Taking Flight ~ by: Sarah Solmonson

David Norton spent his entire life fascinated with flying. With the help of his wife and young daughter, David set out to build his own VP-1 plane from scratch. For six years, David and his family worked on the plane, bringing N256DN from a basement workshop to its first flight in April 2000.

Three months later David was performing a routine take off when the wind beneath him dissipated. N256DN went down, and David was…