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  1. John Wood

    As The Prop Turns: The Soul of an Old Airplane

    Christmas stockings need to be stuffed and my book is the perfect pilot's gift: Delivered in late 1940, this Waco UPF-7 has lived a long and adventurous life. Sent first to a flying school in the Pacific Northwest, the open-cockpit biplane introduced World War II pilots to aerobatics in the...
  2. John Wood

    New Hampshire Flying Destination

    I've landed there numerous times and it is a great experience, especially the town's winter carnival. Sadly it did not freeze over last year but we have high hopes this season: https://360cities.net/image/pro/busy-day-at-alton-bay-1
  3. John Wood

    Another New Hampshire Flying Destination

    Hampton Airfield (7B3) offers the best in small New England airports... both grass and paved runways and the excellent Airfield Cafe. The crowd is very friendly and there is usually tail wheel training to watch as you eat lunch.
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    Massachusetts Flying Destination

    Mansfield Massachusetts (1B9) has an excellent restaurant, Hangar 12.
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    Maine Flying Destination

    Sanford Maine (KSFM) has an excellent restaurant, the Pilot's Cove.
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    New Hampshire Flying Destination

    Keene, New Hampshire (KEEN) offers the Flight Deck restaurant with summer outdoor seating. Great lunch spot.
  7. John Wood

    Vermont Flying Destination

    I suggest flyers in the Northeast make a summer trip to Basin Harbor, Vermont (B06). The Red Mill restaurant is on the field, adjoining the resort on the shore of Lake Champlain. The runway is 3,000 by 90 feet of beautiful grass.
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