What could be nicer than building and flying your own Jungmeister? Why, having a buddy who’s doing the same! That’s precisely what Hank Galpin and Jay Billmayer have been up to for more than a decade. The two are longtime friends and hangar neighbors at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Montana. But first there […]
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Balloon aeronaut wins aviation weather quiz
Ed Chapman knows a thing or two about weather. When Paxton Calvanese, the developer of weather app Wx24Pilot, produced an online weather quiz for aviators, he anticipated that flight students, flight instructors and professional pilots would participate. But Calvanese was pleased to learn that the winner is not only a fixed-wing pilot in the Minnesota […]
Flying through time
Ryan Lihs of Sioux City, Iowa, is an enthusiastic-yet-humble sort of aviator. When he flew his handsome black-and-gold biplane to Antique Airfield for the 2017 Antique Airplane Association Fly-In in Blakesburg, Iowa, this past Labor Day, numerous admirers were irresistibly drawn to it. He happily shared the history of his 1929 Pitcairn PA-6. In fact, […]
Videos: My Metal Mistress
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com recently posted a couple of videos about Mike Laney’s restored 1956 Cessna 172 that he calls “My Metal Mistress.” The first documents an early morning flight, while the second gives an indoor tour of the classic airplane.
Hangaround: A place for pilots to connect online
When David Flynn started college at the University of Mississippi, one of the first things he wanted to do is check out the local airport. A self-proclaimed aviation nerd raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Flynn had just gotten his private pilot certificate and was eager to put it to use. “I was a brand new pilot […]
Surviving an engine failure while flying straight up in a Pitts
Chad Barber survived an engine failure during an aerobatics routine in a Pitts Special and it’s all on video. What Happened Chad had just completed a negative G maneuver followed by a four-point roll then a pitch up to vertical. At this point 22 seconds into the video, the engine hiccups and quits. Trading altitude […]
Red Bull in style
Dispatch from the Brickyard, Indianapolis, Indiana: I’m trying to decide if the 2014 California Avalon Cabernet or the 2017 Columbia Valley 14 Hands Merlot will go better with my goat cheese, pear, and micro arugula beet cup. Well, what the hell, it’s an open bar… I’ll start with the Cab and follow it up with the […]
One Snazzy Super Ace
Whoa! What’s that sporty little airplane flying by? It looks like it’s flying right off the cover of the April 1935 issue of Popular Aviation! Truth be known, it’s one of O.G. “Ace” Corben’s homebuilt designs, and detailed factory drawings for this monoplane were published in sequential issues of Popular Aviation that year. The Corben […]
Video: AOPA Fly-In Tampa
Jason McLemore posted this video taken at the last Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Fly-In of 2017 at Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa. Enjoy!