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All About the Cessna 172 Skyhawk

There’s a reason the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is general aviation’s most popular model. Cessna Aircraft Company has delivered more than 43,000 Cessna 172 airplanes to date.  This makes it the...

RV6: The Airplane Building Experience

RV6: The Airplane Building Experience My dad flew all over Europe during World War 2 as a navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress. And he continued to fly after he came home. My mom also flew planes...

Sun Valley: Fly to the Perfect Recreation Destination

Sun Valley offers great recreation opportunities year round. Back when I lived in Los Angeles, a friend and I were talking about the upcoming ski season. This friend, a pilot, also happens to be a...

Piper J-3 Cub: The World’s Most Iconic Airplane

The world’s most iconic airplane isn’t a warbird, it’s the Piper J-3 Cub. There are ‘Top 10’ style, or ‘Best of’ lists for just about everything. And if you...

Pilatus PC-12 NG

Pilatus PC-12 NG The main image on this page is a video of the Pilatus PC-12 NG.  Hit the play button in the lower right corner to watch the video. If you have never been to Ibex Utah, you should make...

Ghost Airports: 10 Amazing Real Life Abandoned Airports

Taking a look at 10 fascinating abandoned airports around the world, or ghost airports. As of 2013, the US Department of Transportation shows that there are 19,453 airports1 in operation across the...

Taken Away

Taken Away – Working to preserve backcountry airstrips Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons, It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. ~Walt Whitman...

Flying to the Chamberlain Basin Airstrip

Flying Idaho Backcountry: Chamberlain Basin People learn to fly for a variety of reasons. Some simply want to be in the air with the freedom of flying like a bird, others may be intrigued with the...

NOOOOOOOOO!!! I Screamed at the Sky….

How I got started in aviation: making airplane videos I was eight years old, standing in the middle of endless miles of sagebrush, all alone, defiant, angry, with a three foot stick of wood in my hand...