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Bean and Cornbread Festival

  • LAR Social Event

"Blackwater Creek Bluegrass Band" performing" Orange Blossom Special" at Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala Florida March 2011 annual bean and cornbread festival video recorded by Ca  read more »

Reviving a Ghost

  • Magazine Article
  • Air Racing
  • In the News
  • Member Aircraft
  • Warbird

"I'll give Tiger Destefani $10,000 cash if he'll climb back into Strega and let me race him in The Galloping Ghost.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Vietnam veteran Chris Kirchner restores WWII-era P-40

  • Web Article
  • In the News
  • Warbird

Vietnam veteran Chris Kirchner wants everyone to hear what his P-40 Warhawk World War II era warbird is saying.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Chris Kirchner

Jimmy Leeward and his Mustang warbird are in Air Classics’ latest issue

  • Web Article
  • Air Racing
  • In the News
  • Warbird

Ocala aviator and movie stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward recently made an easy transition from the big screen to a magazine cover and centerfold.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

"Galloping Ghost" returns to Reno Air Races after more than 20 years

  • Web Article
  • Air Racing
  • In the News

If National Championship Air Races fans look like they’ve seen a ghost this week, it’s only because they have.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Rare Russian fighter jet coming to Keystone airport

  • History
  • In the News
  • Warbird
  • LAR in the News

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – World famous aviator and air racer Jimmy Leeward extended strong support to the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum at Keystone Heights Airport with a long-term loan of a IG-17 LIM5 transonic jet fighter from his private aircraft collection.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Galloping Ghost Fixin’ To Haunt Reno In 2010

  • Web Article
  • Air Racing
  • Warbird

One team hoping to add some serious excitement to the  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Jimmy Leeward - A Family Legacy

  • Magazine Article
  • Biographical Feature
  • In the News
  • Vintage

Jimmy Leeward rarely has both feet on the ground. If he isn't flying one of the many aircraft he hangars here in Marion County, he might be racing his P-51 Mustang in Reno, or he could be doing some stunt flying on a movie set...  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward
Bette Leeward
Dirk Leeward
Ryan Leeward
Kent Leeward

Youngster’s flying future lies in the past - AOPA

  • In the News
  • License/Rating
  • Vintage

Kids are supposed to love glass cockpits, right?  read more »

Featured Member: 
Foster Bachschmidt

Time Machine Lady B - MaxAir2Air

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  • Warbird

This week I bring you a short essay on what it feels like to lean out the open end of a B-25 to get up close and personal with the  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

2009 RV Fly-In

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  • LAR in the News

Good day for flying the RV6A...Leeward is a great place to visit awesome turf runway 6,000' plus in length by 250' wide. Good turn out for the BBQ.  read more »

High-Flying Digital Homes

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  • LAR in the News

At Dirk Leeward's home in the Leeward Air Ranch gated community in Ocala, Fla., a Sonos whole-house audio system sports a channel that's considerably different than Rhapsody music streaming.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Dirk Leeward

Meet the Flying Gormans - AOPA

  • 09-03 Mar 2009
  • Biographical Feature

For Jim and Marge Gorman, two passionate, long-time pilots, aviation is a family affair. Three generations of the Gorman family have inherited the passion for flight.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jim Gorman
Marge Gorman

Belleview runner answers Bell

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Clinton Bell [son of Dave and Denise Wall] was tired of seeing the back of James Slack.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Clint Bell

Finding a residential airpark that’s right for you

  • LAR in the News

Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Fla., attracts warbird and vintage aircraft fans.

2 pilots seek to set record, boost ALS research

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Two pilots attempting to break a 20-year-old around-the-world speed record -- and raise money for ALS research  read more »

Featured Member: 
CarolAnn Garratt

A Dream Takes Flight

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  • WingNuts

CarolAnn Garratt, who lives at Leeward Air Ranch, is no stranger to adventure.  read more »

Featured Member: 
CarolAnn Garratt

Around the World in seven days

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  • Video
  • WingNuts

It's a gutsy adventure for a great cause.  Two women one from Ocala and one from Texas are trying to fly around the world in one week, and they're doing it in a single engine p  read more »

Featured Member: 
CarolAnn Garratt

Pilot giving up piece of aviation history

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"Tri-Motor was Ford's foray into airplane manufacture"

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Cruising the blue skies - Ocala Star Banner

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Debbie and Dean Maheras are building a vehicle they claim should give them great gas mileage: At about 8,000 feet.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Dean Maheras
Debbie Maheras

Warbirds in Review - Black and White

  • History
  • Video

Video: Two men from the same neighborhood flew for their country during World War II but didn't meet each other for decades,  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

Dreams on the Wing - Ocala Star Banner

  • In the News

Ocala pilot recreates Amelia Earhart flight for Hollywood.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Jimmy Leeward

The Gathering - Warbird Digest - Jan/Feb 2008

  • Airshows
  • In the News
  • Warbirds

Seventy-six P-51 Mustangs (including two from Leeward Air Ranch) participated in the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio from September 27 - September 30th, 2007.  read more »

Featured Member: 
Dirk Leeward
Jimmy Leeward
Fred Telling
Barbara Telling

Sky High - MaxAir2Air Pictures - 2007

  • Airshows

Photo essay from the 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus including Fred Telling's P-51 Mustang Miss B.

Featured Member: 
Fred Telling

Students learn lessons from veterans

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  • Community

A group of warbirds flew formation over the Veterans Day ceremony.

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