At first glance, Grimes Field looks like many other Midwest airports: a paved runway and intersecting grass strip in the middle of flat cornfields, ample ramp parking, and a restaurant that lures pilots in droves. But there’s more than meets the eye at the Urbana, Ohio, airport located within the National Aviation Heritage Area of historic sites.
Founded in 1838, Galveston Island has been beckoning visitors for nearly two centuries. What began as a major port that opened regional trade routes and brought hundreds of thousands of immigrants ashore is now a popular Texas coastal fly-in destination for pilots looking for an easy-to-access getaway.
My husband and I love the television show The Vampire Diaries. We are drawn to the epic characters, the drama, and of course, the love stories. It was filmed in Covington, Georgia, also known as “The Hollywood of the South,” and we planned to visit for our anniversary.
Canada’s most western major city is Vancouver, and it is the most fit city in the country with an obesity rate of 17.5 percent (compared to the national average of 25 percent; the United States’ average is 32 percent).
AOPA is joining multiple state aviation organizations to host the North Dakota Airport Passport Program. Rewards and recognition await pilots who get their books stamped the most.
Atchison, Kansas, the birthplace of Amelia Earhart, is a town dotted with monuments to the pioneering aviator—a statue of Earhart stands downtown just a few blocks from the building (now a museum) where she was born; the bridge crossing the Missouri River bears her name; and just south of the airport there’s a one-acre landscape portrait of her.
Way back in 1535 a Panamanian bishop sent a ship to Colombia to deal with some issues in the Colombian church. The ship was becalmed on the way and drifted to what we now know as the Galápagos Islands.
