Adventure Flying

Photos by Richard Allnutt Click on these images for larger, high-resolution photos.   Brian Sanders’ Sea Fury “Argonaut”. Bruce Lockwood’s “Dago Red,” winner of the Gold Trophy race. This photo was taken at the start of Saturday’s heat race, just before Voodoo lost its elevator trim tab. Photos by Kevin Grantham Click on these images […]

Fun, fun and more fun! That’s what you willexperience when you visit Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, the number oneresort vacation destination in the world! Disney World has it all, from impeccablymanicured resorts, exquisite dining facilities and world-class shopping, to the latestrecreational activities, imaginative theme parks and exciting nightclubs.

Few things define spring in Utah better than the change in sportsseasons. Skis get tuned and hung in the garage, and creaky mountain bikes and dustyriver-running gear get cleaned up in anticipation of rides and runoff. Airport junkies areno different; hangar doors are more likely to be open, and GA activity around Salt LakeCity’s several […]

NOTE: Click on any of the photos that accompany this article toview larger, higher-resolution images. (For most of us, this is about as close as we’llever get to The Point! —Ed.) Cynthia, my otherwise perfect bride, hates to fly.  Alwayson the lookout for a pretext to lure her into the air, I stumbled across The […]

NOTE: Click on any of the photos that accompany this article to view larger, higher-resolution versions. My wife and I have a time-share condo on St. Thomas (Magens PointResort). Our time-share week is always the last week in January. This is perfect for ussince we live in the Washington D.C. metro area and the weather […]

NOTE: Click on any of the photos that accompany this article toview larger, higher-resolution versions. Afew summers ago, I flew my 1978 Grumman Yankee (affectionately named The Banana Slug)from Watsonville, California, to an AmericanYankee Association (AYA) national convention in Cable, Wisconsin. I then flew toOshkosh for the EAA fly-in which I had never seenbefore. The […]

NOTE: The Cayman Caravan now has its own web site, which contains all the information andpaperwork you need to sign up for the event. Every June a bunch of small airplanes gather in Key West and fly over Cuba. Cubadoesn’t shoot at them or scramble MiGs. In fact, Cuban controllers actually look forwardto the big […]

Castle Airport, in California’s Central Valley, is the home of a superbaviation museum and a few other attractionswhich make it worthy of a day-trip by general aviation pilots, and especially those withan interest in military aviation history. The airport is located next to the town ofAtwater, north of Merced, making it an easy afternoon trip […]

Iknow. You’re thinking “Hey wait, Godfrey! There’s already an article in AVweb’s’Places to Fly‘ section called ‘The Last Fightertown Airshow.’What’s the deal?” Here’s the deal. Fightertown (aka Top Gun) moved its airplanes and pilots earlier thisyear to Oceano, VA and Fallon, NV. So last year’s airshow was the last Fightertownairshow. 1997’s airshow was the last […]

Myairplane and I spent the last four days as part of the static display at NAS Miramar.Miramar’s nickname is “Fightertown” and it’s the home of Top Gun….where thebest of the best American pilots go to train. At least it has been since the end of WWII.This was the last Navy-sponsored air show at Miramar. As […]