Vegas: Flying from dusk till dawn
Vegas has to be one of the most striking skylines: drenched in neon, it illuminates the desert for miles around.
Louis from Fly the LV Sky explains why the land of the gambler makes such great flying territory.
What makes flying in Vegas so exciting?
Las Vegas has so much to offer! Conveniently, there are more beautiful clear-weather days for flying here in Vegas than anywhere else in the country. The city and architecture of Las Vegas is completely unique. The desert, mountains, and valleys provide an amazing landscape. The combination of these elements provides opportunities for amazing photography and advanced helicopter training.
What should people expect from their helicopter flight?
This experience is customized to each person. read more
Ready, steady, cook!
There are few activities that bring people together better than cooking. But if your contribution is usually just drooling from the kitchen door, you really need to get more involved.
Eating it is one thing, preparing it another. And there’s massive satisfaction to be had from pulling of a tasty dish – and you get to enjoy it too!
Here, Raquel from A Pinch of Salt, a hands on cooking company, shares tips and experiences for the would-be cook.
Keeping sailing simple with Captain Mike
Mike From Seaside Sailing
Captain Mike runs Seaside Sailing in New Jersey and has just two rules for the people who come aboard his boat. Number one: Have fun. Number Two: Don’t fall off the boat!
Safety is a serious matter at sea, although Mike’s not a man to dampen the fun; crew aboard his ship can get as involved as they choose in the running and rigging of his 44ft sailing yacht, the Express Mail.
We’ve spoken with him about what people get up to on board, and his role as Captain. Here’s what he had to say: read more
Great Surfing Waves
How does a reef create great surfing waves?
The tide is a force of nature, the result of the moon’s gravitational pull. Waves break in the open seas as well as just offshore, and for very different reasons. It’s often thanks to undersea reefs that coastal waves get their shape. So it’s little surprise that the favored surf spots are often in regions that have coral reefs. read more
Why Great Ingredients Matter
Why great ingredients matter
Master chefs don’t use a magic wand. And just by making inspired combinations, they can’t guarantee any dish will taste special. So how do they do it?
Ask any dedicated cook or restaurant chef and they will tell you: it’s all about the ingredients. You can make lasagna for next to nothing if you select the cheapest mince and powdered bechamel, just don’t expect it to taste good.
Most chefs start their day read more
Native American Pottery: A Potted History
The Pueblo Indians from southwestern America made some of the most interesting pieces of pottery of their time, and they were making it long before European settlers arrived. So what makes their work so unique?
Use of pottery was commonplace in the settlements of American Indians. Those tribes that roamed as hunter-gatherers found little use for pots and vessels, for obvious reasons. But where tribes settled, they made all manner of vessels. read more
Let’s Tango
Why is the Tango so controversial?
This once persecuted step is perhaps the most seductive and dramatic of dances. But why all the fuss? Just what makes the Tango such a hotly debated dance step?
Well, the dance is steeped in controversy. First discovered in the brothels of Buenos Aires, Argentina, it was also danced by men in an attempt to seduce a woman (the town had many more men than women, so you needed to be good!).
Whether it was born in the brothels or backyards of working class houses is up for debate, however it is also said to have been practiced by men together, as they developed their moves. read more
What’s the greenest way to fly?
Robb Y 
Airborne Activities, Lifestyle Activities 
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Such is the worry about the environment, everyone’s looking to cut emissions and watch their carbon footprints. The so-called gas-guzzlers – vehicles that use lots of fuel – have come under real scrutiny of late, and the airlines have also been put in the spotlight.
A jumbo jet creates a lot of carbon dioxide. Now, whether or not you believe this causes global warming is not really relevant – although it clearly is a lot of emissions.
That said, sometimes there really is no other way to travel than to fly; it’s the quickest and probably the safest form of modern travel we have – how else are you going to get to that meeting read more
Up, up, up and away
Helicopters can land just about everywhere, that’s their trick. Instead of needing a runway, a helicopter pilot can make do with a football pitch, or in cases of emergency, a street corner.
With helicopters it’s all about lift: vertical lift. Thanks to their spinning rotors, helicopters push air down, which in turn forces them up into the air.
It’s this that has made them so versatile. They make fantastic emergency vehicles, and can transport people and supplies to the remotest of places. read more
‘Saddle up’
A 4×4 is perhaps the ultimate cross-country vehicle: it can go just about anywhere. That said, long before the motor vehicle was invented, we managed to cross miles of inhospitable terrain, ford swollen rivers and climb the steepest of gradients. How? We trusted our travels to horses.
They played an integral part in the creation of the United States; from the mail service to the armed services, our equine companions have done us proud.
The horse and its rider are symbolic of our search into the West read more
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