Garmin Smart Glide pitches for best glide, finds a reachable runway, and tunes your radio with one button - closing the deadly startle gap after an engine failure.
VectorNASA's X-59 aims to replace the sonic boom with a quiet 'thump' and overturn a 50-year U.S. ban on supersonic flight over land.
VectorThe Garmin GI 275 replaces the failure-prone vacuum attitude indicator with a solid-state, battery-backed glass display that fits the standard round cutout.
VectorHow REGENT's all-electric Viceroy seaglider uses wing-in-ground effect and hydrofoils to fly one wingspan above the water.
VectorHow Airbus ATTOL flew a wide-body's takeoff, taxi, and landing using cameras instead of an ILS beam - and why the team refused to oversell it.
VectorRadio Hangar explores JetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage.
VectorCFM's RISE open fan engine ditches the cowl to chase 20% lower fuel burn on the next single-aisle jet - here's how it works and when it might fly.
VectorNASA's LOFTID test flew a folding, inflatable heat shield to orbital reentry speed - a drag device that could one day land heavy cargo on Mars.
VectorWhy the U.S. runs ADS-B on two frequencies - 978 MHz UAT and 1090 ES - and what it means for your cockpit traffic and weather.
VectorHow the Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first certified electric airplane - and the battery math behind its 50-minute mission.
VectorThe Rotax 916 iS delivers 160 hp from a turbocharged four-cylinder that runs on car gas and flies with a single power lever.
VectorHow ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric Dornier 228 flight proved fuel-cell propulsion can power real regional aircraft - and the hurdles that remain.
VectorHow Aireon's ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites erased the ocean's surveillance blind spots and ended the era of the untracked airplane.
VectorBoom's XB-1, a new FAA noise standard, and Mach cutoff physics could finally return supersonic flight to the skies over land.
VectorHow Category III autoland uses triple-redundant autopilots and a radio altimeter to land an airliner in fog the crew cannot see through.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Eviation Alice, the All-Electric Nine-Seat Commuter, and the Battery Math That Decides Whether a Clean-Sheet Electric Airliner Ever Earns Its Wings.
VectorEviation's all-electric Alice flew in 2022, but battery physics - not motors - will decide if it ever carries paying passengers.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Karman Line, Sixty-Two Miles Up, and the Altitude Where Wings Quit and Rockets Take Over.
VectorThe uAvionix AV-30-C is a 3⅛-inch software-defined instrument that replaces vacuum-driven gyros with solid-state MEMS sensors for a fraction of a glass panel's cost.
VectorADS-B broadcasts your aircraft's position unencrypted and unauthenticated - here's why that tradeoff powers modern surveillance and exposes you.
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