OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE

Biplane tour operators

By Jim Winnerman
03:38 PM PDT, August 21, 2009

ACADIA AIR TOURS

Bar Harbor, Maine; (207) 667-7627, acadiaairtours.com/biplane_flights.html. Twenty-minute flight, $225 for two passengers.

What you'll see: Lighthouses, whales, Acadia National Park, New England seaside villages.

HISTORIC AIRCRAFT RESTORATION MUSEUM

Creve Coeur Airport; Maryland Heights, Mo.;

(314) 434-3368, www.historicaircraft. Fifteen-minute flight, $80 for one passenger.

What you'll see: Missouri River, St. Charles, Mo.

CONCH AIR

Marathon, Fla.; (305) 395-1117, www.conch-air. Twenty-minute flight, $175 for two.

What you'll see: Florida Keys, coral reefs, beaches, sharks, dolphins, mantas and manatees.

RED BARON BIPLANE FLIGHT SERVICE

Schaumburg, Ill.; (847) 466-3848, www.redbaron Thirty-minute flight, $295 for two.

What you'll see: Chicago lakefront and skyline, Wrigley Field, Navy Pier.

RED ROCK BIPLANE TOURS

Sedona, Ariz.;(888) 866-7433, www.sedonaairtours.com. Twenty-minute flight, $200 for two.

What you'll see: Indian ruins, inaccessible canyons, red rock mountains, high desert terrain.

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT CO.

Sonoma, Calif.; (707) 938-2444, www.vintageaircraft.com/varides.htm. Twenty-minute flight, $270 for two.

What you'll see: Sonoma and Carneros valleys.

Note: All flight operations offer longer rides and some do aerobatics on request.

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