Aviation Articles by Sparky Barnes Sargent

*New Book: A Hunger for the Sky* "The author has applied her special skills to convey the stories of these lady flyers with a fortunate matching of subject and talent. ~ We feel we know these women as we read of their first inkling of wanting to become airborne and follow them as their goals materialize." Complete Bibliography of Sparky's Aviation Articles
The Chastains' 1952 Rawdon T-1 2/2009	The Robin Alights at Sun 'n Fun 9/2008
Timeless and Triumphant--The Taylorcraft "Twosome" 02/2008	A Honey of a Champion 12/2007	The Remarkable Bücker Bestmann 10/2007
Waldron and Wooldridge's One-of-a-Kind Travel Air 7/2007	Dashing and Darting Through the Sky 4/2007	A Radial-Powered Beauty-- Fred Lundeen's First Airplane 2/2007
Follow the Swallow 11/2006	Stinson Gullwing 10/2006	The Flagship Detroit DC-3 9/2006
Connie's Coupe Top Waco 7/2006	Under the Wing, In the Shade 6/2006	Swingin' Swift Gear 4/2006

Dyke Delta Reborn--Crumpled Beauty Flies After Years in Storage 12/2008	Flying Goofy--Life as a Record-Setting Aerial Ambassador 10/2008

McKinley's "Cub" 3/2009	Homegrown Ingenuity--The Back Yard Flyer UL 11/2008


Best Aviation Careers! Which one will you choose? 5/2007


New Sport Pilots take off with help from Able Flight 9/21/2007 Read	The Sargents of Tennessee: Flying into the golden years 7/8/2004 Read	Dynamic duo; Ohio's Jim and Dondi Miller 3/5/2004 Read
Out of the Blue: A passion born when he was just 8 takes Tim West into the ethereal world of skywriting 9/26/2003 Read	The grand dame of flight: Evelyn Johnson at 93 3/12/2003 Read	A bit of Southern hospitality 11/14/2002 Read
A man and his Vagabond — 52 years on golden wings 7/1/2002 Read	Rainelle Airport & Restaurant: Squire Haynes' haven for pilots 10/31/2002 Read	Take a Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven 7/16/2002 Read


The Legend Cub - A New "Vintage" LSA 8/2005	The CGS Hawk--An Award Winner from Day One (preview of article) 11/2004	Powerplants of the Past: The Dekle Family's Collection 3/2002