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Why Fly-in's Might Be Just the Ticket
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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 »
International Cessna 180-185 Club - August 2007
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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 »
Love's lucky number - Ocala Star Banner
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"Marie Zackery and Charles Fish always seem to get a reaction when they tell people their wedding date..."
Aviator recalls days spent flying 'Spirit of St. Louis' replica
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Ocala aviator Jimmy Leeward got a small taste of what Lindbergh must have felt like when he donned a leather helmet read more »
New Jet Class Rules Spark Innovation At Stead
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"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 »
Heads in the clouds - Ocala Star Banner
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Experimental Aircraft Association is a blessing from above for local charities
Cloud Dancer
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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.
Backyard Hobby Lobbies - Wings to Adventure
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Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring residents projects and their in an airpark. read more »
Tiger Moth Replica - Wings to Adventure
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Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Joe Hutton and his Tiger Moth replica. read more »
Growing Up Airborne - Wings to Adventure
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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 »
Wet and Wild - Wings to Adventure
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Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Bill Thorup and his Cessna 206 on Wipline amphibious floats. read more »
An Airplane in Every Garage - Wings to Adventure
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Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring residents telling what it's like living in an airpark. read more »
The Leeward Air Ranch - Wings to Adventure
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Video from Wings to Adventure shown on the Outdoor Channel featuring Leeward Air Ranch and some of its residents. read more »
Corky Meyer has quite an aviation background
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 »
Walbrun earns Master Pilot Award
Three local aviators awarded the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award read more »
Grumman Test Pilots - Bob Smyth
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This begins a series of articles concerning the many pilots who flight tested Grumman’s line of aircraft from 1930 to 1994. read more »
Grumman Test Pilots - Corky Meyer
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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 Bishop - Driven by fast engines
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"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 »
Round-the-world flyer now an Ocala resident
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 »
The Leeward Air Ranch - Pilot Journal
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Jimmy Leeward really never had much of a chance. His parents eloped in an Aeronca C-3.
Warbird Pride at Leeward Air Ranch - Ocala Star Banner
"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 »
RealAero.com - October 2003
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Tony Smith brings the Mew Gull to Reno Air Races.
Silver Bullet - Air and Space Magazine
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No airplane in the world could outshine Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer--until Jim Wright built a copy of it.
EAA Chapter 445 - Mar 2003
“We love to fly and it shows” – that line from the old Delta ads kept running thru my head as we drove read more »
Dances with Clouds
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"On the list of all-time Air Race fan favorites, Jimmy Leeward would surely rank near the top. read more »