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Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Flying to Oshkosh in an airplane you built yourself is way up there on every homebuilder’s wish list. Although my husband Steve and I...

Tom Needham’s Sportsman Repair Project 2016

Editor’s note: This is a personal request from Ted Setzer to raise funding for a fuselage cage replacement, labor and travel costs for Tom...

Ducking the Long Arm of the Law

Most of us are generally law-abiding citizens, but it's a rare pilot who hasn't occasionally bent an FAR just a little bit around the...
Lakes and Suttons over Idaho. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Smiley Creek 2017

The tenth annual Smiley Creek Fly-in was even better than usual, which is surprising in that we've already had so many memorable ones. But...
Smiley Creek Fly-in (Photo: Alan Negrin)

2014 Smiley creek, Idaho Fly-In Preview

The 7th annual Smiley Creek fly-in is only a few weeks away. If you are planning to attend this year please reply in the Events...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2007

Written by by Greg and Sue Prentiss If I was writing a newspaper headline it would probably read: Hammer Brothers deliver ANOTHER one—two punch for Glasair at AirVenture 2007. A...
Coast above Derby, not a good area for an outlanding.

Around Australia in the GlaStar

Three years almost to the day after completing my 15-year GlaStar build, Sue and I have returned from our 4,653 nm around Australia flight....

The Kit in the Really Big Box

Written by Julie Passmore. Julie suffers her husband Rod's obsession in Forest, Virginia. Notes from the bitter better half When my husband called from Oshkosh a...
The other useful piece of equipment essential for the Australian Outback – the fly hat!

Third Time Across Australia

Sue and I have twice taken the GlaStar on flying safaris across Australia. In those trips we flew as tag-alongs with Stawell Aviation. This...
Flying along the west coast of the Dead Sea.

Italy to Israel in a GlaStar

It's quite understandable that it took about 5 months of preparation for the most beautiful flight in my 20 years light aircraft flying. But...