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"I'll give Tiger Destefani $10,000 cash if he'll climb back into Strega and let me race him in The Galloping Ghost.  read more »

Ocala aviator and movie stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward recently made an easy transition from the big screen to a magazine cover and centerfold.  read more »

Vietnam veteran Chris Kirchner wants everyone to hear what his P-40 Warhawk World War II era warbird is saying.  read more »

If National Championship Air Races fans look like they’ve seen a ghost this week, it’s only because they have.  read more »

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – World famous aviator and air racer Jimmy Leeward extended strong support to the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum at Keystone Heights Airport with a long-term loan of a IG-17 LIM5 transonic jet fighter from his private aircraft collection.  read more »

Leeward Air Ranch’s stock P-51 (N55JL) “Cloud Dancer” was acquired April 29th, 2010 (less its engine) by Phil Petrik, a friend of Jimmy Leeward's, who is a lifelong aviation enthusiast.  read more »

Jimmy Leeward rarely has both feet on the ground. If he isn't flying one of the many aircraft he hangars here in Marion County, he might be racing his P-51 Mustang in Reno, or he could be doing some stunt flying on a movie set...  read more »

Kids are supposed to love glass cockpits, right?  read more »

This week I bring you a short essay on what it feels like to lean out the open end of a B-25 to get up close and personal with the  read more »

At Dirk Leeward's home in the Leeward Air Ranch gated community in Ocala, Fla., a Sonos whole-house audio system sports a channel that's considerably different than Rhapsody music streaming.  read more »