June 22, 2016

How To Fly To Cuba

With the opening of airspace in Cuba and the trip across the Florida Straits an easy one, it may be time to prepare your flight plan

Havana, Cuba. Why? Cuban cigars, salsa dancing, old muscle cars, neoclassic architecture, the Malecón, the Tropicana show, Hemingway’s house and the famous El Floridita bar—the birthplace of the Daiquiri! No Starbucks, no McDonald’s, no South Florida condos or obnoxious chain restaurants. An opportunity to step through time and see what 1960 looked like. Oh, and more »

February 20, 2016

Top Destinations In California

Seven beautiful reasons to go flying in the Golden State

Flying from sea to shining sea is the ultimate cross-country adventure for any pilot, especially for this novice.

October 19, 2015

Flying High Above The Mother Road

Coast to coast in an LSA

Flying from sea to shining sea is the ultimate cross-country adventure for any pilot, especially for this novice.

September 16, 2015

EAA AirVenture 2015

The ascent continues

Great weather, a stunning line-up of aircraft never seen before at Wittman Field and the hunger to be part of the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration powered EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 to a record-breaking year, continuing its recent upward trajectory.

June 9, 2015

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

There’s no place on Earth like The Bahamas.

December 16, 2014

Residential Airparks On A Takeoff Roll

More pilots and planes combine home, hearth and hangar

If the ability to fly is humankind’s oldest dream, living with one’s airplane probably ranks a close second.

September 23, 2014

Coast To Coast In A Mooney

PART I: Expand your flying envelope with inspiration and tips from this Boston-based flatland pilot

Things aren’t looking good at 6 a.m. on Monday, the morning my wife Theresa and I have planned a 10 o’clock departure from Hanscom Field, our home base near Boston, on the first leg of the trip of a lifetime to California and back.

September 9, 2014

Angels In The Cockpit

Angel Flight changes the lives of passengers and pilots alike

This is Angel Flight. It’s a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization that arranges free, non-emergency air travel for children and adults with serious medical conditions or other compelling needs.

August 26, 2014

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’ barn in New Jersey, then flew it across the United States in a near-mythic odyssey.

June 24, 2014