The Airport in the Sky, Catalina's Mile-High Mesa Runway, and the Buffalo Burger at the DC-3 Gulch
Fly to Catalina's Airport in the Sky (KAVX): a 1,602-foot mountaintop runway, a famous humped strip, and the legendary buffalo burger.
RampFly to Catalina's Airport in the Sky (KAVX): a 1,602-foot mountaintop runway, a famous humped strip, and the legendary buffalo burger.
RampRadio Hangar explores Alton Bay, the Only FAA-Approved Ice Runway in the Lower Forty-Eight, Where You Land Your Airplane on a Frozen Lake in New Hampshire.
RampRadio Hangar explores The Lineman, the Orange Wands, and the Marshalling Signals That Park Every Airplane on the Ramp.
RampIdaho's Mile-Hi strip is a one-way canyon runway where pilots commit on final with no go-around - here's what makes it legendary.
RampMoose Creek (1U1) is a legendary Forest Service grass strip deep in Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, reachable only by plane, foot, or horse.
RampSedona Airport (SEZ) sits atop a red-rock mesa in Arizona - a stunning destination that demands respect for density altitude and mountain flying.
RampThe airport crew car is a free FBO loaner offered on a handshake - here's where it came from and the unwritten rules pilots follow.
RampBig Creek (U60) is Idaho's backcountry flying hub, home to a lodge that burned in 2008 and was rebuilt board-by-board by volunteer pilots.
RampRadio Hangar explores The Airport in the Sky at Catalina Island, the Mesa-Top Runway With a Hump in the Middle Where You Fly Out Over the Pacific for a Bison Burger.
RampInside the Vette/Blackbird Seaplane Base at EAA AirVenture, the only ramp at Oshkosh with no pavement - where floatplanes land on Lake Winnebago.
RampJohnson Creek (3U2) is Idaho's crown-jewel backcountry grass strip - here's what flying, camping, and soaking in it really takes.
RampHow orange-vested volunteer marshallers use wand signals to safely park thousands of airplanes on the grass at Oshkosh.
RampTriple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC is a 7,000-foot Bermuda-grass runway built by Pat Hartness as the world's finest turf airfield.
RampGaston's White River Resort (3M0) in Lakeview, Arkansas offers a 3,200-ft grass strip where your tiedown is your cabin driveway.
RampSulphur Creek Ranch is a fly-in guest ranch deep in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness where pilots land on a dirt strip for pie and elk.
RampThe FBO courtesy car is general aviation's free, trust-based loaner network that shuttles pilots into small-town America one quarter-tank at a time.
RampInside the open-air cafe under the oaks at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where vintage aircraft owners eat pancakes in the shade and every plate funds aviation.
RampInside Warbird Alley at Oshkosh, where volunteer wing guards let you walk right up to flying WWII aircraft and connect with living history.
RampA guide to eating your way across EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, from brat stands and Camp Bacon to the legendary Seaplane Base breakfast.
RampCamp Scholler at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is one of the world's largest campgrounds, where pilots camp beneath the airplanes they flew in.
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