Recreational Flying

A father-and-son team are pooling their love of flying into the development of a 2,300-foot facility on top of a mesa in southern Utah.

Clubs devoted to flight in the U.S. have existed since the late 1800s.

About one-third of Recreational Aviation Foundation members have used LSAs at
remote strips.

Zenith STOL flyers introduce a friend to landing on gravel bars.

A tandem gyroplane’s front seat provides great recreational flying scenery.

‘Ultralights’ in the European Union hint at what light sport aircraft can be in the U.S.

Phil Lockwood provides insight on the most popular light sport engine.

We all know many people who express an interest in learning to fly, but when they finally decide to walk into a flight school that only teaches private pilot and above, the sticker shock of earning a private pilot certificate can often scare them right back into the parking lot. It is this high cost […]

If you have ever attended one of the sport aviation shows in Sebring or DeLand, Florida, there is a significant chance that Jana Filip was involved in everything you saw, learned, flew, and tasted. As the sport aviation administrator at the DeLand Municipal Airport, Filip and a team of volunteers are in the final stages […]

There are lots of ways that you could celebrate National Aviation Day, but is there a better way than getting in the cockpit of one of the most beautiful airplanes in the world? If money or time were no object, what would you want to spend the day surfing the clouds in? Here’s what we’d […]