Editing John Denver (section)

===Other interests===
Beyond music, Denver's artistic interests included painting, but because of his limiting schedule, Denver pursued photography, saying once, "photography is a way to communicate a feeling." An exhibition of over 40 never-before-seen photographs taken by Denver debuted at the Leon Gallery in [[Denver]], Colorado, in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweet, Sweet Life: The Photographic Works of John Denver |url=https://johndenver.com/news/sweet-sweet-life-the-photographic-works-of-john-denver/ |website=johndenver.com |date=December 18, 2013}}</ref>

Denver was also an avid skier and golfer, but his principal interest was in flying. Denver's love of flying was second only to his love of music.<ref name="People">{{cite web |last=Castro |first=Peter |title=Peaks & Valleys |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20123569,00.html |work=People |date=October 27, 1997 |access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> In 1974, Denver bought a [[Learjet]] to fly himself to concerts. He was a collector of vintage biplanes and owned a [[Aviat Eagle|Christen Eagle]] aerobatic plane, two [[Cessna 210 Centurion]] airplanes, and a 1997 amateur-built [[Rutan Long-EZ]].<ref name="JD" /><ref name="NTSB" /><ref name="People" />

On April 21, 1989, Denver was in a plane accident while taxiing down the runway at [[Holbrook Municipal Airport]] in his vintage 1931 biplane. Denver had stopped to refuel on a flight from [[Carefree, Arizona]], to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]. Reports stated wind gusts caught the plane, causing it to spin around and sustain extensive damage. Denver was not harmed in the incident.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-21-mn-2444-story.html/ |title=Nation: John Denver Survives Air Crash |date=April 21, 1989 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/10/13/john-denvers-plane-crashes-in-california/e473c1f1-bb5f-4533-bdb1-e70cd34ac600/ |title=John Denver's Plane Crashes in California |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 20, 2021 }}</ref>