A (really) Young Eagle

How early is too early to get your kids into aviation?

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Transponder X2

“You don’t take chances when you are flying in the ADIZ,” says Kent Larson, owner of Aerial Photographers LLC, based in Vienna, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.

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In the beginning…

If you can use it in an airplane or to enhance your aviation experience, chances are good that you can find it at Sporty’s Pilot Shop.

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Greg Turton found a way to beat the heat – and started a new company: Artic Air takes off as poilots clamor for poratble air conditioners

Necessity is the mother of invention. Just ask Greg Turton, an Atlanta businessman who owns a Cirrus.

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Seeing stars

OK, I’ll admit it. When I heard country music star Aaron Tippin was going to be in concert at Sun ‘n Fun, I was excited.

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The new baby

You know you’re hard core into aviation when you send pictures of your wife and the new engine for your homebuilt aircraft to your friends.

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Toast the 80th anniversary of Lindbergh’s famous flight

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s New York-to-Paris flight, the Lindbergh Foundation and Chandelle Winery of Sonoma, Calif., are offering a special limited edition labeled wine: The 19th Hour, The Spirit of St Louis.

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Air Force pilots return to their training grounds: Texas Fly-In hosts a mini-reunion

Thousands of U.S. Air Force pilots earned their wings at Hondo Field in Texas when it was a major training base in the 1940s and 1950s. Any graduate of the rigorous program will tell you that the year spent learning to fly “the Air Force way” was a special time in their lives.

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The fight of thier lives… Is DUAT an endangered species?

Every day, pilots — lots of pilots — go online to check weather and file flight plans through the two FAA-approved DUAT providers. In fact, in one month alone, CSC DUAT provides 2.5 million weather briefings.

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Why airplanes are better than women

You may have heard the jokes about “Why airplanes are better than women.”

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