Recent Community News

Some pilots and their partners have flown in as groups, others singly. They seek what they share when they “meet under the tree” at the Spruce Creek fly-in community in Daytona.  read more »

 This photo of Dirk Leeward's C-185 Skywagon, left, along with D. L. Fitzpatrick's C-185 taken at Johnson Creek, ID appeared on the cover of this issue.  read more »

"Marie Zackery and Charles Fish always seem to get a reaction when they tell people their wedding date..."

Ocala aviator Jimmy Leeward got a small taste of what Lindbergh must have felt like when he donned a leather helmet  read more »

"When the news of new jet class rules for Reno '07 began circulating, some wondered, what, exactly, would become of the sometimes maligned "Hoover" class.  read more »

Experimental Aircraft Association is a blessing from above for local charities

A vast collection of memorabilia tells the life story of a family of aviators, beginning with Al Leeward, who flew a mail run in Pennsylvania in the 1930s.

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring residents projects and their in an airpark.  read more »

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Joe Hutton and his Tiger Moth replica.  read more »

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel features residents telling what it's like growing up and living on an airpark.  read more »

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Bill Thorup and his Cessna 206 on Wipline amphibious floats.  read more »

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring residents telling what it's like living in an airpark.  read more »

Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Leeward Air Ranch and some of its residents.  read more »

As was explained in a column two weeks ago, three local aviators were awarded the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award at Lakeland-Linder Regio  read more »

Three local aviators awarded the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award  read more »

This begins a series of articles concerning the many pilots who flight tested Grumman’s line of aircraft from 1930 to 1994.  read more »

This begins a series of articles concerning the many pilots who flight tested Grumman’s line of aircraft from 1930 to 1994.  read more »

"John and Peggy Bishop's journey to Ocala has been a circuitous route based on the appreciation of powerful cars and a romance with airplanes.  read more »

CarolAnn Garratt’s name is familiar to those who know a young Florida woman made a solo flight around the world in her Mooney M20J in 2003 to increase awareness about ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease.  read more »

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 Jimmy Leeward really never had much of a chance. His parents eloped in an Aeronca C-3.

"Flight of five, fly-by, break pass, 36." If you’re out flying and monitoring 122.9 and hear that or a similar phrase, spoken in comma  read more »

Tony Smith brings the Mew Gull to Reno Air Races.

No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.

“We love to fly and it shows” – that line from the old Delta ads kept running thru my head as we drove  read more »

"On the list of all-time Air Race fan favorites, Jimmy Leeward would surely rank near the top.  read more »