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FINALLY!

PREFLIGHT AFTER THE CHECKRIDE

BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER

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A-MAZE-ING

PILOTS GET THE BEST VIEWS OF CORN MAZES

HOW

Fly at a safe and
courteous altitude
and employ those
skills you learned from
practicing ground reference maneuvers. Pay
attention to airspeed,
altitude, and coordination while you look
outside. Be a good
neighbor-don't buzz
around for too long.

THERE'S A STORY GOING

around on Facebook and in
a YouTube video that claims
a family got so lost in a corn
maze, they called 911. These
acre-plus fields of corn can
be a nightmare if you're stuck
on the ground trying to figure
your way out but, guess what?
The corn maze is another way
pilots rule: The view from
above not only shows the artistry of a great corn maze, but
also how to escape.
Claiming the first corn
maze in the United States is
Lebanon Valley, Pennsylvania.
The small town of Annville
says it produced the first corn
maze on three acres near Lebanon Valley College in 1993.
It was called "The Amazing
Maize Maze." Many farmers
integrate this form of "agritainment" in their yearly plans,
creating mazes and other

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farm activities at the end of
harvest season to make some
extra money. Country Living
magazine now publishes an
annual list of the top mazes in
the country.
Farmers often use GPS systems to map out their mazes,
which depict movie stars,
television shows (think Game
of Thrones), flags, tributes,
and other intricate designs. In
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this
year see a tribute to NASA's
fiftieth anniversary of the
moon landing in a maze at the
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm.
The largest maze is in Dixon,
California, at 60 acres. Cool
Patch Pumpkins has some rad
dudes (pumpkins) wearing
sunglasses for its 2019 corn
maze.
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