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Mary "Mae" Haizlip: Air Racer

Just as most school kids can only name two historical presidents - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, so can they name only one woman pilot - Amelia Earhart. But women were flying long before Earhart came...

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Learning to Fly in a Piper J-3 Cub

Learning to Fly in a Piper J-3 Cub When I got out of high school, I decided I wanted to join the air force and become a jet fighter pilot. A friend of my mother’s suggested that I take flying...

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Thinking of becoming a private pilot?

 It started for me 13 years ago when my father bought me a trial lesson for 1 hour. It was A beutiful Sunny day in England and the adrenaline rush you get when you are bomming down the runway at 75 mph is...

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Flight Training for Fun

August 7, 2009 Hello and Welcome! This HubPage will be devoted to learning to fly. Be it for fun or profit, learning to fly is fun. If it isn't fun, then you shouldn't be doing it. I will be covering...

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In 1926 Clyde Cessna founded Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, Kan., United States. When the new Cessna All Purpose took off August 13, 1927, general aviation truly began. "Cessna" has become almost identical with GA!68

Aircraft we'd love to own

I've been fascinated by aviation longer than I dare to think about. I remember my Dad giving me a Revell kit of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber, which took my 12 years old fingers a lot of time to...

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Ortiz, after drug report, hits go-ahead homer

BOSTON – David Ortiz's teammates rose up to greet him when he returned to the dugout following his go-ahead homer, then promised to stand behind him after he was linked to performance-enhancing drugs."I...

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Part 61 vs 141 Flight Schools

Shortly after you've decided to get your pilot license (it's actually called a private pilot certificate, but we'll let you slide if you call it a license), you're going to start look at possible flight...

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Airplanes for Sale

Getting Your Private Pilot License RIGHT NOW is the perfect time to get your private pilots license.There are a few people in this world who are enthralled with aviation. They can sit at an airport for most,...

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Your CFI will be just as eager to fill out his or her logbook as you are. Most or in it for the hours.69

Finding a Flight Instructor

If you’ve decided you want to get your private pilots license, one of the first things you need to do, before anything else, is find the perfect flight instructor. If you think that's a simple matter of...

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Aircraft Rental

Unless you own your own aircraft or have a very good friend who does, odds are, if you want to fly you're going to have to rent the airplane. This isn't a bad thing and a matter of fact, it's often the best...

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