LUBBOCK, Texas — What started as a passion for flying has led one man to build his own airplane. Jerry Bland says his passion for aviation started when a friend took him flying. After that, he got his ...

This time I was flying my Joyvel Alfa Trainer, an original design airplane from scratch, I went to a place where I used to fly most of the time all of my gliders, soaring style, without any motor. + ...

MADISON COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - A retired farmer has completed a project that lasted more than a decade. Mike Nahrstedt built his own aircraft from a kit called a Zenith 750 STOL. “For such a little ...