TABLE OF CONTENTS Flying Down Home with Morgan Freeman August/Sept 07 Blues Traveler Morgan Freeman uses his wings to stick close to home — and maybe help save Delta music. Business Class Private Air readers put the new Gulfstream G200 through its paces The Moon and the Stars He's got a billion dollars. He invented Microsoft Word. He dates Martha Stewart. But all that pales in comparison to Charles Simonyi's latest achievement: soaring into orbit as a pioneer of private space flight.

Know When to Fold 'Em
Books
By Eric Capper | Page 2
An interactive coffee-table tome takes you back to your own salad days of aerospace engineering and test flights. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

Werner Needs to Fly
Movies
By John Anderson | Page 22
"Rescue Dawn," the story of a Navy pilot captured by the Vietcong, presents another good excuse for director Werner Herzog to make a movie about flight. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

Mogul's Edition
Planes of the Famed
By David Moss | Page 25
The $40 million Paypal order, “hair” memo and other peccadilloes of the rich and jet-powered. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

Managed Health Air
Earned Wings
By Cristina Velocci | Page 26
A group of volunteer pilots brings medical care to the neediest cases of Mexico’s Baja peninsula. > read more
Keywords: Destinations

Endless Summer
Calendar
By Teri Buhl | Page 28
Two months, four reasons to wing it: stomping divots in Bridgehampton; watching the sopranos with Britain’s country gentry; indulging in the big sail at St. Moritz; and all that jazz in Monterey. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

The First Woman of Flight
Ode to a Legend
By Eric Capper | Page 30
Amelia Earhart may get the book and movie play, but 81-year-old Geraldine Mock has the record. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

The Price of Fame
Community
By Cristina Velocci | Page 32
In 46 years, the National Aviation Hall of Fame has grown from a star-studded awards ceremony to an exhibit-packed museum. But it’s been a bumpy ride. > read more
Keywords: Takeoff

The Flying Architects
How I Use My Plane
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 36
A home-drawing duo vertically integrates its business in more ways than one. > read more

Blades of Glory
How I Use My Plane
By Hilary Lewis | Page 38
For 40 years, Granvil Tracy just hasn’t been able to escape the inexplicable lure of the chopper. > read more
Keywords: Navigator

Wind Beneath His Wings
How I Use My Plane
By Neil Rabinowitz | Page 40
Juergen Puetter’s quest to supply the Pacific Northwest with wind energy is powered by a twin-engine Dutchess > read more

Fuel, With a Side of Crab
FBO Pick
By Cristina Velocci | Page 42
Don’t let the "Mayberry R.F.D." setting fool you. Maryland Air is one busy full-service stop. > read more
Keywords: Navigator , FBO Pick

The Boys From Brazil
The Business
By Carole Shifrin | Page 46
For the better part of a decade, South America–based jet maker Embraer has been able to do no wrong. Now it’s up to a new CEO to carry on where his predecessor left off. > read more

The X Factor
Hangar
By Thomas Farley | Page 50
Finally, a hangar designed for the people who pay the bills. > read more
Keywords: Navigator , Hangar

Inside Job
Pimp My Plane
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 52
A 13-year-old Challenger 601 gets a shiny new stem-to-stern makeover. > read more
Keywords: Navigator

The New Carry-On Loan
Avionomics
By Teri Buhl | Page 56
A type of aviation financing that doesn’t require you to put up everything you own — What a concept! > read more

Point Well-Taken
Lake Saranac
By Jeryl Brunner | Page 60
How to live like a Rockefeller on just $1,250 a day . . . tarmac butler included. > read more
Keywords: Destinations

"Glamping" We Will Go
By Scott Armstrong | Page 64
Idaho’s Teton Ridge Ranch is a must-visit for those hoping to indulge in the new glamour-camping trend. > read more

Bones Alone
By Conway Williamson | Page 70
Belize’s Cayo Espanto is the kind of deserted island a guy with a private jet and fly rod could really get used to. > read more
Keywords: Destinations

Blues Traveler
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 74
Morgan Freeman uses his wings to stick close to home — and maybe help save Delta music. > read more

The Moon & The Stars
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 80
He’s got a billion dollars. He invented Microsoft Word. He dates Martha Stewart. But all that pales in comparison to Charles Simonyi’s latest achievement: soaring into orbit as a pioneer of private space flight. > read more
Keywords: Features

Spaceship You
| Page 85
All you need to know about joining the super-elite ranks of the space tourists. > read more
Keywords: Destinations

Business Class
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 88
Private Air readers put the G200 through its paces. > read more
Keywords: Features

A Magnificent Man and his Flying Machines
By Timothy R. Gaffney | Page 90
Does wealthy Brazilian businessman Fernando de Arruda Botelho hold his annual exclusive, invitation-only fly-in for the good of his homeland — or for his love of vintage planes? > read more

Jet Car
Ground Speed
By Glenn Derene | Page 96
The 1,001-horsepower Bugatti Veyron 16.4 boasts a thoroughly insane top speed of 253 mph. But would the world’s greatest exercise in automotive overkill prove too hot to handle? > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

Control Stick
Equipment Check
By Ty Wenger | Page 100
Want to putt like Tiger Woods? You can’t. But you can at least carry his putter in your bag. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

The Flying Deer
Carry On
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 102
Deerskin — long esteemed for its strength, flexibility and looks — enters the stratosphere of high-end baggage. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

Mercedes Lens
Shades
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 104
Tom Ford releases very-limited-edition sunglasses -- not for minimalists or the financially grounded. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

Stealth Bomber
Smoking Section
By Nick Kolakowski | Page 106
Ashton’s newest top-tier Robusto sneaks up on you — then smacks you right in the mouth. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

Hands in the Air
Flight Time
By Norma Buchanan | Page 108
These pilots’ watches, both formidable and functional, will take your style to new heights. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

The Gin and Tonic Flies Again
High Spirits
By Jefferey Lindenmuth | Page 110
Few cocktails evoke the spirit of summertime soaring quite like a well-mixed G&T. > read more
Keywords: Landing Gear

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