Air Recreation
Leisure activities and hobbies related to aviation such as air racing, stunt flying, skydiving and air shows- Explore more »
The People and Planes of Spruce Creek
Fun: flying south for the winter. More fun: flying every day
July 2004 |
By Debbie Gary
Origin of the Species
We want speed! We want vertical lift! The Bell XV-3 Tilt-rotor was the first to satisfy all aeronautical tastes.
July 2004 |
By Jay Miller
Airshow Lite
The smaller the airshow, the closer you get to the airplanes and pilots. (And the better the food.)
May 2004 |
By Patricia Trenner
Supporting Cast
In which we survey the variety of objects to which a jet engine can be affixed.
May 2004 |
By Roger A. Mola
Alpine Air
The only thing more durable than these Junkers Ju 52s are the mountains over which they now fly sightseers.
May 2004 |
By Linda Shiner
Glacier Girl
The Lockheed P-38 saved from an icy tomb is now the star attraction in a previously quiet Kentucky town.
March 2004 |
By Carl Hoffman
The People and Planes of Santa Paula
There's a hard-to-define quality that can't be found on a flight chart or listed in an airport directory.
March 2004 |
By Marshall Lumsden
Australian Racing Moths
In the Great Australian Tiger Moth Race, it's not whether you win or lose, but whether you can stand that damned uncomfortable cockpit long enough to even finish.
March 2004 |
By Derek Grzelewski
God Save the Vulcan!
The Royal Air Force Vulcan, immense cold war bomber and aerodynamic marvel, has been sentenced to permanent museum exhibition.
January 2004 |
By Craig Mellow
'It's All About Fire, Smoke, and Noise'
You know those little rockets made of wood and glue that you can stuff a motor in and launch from the field next door? These aren't them.
January 2004 |
By Preston Lerner
Celestial Body
De Havilland's D.H. 106 Comet blazed the commercial jet trail but broke its nation's heart.
January 2004 |
By Phil Scott
Air(show) Assault
With a Caribou, Mohawk, Bird Dog, Hueys, and Cobras, Army aviators are teaching the loudest history lesson you ever heard.
November 2003 |
By Shelby G. Spires
Diamonds in the Wreck
Riches to rags and back again: A 1928 mailplane is reborn.
November 2003 |
By Sam Goldberg
The Magical History Tour
Why are so many Golden Age airplanes traveling the country together this fall?
September 2003 |
By Mary Collins
Yellow 10
Something about the Champlin Fighter Museum's Focke-Wulf 190D never seemed quite right.
September 2003 |
By Howard Stansfield
Last Stand at Kai Tak
When the old order changed in Hong Kong, it made way for a new set of problems for a historic aero club.
September 2003 |
By Roger A. Mola
Sticks for Hire
"Uh oh. Why is this piston rod left over?" Meet the pilots who are gutsy enough to fly freshly restored airplanes.
July 2003 |
By Mark Huber
Fairford Sketchbook
An artist's impression of Europe's largest airshow.
July 2003 |
By Illustrations by Harry Whitver
The Champ
From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.
July 2003 |
By John Sotham
Home-Grown Simulators
Nine guys who have raised puttering in the garage to an art form.
July 2003 |
By Matthew Stibbe
