Annie Vogel

Skies visited the home of the mighty Carbon Cub in Yakima, Washington, where CubCrafters’ innovative aircraft line is taking off-airport flying to the next level.

Flight training and career college Spectrum Airways is now the first flight school in Eastern Canada to offer a Cirrus Flight Training Program, with its new Cirrus SR20. We get behind the controls of the aircraft, which is outfitted with some of the most advanced technology in the industry.

We visit float charter and training operator Fort Langley Air to learn what it takes to earn a basic float rating in B.C.'s unpredictable weather.

Just two nautical miles west of Woodstock, Ont., you’ll find a beautifully kept 3,100-foot grass airstrip — home of the Hewitt family airplane collection.