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Apollo Funds has acquired a major stake in Atlantic Aviation from KKR in a deal valuing the FBO chain at approximately $10 billion, reshaping the economics of business aviation ground services.
TowerBoom Supersonic's XB-1 broke Mach 1 in January 2024, validating key aerodynamics - but the uncertified Symphony engine remains the single open variable in Overture's commercial viability.
VectorCarburetor ice can form on warm clear days and stop your engine - here's the physics behind it and how to catch it before it becomes an emergency.
PatternIn December 1943, a Luftwaffe pilot chose mercy over victory over the North Sea - and the two men who lived it didn't find each other again for 46 years.
TaildraggerThe FAA has authorized commercial air service at Manassas Regional Airport (HEF), Virginia's busiest GA airport - here's what it means for pilots in the DC corridor.
TowerDead reckoning is the navigation foundation GPS was built on top of - here's how to plan and fly a cross-country the way it was meant to be done.
PatternDoc the B-29 Superfortress returned to flight on July 17, 2016, after decades in the California desert - one of the most significant warbird restorations in American aviation history.
TaildraggerDouglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, proved he could still fly to operational standards, was discharged on a technicality, then returned in WWII to lead RAF fighter squadrons.
TaildraggerFAR 91.205 defines three tiers of required aircraft equipment for day VFR, night VFR, and IFR - understanding why each item exists matters more than any mnemonic.
PatternFlak Bait, a Martin B-26 Marauder, flew 202 combat missions over occupied Europe - more than any other American aircraft in the entire European Theater.
TaildraggerGPS spoofing over conflict zones is injecting false position data into ADS-B, creating phantom traffic on cockpit displays and generating false TCAS resolution advisories.
VectorHarold Gillam - the Alaska bush pilot no crash could kill - died in January 1943 trying to walk to help after putting his passengers down on a frozen mountain.
TaildraggerOn April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel - a feat buried by the Titanic disaster that same week.
TaildraggerOn September 24, 1929, Jimmy Doolittle flew a complete circuit under a canvas hood at Mitchel Field - the first fully blind flight, and the foundation of every IFR approach flown since.
TaildraggerKenya Airways CEO George Kamal resigned after less than nine months, deepening a leadership instability crisis at one of Africa's most strategically significant carriers.
TowerOn September 2, 1944, a 20-year-old Navy pilot named George H.W. Bush completed his bomb run over Chichi Jima with his engine on fire, bailed out, and floated four hours before a submarine rescued him.
TaildraggerMackinac Island Airport (83D) puts pilots on a car-free Victorian island in the Straits of Mackinac - here's everything you need to plan the trip.
RampOtto Aviation plans to build a Florida manufacturing facility by 2028 to produce the Phantom 3500, a laminar-flow business jet targeting first deliveries around 2030.
TowerPhoebe Omlie became the first woman to hold a U.S. federal transport pilot's license in 1929, starting as a barnstorming wing-walker before shaping national aviation policy.
TaildraggerGermany officially attributed an August 2026 explosive drone strike on a Ukrainian An-124 at Leipzig-Halle Airport to Russia's hybrid warfare campaign.
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