Smitty Smith, the man behind the website Fun Places to Fly, recently posted a new video capturing two Stinsons flying in to a gathering of EAA Chapter 1246 in McKinney, Texas.
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Video captures effect of climate change on Alaska glacier
“The video distills 40 years of flying over the same glacier area and how things have changed,” Marshall Severson told General Aviation News staff.
A Santa Fly-In
A few days before his epic flight around the world Santa showed up at a Texas airport in a Waco UPF-7 to the delight of hundreds of local residents.
The day the sky fell
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, airports along the storm’s path were flooded, airplanes were destroyed, and the clean-up process continues months after the storm.
Picking pilots: Losing ground in finding the right stuff
Now anyone can be a pilot, even those we may not want.
The heart of an airplane
Talent and dedication — those words sum up all those who have cared for our little bird. They personify the saying, “Without mechanics, pilots would just be pedestrians with leather jackets, big sunglasses, and expensive watches.”
First solo on a Sunday
Watching Ethan solo his 1946 Champ 7AC was a joy — so much hard work had gone into this moment that you couldn’t help but break into a smile.
New pilot makes history in Mississippi
When Cason Brinkley, 16, soloed for the first time, he made history, becoming the youngest African American to solo an airplane in Mississippi.
A happy mistake at the 2024 Thomasville Fly-In
Hurricane Milton’s path across Florida did keep a few usual attendees away from the fly-in, but “we also had a lot of first-time attendees who were flying out of Florida just to get out and found us by happy mistake,” said officials with the Thomasville Aviation Club, which organizes the fly-in.