The FAA's fall 2024 powered-lift SFAR created a third pilot category, clearing the biggest hidden barrier to electric air taxis.
VectorAutothrottle has arrived in single-engine turboprops like the Piper M600 and Daher TBM 960 - here's how it works and why it matters.
VectorG100UL and rival unleaded fuels are racing to replace leaded 100LL avgas by 2030, and the fight is on display at Oshkosh.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide automates the first 30 seconds of an engine-out emergency - but it stops short of landing the airplane, and that limit is the point.
VectorHow hydrogen-electric fuel cell propulsion actually works, why it beats batteries on weight, and its real timeline for aviation.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Dream Chaser, the Lifting Body Lineage, and the Spaceplane That Lands on a Runway Like Something You Actually Fly.
VectorWhy U.S. ADS-B runs on two frequencies - 978 MHz UAT and 1090ES - and what that split means for the traffic on your screen.
VectorHow MEMS sensors and solid-state AHRS units are replacing the vacuum-driven spinning gyro and deleting an entire category of GA accidents.
VectorHow MEMS gyros and solid-state AHRS replaced the failure-prone vacuum-driven attitude indicators that killed instrument pilots for decades.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Aireon, the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites, and the Space-Based ADS-B Net That Erased the Ocean's Blind Spot.
VectorHow Boris Popov turned a near-fatal 1975 hang gliding crash into the ballistic whole-airplane parachute that has saved hundreds of lives.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Electronic Ignition, the SureFly Magneto, and Trading a Hundred-Year-Old Spark for Software on the Oshkosh Exhibit Floor.
VectorElectronic Stability and Protection keeps autopilot servos active while you hand-fly, nudging you back from stalls, steep banks, and overspeeds.
VectorIn October 2024 the FAA created powered lift, the first new civil aircraft category in ~80 years - here's what it means for pilots.
VectorSureFly's electronic ignition is finally replacing the century-old aircraft magneto - here's how it works and whether it's worth it.
VectorHow experimental homebuilt aircraft became the lab that made modern glass panels and autopilots cheap - then pushed them into certified cockpits.
VectorHow WAAS turns free GPS into a precision LPV approach that brings ILS-quality minimums to small airports that never had an instrument landing system.
VectorNASA's X-57 Maxwell never flew, but its 14-motor wing proved distributed electric propulsion and reshaped today's eVTOL and air taxi designs.
VectorHow Dynon's Approved Model List STC brought cheap, solid-state glass panels from the experimental world into certified cockpits.
VectorHow G100UL, Swift's UL94, and the EAGLE initiative are ending leaded avgas - and what the transition means for piston pilots.
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