Spruce Creek Fly-in Folks in the News
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Air Force Association’s new leader has local ties After a stellar, 34-year ride in the Air Force, in which he climbed all the way to the rank of a three-star general, Mike Dunn left last summer, returning to a golf-course home in Spruce Creek Fly-In. |
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Behind the Scenes: Emmy winner reflects on life as a cameraman Peter Henning gassed up his old Cherokee 140. A 30-minute ride and he’d be back at work, thanks to a brisk tailwind from his home at Spruce Creek Fly-In to his Tarpon Springs office on the Gulf Coast |
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More Flight Than Fancy: Pilot group members share passion for flying At one time in her life, Betty Hostler hated flying on airliners and avoided air travel. But Hostler, 80, soon realized she wanted to overcome her fear of flying. So how did she do it? |
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NASCAR loses its de facto mayor Racetracks have become, at times, less and less fun to be around, for various reasons. |
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SKY WRITING: Local veteran pilot Robert Gandt soars as author of aviation thrillers Flat on our backs at 2,500 feet in a souped-up NATO Marchetti trainer, rolling and looping over the scrubs south of Samsula — I wish I could say that was how I interviewed Bob Gandt. |
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DEI talk has Martin next in famed No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. was working on a deal Thursday to put Mark Martin and Aric Almirola in its flagship No. 8 next season in a split schedule. |
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Elevated adrenaline flow The most interesting acts at any air show always involve lots of engine noise and colorful smoke, pilot Gene McNeely says. |
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Lear takes one last roll in the sky He'll be 76 on Monday, but William Lear Jr. looked like Peter Pan last Monday as he hovered over Heinz Peier's Aero Vodochody L39ZO training jet. |
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Dale Earnhardt's name still on title of Fly-In land Prime parcel of land at premier community still carries Dale Earnhardt's name on the title for 2-20 RE. |
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Author urges pupils to use ‘electric words’ In compliance with the Nov. 11 Celebrity Reading Day program, a local celebrity author urged Carolyn Keane’s Sweetwater Elementary School fifth graders to plug electric words into their writing endeavors. |
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Amelia Earhart would be proud There's an old saying that if you have to wait to fulfill a dream, you appreciate it a lot more. Judith Bolkema-Tokar certainly can attest to that. |
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‘Intern’ finds lots to like in area schools Margaret Smith peeked into a box where baby chicks were hatching, listened to fourth-graders read aloud and chatted with teachers about their class projects. |