Pegasus and the Stargazer, the L Ten Eleven Airliner That Drops a Rocket Off Its Belly to Reach Orbit
Radio Hangar explores Pegasus and the Stargazer, the L Ten Eleven Airliner That Drops a Rocket Off Its Belly to Reach Orbit.
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REGENT, the Viceroy Seaglider, and the Wing-in-Ground-Effect Machine That Flies a Wingspan Off the Water to Cheat Both the Boat and the Airplane
Radio Hangar explores REGENT, the Viceroy Seaglider, and the Wing-in-Ground-Effect Machine That Flies a Wingspan Off the Water to Cheat Both the Boat and the Airplane.
VectorThe Harbour Air ePlane, magniX and the Electric De Havilland Beaver That Turned a Ninety-Year-Old Bush Plane Into the First All-Electric Commercial Flight
How Harbour Air and magniX turned a 1940s De Havilland Beaver into the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft in 2019.
VectorThe Lightspeed Delta Zulu, the Headset That Put a Carbon Monoxide Detector Next to Your Ear, and Whether Building Safety Into the One Thing You Always Wear Actually Works
The Lightspeed Delta Zulu builds a carbon monoxide detector into the ear cup - here's why that engineering choice matters for pilot safety.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide, the Blue Button That Turns an Engine Failure Into a Managed Descent to the Nearest Runway
Garmin Smart Glide turns an engine failure into a managed glide to the nearest reachable runway with one blue-button press - here's what it does and doesn't do.
VectorJetZero, the Z-4 Blended Wing Body, and the Tube-and-Wing Airplane the Air Force Is Betting Fifty Years Late
Radio Hangar explores JetZero, the Z-4 Blended Wing Body, and the Tube-and-Wing Airplane the Air Force Is Betting Fifty Years Late.
VectorStratolaunch, Roc, and the Three-Hundred-Eighty-Five-Foot Wingspan Built to Drop a Hypersonic Rocket Off Its Belly
Roc, the world's largest airplane by wingspan, was built to launch satellites but now drops hypersonic test vehicles for the US military.
VectorThe AHRS, the MEMS Gyro, and How a Silicon Chip Smaller Than Your Thumbnail Replaced the Spinning Brass Gyroscope Behind Your Attitude Indicator
How MEMS chips smaller than your thumbnail replaced spinning brass gyroscopes to draw the attitude indicator in modern glass cockpits.
VectorThe CFM RISE Open Fan, the Unducted Engine With Blades You Can See, and the Bet That the Next Big Jump in Fuel Burn Means Taking the Cowling Off
CFM's RISE open fan engine ditches the cowling to cut fuel burn 20% versus today's LEAP, with flight tests due around 2027-2028.
VectorThe Daher TBM 940, Garmin Autothrottle, and the Single Lever That Finally Learned to Move Itself in a Piston-and-Turboprop Cockpit
The Daher TBM 940 became the first single-engine turboprop with a factory Garmin autothrottle - here's why that lever matters.
VectorThe Privacy ICAO Address Program, ADS-B Out in the Clear, and Why the System That Sees Every Airplane Can Also Read Your Tail Number
How the FAA's Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) program lets pilots keep ADS-B safety benefits while hiding their identity from public flight trackers.
VectorZeroAvia, the Hydrogen-Electric Powertrain, and the Dornier Two Twenty-Eight That Runs on a Fuel Cell and Leaves Behind Water
How ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric Dornier 228 flies on a fuel cell that emits only water - and the real hurdles still in the way.
VectorEDR, the Eddy Dissipation Rate, and the Objective Turbulence Number Quietly Replacing 'Moderate Chop'
EDR replaces subjective turbulence reports with an objective number that means the same thing to every aircraft in the sky.
VectorRegent's Viceroy Seaglider, Wing-in-Ground Effect, and the Electric Boat That Flies a Wingspan Above the Waves
How Regent's electric Viceroy seaglider uses wing-in-ground effect to fly a wingspan above the water and reinvent coastal travel.
VectorT-CAS II, the Resolution Advisory, and the Night Over Uberlingen That Taught Every Crew to Trust the Box Over the Controller
How TCAS resolution advisories work, why the Überlingen midair changed the rules, and why pilots now trust the box over ATC.
VectorThe EHang E H Two Sixteen S, the World's First Type-Certified Passenger eVTOL, and What It Means That the First Air Taxi to Get a Certificate Has No Pilot and No Wings
In October 2023, EHang's pilotless EH216-S became the world's first type-certified passenger eVTOL - here's what that milestone really means.
VectorThe Pipistrel Velis Electro, the First Type-Certified Electric Airplane in the World, and What a Fifty-Minute Trainer From Slovenia Actually Proves
The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first type-certified electric airplane - here's what its 50-minute range actually proves.
VectorThe Two ADS-B Links, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why the FAA Has to Rebroadcast Traffic So the Two Halves of the Sky Can See Each Other
Radio Hangar explores The Two ADS-B Links, Ten Ninety ES and Nine Seventy-Eight UAT, and Why the FAA Has to Rebroadcast Traffic So the Two Halves of the Sky Can See Each Other.
VectorThere And Back Again, Rocket Lab's Helicopter That Caught a Rocket Falling Out of the Sky, and Why the Most Aviation Thing in Spaceflight Got Quietly Retired
How Rocket Lab caught a falling Electron booster with a Sikorsky helicopter - and why the company quietly retired the stunt for a boat.
VectorAireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Put Eyes on Every Airplane Over the Ocean
Aireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
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