Many pilots fly for years without encountering any need to perform real, nonsimulated short- and soft-field landings. While we do need to perform these maneuvers to pass check rides, we often find ...

The Giants will be active shoppers for defensive secondary reinforcements this offseason, and two names on a short list of ...

Facing fourth-and-15 on the Washington 36, the Eagles decided to trust kicker Jake Elliott with a 54-yard field goal attempt rather than punting it to try and pin the Commanders deep in their ...

Editor’s note: The second annual “Best in Rural Writing Contest” was presented by the rural literary journal The Milk House with promotional support from the Daily Yonder. Judge Dr. Chea Parton ...

Dan Quinn must have thought his heater was up. The Washington Commanders have made it a habit of going for it on fourth down all season. They were incredibly good at it too, converting 20 of 23 ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1967 Cessna 180H Skywagon. Increased interest in bush-style flying, short-field takeoff and landing competitions, and off-airport operations has boosted the number of ...

If you’ve got a story waiting to be told, the Toronto Star Short Story Contest is the perfect chance to get it out there. Now in its 47th year, the contest invites Ontario writers to submit ...

Albuquerque-based Ethos Literacy announces its sixth annual Short Short Story Contest. The flash fiction contest aims to raise awareness and funds for its free literacy and English language ...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Pony Express Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) Series announced its first-ever event in St. Joseph. The National STOL competition will be at Rosecrans Memorial Airport from May 16 ...

Contest dates: Jan. 15-Feb. 12, 2025. By The Learning Network What Rites of Passage Do You Celebrate? A 14-year-old started a donation drive to help teen girls whose homes have burned in the ...

Short Takeoff, Shorter Landing The 2010 Valdez STOL competition in Valdez, Alaska, was a challenge for judges. They must measure the length of runway used for taking off and for stopping not much ...

Jan. 15—BYRON — No one was injured Wednesday afternoon when a small plane made an emergency landing in a field near Byron. "We had a report of a plane crash at the west end of Stub Road north ...