STOL

A pilot who calls himself altitude-oriented checks out the Reno Air Races, has a ball, and starts to question things.

Collaboration adds new event to 2022 series points race at Somerton Airport in February.

The Central Florida Classic featured notable additions, and absences.

Key figures across aviation took part in FLYING’s first virtual event: “What’s Next in General Aviation: A Virtual Event Presented by FlightSafety.”

This fireside chat recap is from FLYING’s “What’s Next in General Aviation” Virtual Event on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How one creative STOL pilot invented an entire sport and founded a wild backcountry fly-in described as the “Burning Man” of aviation. DETAILS: FLYING’s Lisa DeFrees talks with STOL pilot Kevin Quinn about how he founded […]

This fireside chat recap is from FLYING’s “What’s Next in General Aviation” Virtual Event on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How Just Aircraft built its business as the popularity of STOL continues to grow. DETAILS: FLYING’s Thom Patterson talks with Gary Schmitt about how Just Aircraft grew from an idea to one of the most popular […]

With beautiful weather, the world’s largest backcountry event, the High Sierra Fly-In was back in the swing of things last week, appearing as though nothing ever happened after taking 2020 off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airplanes returned from all over the world to join in and celebrate this amazing event: Landing on surrounding […]

The High Sierra Fly-In 2021 kicked off early last week on the Dead Cow Airstrip and surrounding dry lake bed in northern Nevada, with a collective community event that brought in nearly 1,000 vehicles (aircraft and campers and more…) and roughly 2,000 spectators and participants. The STOL Drag competition pitted long-time backcountry pilots and newcomers […]

FLYING contributor Sam Weigel has been an avid fan of the Reno Air Races for a long time—and he takes us behind the scenes from the 2021 races into the cockpit of Sport Class pilot Joe Coraggio and gives us a view from the grandstands of all of the Unlimited, Jet, T-6, F-1, Biplane, and […]

Most pilots are introduced to tailwheel flying in small, two-place types such as the Piper Cub, Aeronca Champ and Cessna 140—airplanes that are perfectly suited to initial training and short pleasure flights. But as they build experience, more than a few pilots begin to recognize the limitations of these bantamweights and begin searching for an […]