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The Making Of A Photo Flight

Go behind the scenes on an air-to-air photo shoot of the new Found Expedition Bigfoot. Join the Plane & Pilot team for a behind the scenes look at putting together an air-to-air photo flight....

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Storm Shuts Down Sun ‘N Fun

Harsh weather destroys aircraft on display You need Adobe Flash Player 10 to view this widget. Massive rain and strong winds wreaked havoc on Sun ‘N Fun Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The storm...

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The Journey Or The Destination?

A cross-country adventure to Central America Weather delays caused unexpected pleasantries, such as the friendly hospitality of Southmost Aviation, during Patty's ferry flight from Florida to El...

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Launchpad Patrol

A one-of-a-kind perspective on NASA’s shuttle missions There appears to be a bank of sea fog rolling in off the Atlantic as we're cleared for a predawn takeoff on runway 09 at Titusville's Space Coast...

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Backcountry Odyssey

A group of Husky Aircraft takes on the rugged Teton Mountains We're threading our way through the majestic Teton Pass—a flight of four Aviat Husky aircraft and a pristine, Yakovlev Yak-52. The...

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Piper Cub Heaven

Sentimental Journey 2011 at Lock Haven, Pa., where it all began On an overcast, humid June day, I top a high dike built to prevent the Susquehanna River from flooding William T. Piper Memorial airport....

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30 Ways To Make Your Pilot Certificate Sizzle

Stretch your wings with these ideas to put excitement and challenge into your flying I’m still amazed when I land. I sometimes sit in the cockpit, as the gyros wind down and the prop clicks to a stop,...

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100 Years Of Naval Aviation

Part I: The West Coast’s only strike-fighter wing, Naval Air Station Lemoore, trains F/A-18 pilots for the runway at sea You need Adobe Flash Player 10 to view this widget. On January 18, 1911, Eugene...

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Fly The Bahamas!

There are few places that go better with flying than the beautiful islands of The Bahamas. Warm turquoise waters, pristine beaches with wide expanses of undisturbed sand, 55 airports to explore, and...

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Bahamas 101: Recipe For Paradise

Flying to the Bahamas is the stuff of dreams and is within the reach of nearly any pilot and aircraft You need Adobe Flash Player 10 to view this widget. Check out our photo gallery, too! We're...

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Trans-Africa Adventure

Part I: Southbound—From London to Cape Town in a Robinson R44 Last summer, I was sitting on a beach thinking about my upcoming 50th birthday. What was I going to do? An ad from Prepare2go...

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Amelia Earhart: A Modern Adventure

Seventy-five years on, a modern-day Earhart retraces the footsteps of a legend Amelia Rose Earhart and CFII John Post fly a Cirrus SR22 over Oakland's Bay Bridge in December 2011. I have to admit it...

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Live With Your Airplane

An overview of residential airparks and fly-in communities There's nothing like being able to walk out your back door to your hangar and into your airplane," says Spruce Creek, Fla., resident Jack...

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Visiting America Airport By Airport

A journey through the Midwest in a Pitts Special My flight student Matt Rickman and I departed Southern California for Illinois at the end of June, just as summer thunderstorms began to pummel the...

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Trans-Africa Adventure

Part II: From Cape Town to London in a Cessna 206 Having travelled south down the east coast of Africa, our return route would be north up the west coast and center on a 4,900-mile journey to Ibiza,...

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10 Favorite Fly-in Vacations

Hidden gems await discovery only by small plane Patrick Carter of Nflightcam and his Columbia 350 partner, Scott Lumbert, tour Monument Valley from the air. There it stood before me: a wall-sized...

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Let's Go To Jamaica, Mon!

The TBMOPA demonstrates the real value of type clubs Eight TBMs sit on the ramp at Ian Fleming International, named after the James Bond author who called Jamaica home. The airport was officially...

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The Maine (Seaplane) Event!

Is this the best, most in-your-face float-flying event in America? Caught up in something of a busman's holiday, I'm shooting so many images that I rip through one 8 GB CompactFlash memory card after...

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Doing Good With General Aviation

Utilize your aeronautical gifts through volunteer organizations that make the world a better place Wings of Mercy Aviation is the greatest science known to man simply because every other mental...

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Air to Air Sun ‘N Fun

Watch an air-to-air photo shoot in action to see how it's done A behind the scenes look at a photo flight with air show stars Michael Goulian, Skip Stewart, Rob Holland and Kevin Coleman.  Filmed with...

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70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion

The largest collection of B-25 Mitchells gathered since World War II The USS Hornet's radio operator intercepted a message in Japanese at 07:45; its origins were close. Just earlier, SBD Dauntless...

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Golden Angel

Seventy-five years of the ultimate Flivver: celebrating the immortal J3 Ever since William T. Piper created the J-3 Cub in 1938, the low-and-slow two-seat fabric taildragger has won the hearts of...

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Reno Air Races 2012

The tradition lives on in grand fashion! More than 100 racers competed at the 2012 Reno Air Races, to the delight of fans. Early Monday morning under gorgeous Nevada skies, the dark cloud was blown...

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Diamond Aircraft’s Austria Home

A visit to the factory at Wiener Neustadt and a tour of the Austro Engine Plant It's late August, and it's also Saturday morning of my last weekend in Austria. For the past five years, I've been living...

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Idaho Airpark Living

SilverWing at Sandpoint is a gateway to mountain adventure Sometimes, it seems unfair that we pilots have more convenient access to the most beautiful spots in the world than ground-locked souls. There...

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A Visit With Aspen Avionics

Revolutionary avionics in a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation and industry collaboration On a vast mesa west of Albuquerque, N.M., where the signs of civilization begin to dim, the terrain looks...

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The Patriots

This civilian aerobatic jet team showcases military flying skills and gives back to aviation I've always wondered what pilots of the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds and Snowbirds do once their military gig...

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Swap-A-Plane!

If flying yourself in an exotic, far-off land seems unaffordable, perhaps an airplane exchange could make that dream happen. View of tropical Cooktown shortly after takeoff; named after Captain Cook,...

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Islands In The Slipstream

Is this the best-kept half-hour getaway flight secret in the U.S.? Tom Gutmann Jr.'s Flight Design CTLSi with beautiful composite Clamar floats rocks gently in the shallow surf of a lagoon between two...

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Big South Fork Airpark

We came in search of an ideal airplane for the residential airpark lifestyle and found an ideal residential airpark The airpark has an equestrian center with Paso Fino horses for residents to ride on...

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Africa Adventure

A journey of two Super Cubs through Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi It all started back in Kenya, spending countless hours sorting out the authorizations that are required to undertake a trip...

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The Making Of The (LSA) Bahamas

How one professional LSA pilot found a way to make flying to the islands a breeze The love bite of beguiling trade winds, the rolling slap of crystal, turquoise waters against varnished gunnels and a...

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To Honor & Inspire

A rural Nebraska town gets an unexpected visit from the Texas Flying Legends I knew I was in for a special treat when I received Doug Rozendaal's message: "Have I got a deal for you… call me!"...

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A Visit With Richard Bach

The author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull shares his love of flying On my way to meet Richard Bach, I'm as nervous as I am excited. Is the man behind Jonathan Livingston Seagull as mystical, resolute...

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Canada By PC-12

A Pilatus adventure across the border Last month, I made my first general aviation trip to Canada, as copilot of a Pilatus PC-12. Our mission: to deliver six hunters, equipped with rifles (and in one...

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Katmais And Cubs: A Desert Adventure

Two superb backcountry aircraft take on the Utah Canyonlands Handshakes are offered all around as the early morning quiet muffles discussions about density altitude and engine cooling. The majestic...

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50 Years Of Championship Air Racing

“Fly low, go fast, turn left” is every racing pilot’s mantra As the photo shoot ended on Sunday's final race, the swarms of fans were let loose onto the field to embrace their 2013 champion, Steven...

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At Home With Bob Hoover

With more than 50 years in the cockpit, aviation’s living legend talks about flying Legendary Bob Hoover was a USAF test pilot and an air show performer, known for his graceful energy management...

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Alaska Adventure

With proper planning, a dream trip to the northernmost state is easier than you think The year was 1867. The price was $7.2 million. The seller was Russia. The prize was Alaska. Several in Washington,...

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Planning A Long Cross-Country

As the old chestnut proclaims: prior planning prevents poor performance As pilots, we're used to planning flights, and we know preparing for all eventualities helps ensure safer and less stressful...

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Ghosts In The Machine

The Collings Foundation brings World War II history to life The Collings Foundation aircraft collection includes a North American P-51C Mustang and a Consolidated B-24J Liberator. You can feel the...

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Around The World

Air Journey escorts pilots on worldwide flying adventures for a high-end, hassle-free experience Inside the fortified walls of Old Québec looms Chåteau Frontenac, towering over narrow cobblestone...

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Flight Of Passage 2

A fan rebuilds the famous Cub and retraces Rinker and Kern Buck’s storied journey In 1966, teenage brothers Rinker and Kernahan Buck bought an old Piper PA-11 Cub for $300, rebuilt it in their parents'...

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Angels In The Cockpit

Angel Flight changes the lives of passengers and pilots alike Nervous handshakes are exchanged all around, while an assortment of backpacks, boxes of medication, toys and suitcases are unloaded from...

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Coast To Coast In A Mooney

PART I: Expand your flying envelope with inspiration and tips from this Boston-based flatland pilot The landscape turns redder as John and Theresa head west in their Mooney. Things aren't looking good...

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Fly New Zealand

With a short-term validation of your FAA certificate, you can aviate over some of the world’s most beautiful scenery I've yet to see a hobbit as I fly over my adopted home country of New Zealand. I've...

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Coast To Coast In A Mooney

PART I: Expand your flying envelope with inspiration and tips from this Boston-based flatland pilot The landscape turns redder as John and Theresa head west in their Mooney. Things aren't looking good...

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Residential Airparks On A Takeoff Roll

More pilots and planes combine home, hearth and hangar SilverWing At Sandpoint If the ability to fly is humankind's oldest dream, living with one's airplane probably ranks a close second. "A lot of...

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Flying In Australia

Converting your U.S. Pilot license when Down Under Collaroy Beach, north of Sydney, on Australia's spectacular Pacific coast. An American pilot could be forgiven, taking off from runway 29C at Sydney's...

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The Bahamas, Dream It, Plan It, Fly It

You don’t need to be an aircraft owner to enjoy the magic of These 700 aviation-accessible islands Like all of the Bahamas, the approach into Staniel Cay is filled with breathtaking views. Crosswinds...

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