Experience the thrill and romance of open cockpit flight and go barnstorming in a beautifully restored Travel Air or New Standard vintage biplane. Fun for the whole family and no reservations needed. Biplane flights are available daily at each tour stops. (weather permitting) $50.00 per passenger
Biplane Ride Pilots
Clay "Pork Chop" Adams
Possessing movie star good looks, this “captivating” airline
Captain spends his summers barnstorming the upper Midwest in
his brilliant blue 1929 Curtis Wright Travel Air 4000. With over
25,000 hours in more than 100 different airplanes, Captain Clay
has flown just about everything since his first solo at the age
of 16, making him a seasoned veteran as well as a superstar aviator.
Ted "Scooter" Davis
As “America’s Wizard of the Air,” Ted’s life and livelihood is restoring and flying vintage aircraft. Busy running Davis Flying Service in the winter months, Scooter returns to barnstorming each spring in his 4 passenger 1929 New Standard D25. With thousands of hours in vintage aircraft, Ted is sought out by aircraft owners from all across the globe to restore and test fly their valuable planes, but don’t let his laid-back Midwestern charm fool you because behind those brilliant blue eyes lies a modern day "Air Devil."
Gary "Pops" Lust
With over 30 years and 15,000 hours in aircraft Gary “Pops” Lust
is the senior barnstormer on the tour. Tracking grizzly bears
and wolves through the wilderness of the northern Rockies as
a wildlife research pilot for decades gave “Pops” his
gray whiskers and superior flying skills. Piloting the “Flying
Aces” 1929 Travel Air 4000, “pops” is no gambling
man. The winning hand on the side of his plane pays tribute to
the longest operating flying circus in the US.
Stuart "Cap'n Mac" MacPherson
Flying a gleaming white 1929 Travel Air, "Cap'n Mac" began
his flying career over 35 years ago as a pilot/parachute jumper
in Richard Bach's, Great American Flying Circus; he also participated
in filming the barnstorming documentary, "Nothing By Chance".
Over the years Stu and his Travel Air have shared the summer
skies with over 14,000 passengers. When he hangs up his goggles "Cap'n
Mac" becomes "Dr. Mac" mild-mannered, surfer-dude
dentist riding the waves in San Diego, California.
David "Candy Man" Mars
A large measure of Southern charm, expertly blended with 40 years of flying vintage aircraft, makes a perfect recipe for this Mississippi barnstormer’s sweet success as owner/operator of Vintage Air Tours. Rumored to have soloed a Piper Cub at the age of two, the “Candy Man” is a legendary mixture of incomparable skill, implausible stories, and unparalleled wit. His passion for the early years of aviation extends far beyond the wings of his 1929 Travel Air. Noted Charles Lindbergh historian, David has one of the largest collections of authentic Lindbergh artifacts outside of the Lindbergh family.