Adventure Flying.  Fly up to the highest airport in North America. A mountain pilot is sensitive to the what the clouds tell about the winds aloft, knows the density altitude and works the leeway ridge for lift.

Mountain Flying: Flying in Colorado is means Mountain Flying.  We have over 50 peaks greater than 14,000 and the density altitude at most airports even along the front range can exceed 9,000 during the summer. Regardless of where you fly in the Rocky Mountain State, be sure to get a Mountain Checkout from a qualified flight instructor. Check out Spark Imeson's Mountain Flying Web Site.  Author of the Mountain Flying Bible, Sparky has decades of flying experience in the mountains of Idaho, Montana and Colorado.  Another good resource for Mountain Flying is the Colorado Pilots Association.  CPS also offers an excellent ground school on this subject in June and August each year. Course designed to prepare pilots for flights over mountainous terrain and into high elevation airports. Nominal fee. Optional flight portion of course on day following or may be taken at pilot's discretion and cost at a later date. Qualifies for FAA Wings Program and Biennial Flight Review.

Aviation Humor by Rod Machado: Rod Machado traded his motorcycle for flying lessons at the age of 16. His parents were delighted he gave up riding with the vegetarian motorcycle gang known as the sprouts. Captured by the romance and adventure of flight in a Taylorcraft L-2 at Amelia Reid Aviation in San Jose, Rod has remained hooked ever since. In fact, he is one of the few Airline-Transport-Rated pilots who still gets excited by a Cessna 150 fly-by (which he claims he likes because it lasts so much longer that the Mooney, Bonanza and Malibu fly-by).