to take part in one of general aviation’s biggest annual events. One such company was Lockwood Aircraft Corp., a venture centered upon the one-of-a-kind homebuilt aircraft known as the AirCam and the tight-knit community of aviators who […]