The author, an aviation journalist and flight instructor, fulfilled a lifelong dream of flying a 1946 Aeronca Champ, a plane her mother had flown in her youth. The author's flight with the Champ's ...

Airplanes like this Aeronca 7AC Champ will get you where you want to go, just maybe not as quickly as you'd like. [Photo: Craig Kinzer] Speed is a difficult topic. It unites and divides us. Pilots and ...

Apr. 7—Sam Rinker has been flying right-hand to his dad, Kraig, for as long as he can remember. But last month, the 16-year-old flew solo for the first time: a major milestone for every budding pilot ...

The forecast is favorable for vintage planes flying over Kewanee this weekend as the Fifth Annual Midwest Aeronca Festival takes off Friday through Sunday at the municipal airport. Saturday is the ...

The L-16 Grasshopper is the militarized version of the Aeronca Champ and was used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an observation/liaison aircraft. Trevor Edie is a qualified fight ...