A routine maintenance task at a reopened dirt airstrip quickly escalated into a dangerous wildfire after a new lawn mower's fuel leak ignited dry grass, rapidly spreading due to strong winds. The ...

An agricultural plane was damaged during takeoff from a private dirt airstrip. The incident occurred when the pilot, carrying a heavy load, attempted a premature lift-off to avoid a pickup truck on ...

A biplane crashed into a tree after landing at a private dirt airstrip near Sanger on Friday afternoon, the FAA says. Officials with the FAA told NBC 5 a single-engine 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ...

In the summer of 1910, balloonist, tight rope walker and parachutist Ivy Baldwin took off in a biplane from a dirt airstrip in northwest Carson City — the beginning of a legacy of flight in the ...