Heart Aerospace and the thirty-seat hybrid-electric airliner being built in Sweden
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 hybrid-electric airliner targets the abandoned regional turboprop market with a pragmatic series-hybrid design.
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Kuwaiti air defenses intercept hostile missile and drone attacks amid regional tensions
Kuwait intercepted hostile missiles and drones this week, raising immediate safety and routing concerns for Gulf region aviation.
TowerLeaning the mixture during cruise and the fuel you are wasting at five thousand five hundred feet
Learn when and how to lean the mixture in cruise flight to save fuel, protect your engine, and add critical reserve endurance.
PatternLilium and the thirty-six electric jet engines that went bankrupt and came back from the dead
Lilium's 36-engine electric jet survived bankruptcy and is back — here's why its physics-defying design still matters.
VectorMathias Rust and the Cessna that landed in Red Square
On May 28, 1987, teenager Mathias Rust flew a rented Cessna 172 over 550 miles of Soviet airspace and landed in Red Square.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of the dry lakebed
Pancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of Edwards AFB, where America's greatest test pilots found refuge during aviation's most dangerous era.
TaildraggerQantas and Philippine Airlines open fifteen island destinations through frequent flyer partnership
Qantas and Philippine Airlines launch a partnership opening 15 Philippine island destinations to frequent flyer point redemptions.
TowerSedona Airport on the red rock mesa and the approach that makes your passenger grab the armrest
Sedona Airport sits atop a red rock mesa in Arizona, offering one of the most spectacular fly-in experiences in general aviation.
RampSpace-based ADS-B and the Aireon satellite constellation tracking every aircraft on the planet in real time
How the Aireon satellite constellation delivers real-time ADS-B tracking for every equipped aircraft on Earth, including over oceans and poles.
VectorSpecial VFR and the clearance hiding behind the Class Delta ceiling you think just grounded you
Special VFR lets pilots legally depart or arrive at towered airports when weather drops below standard VFR minimums.
PatternTex Johnston and the barrel roll that sold the Jet Age over Lake Washington
How Tex Johnston's barrel roll of the Boeing Dash 80 over Lake Washington in 1955 changed commercial aviation forever.
TaildraggerThe Antique Airplane Association Fly-In at Blakesburg and the grass strip in Iowa where aviation's oldest airplanes come home every year
Blakesburg Iowa's Antique Airfield hosts one of America's longest-running fly-ins where vintage aircraft land on a pristine grass strip.
RampThe FLARM collision avoidance system and why glider pilots built a traffic solution that works where ADS-B does not
FLARM predicts flight paths 18-20 seconds ahead, solving the mid-air collision problem ADS-B cannot address for maneuvering aircraft.
VectorThe fuel stop you skipped because the headwind was not as bad as forecast
Why skipping a planned fuel stop is one of the most dangerous decisions a GA pilot can make, even when the math says you can.
PatternThe Night Witches and the plywood bombers that terrorized the Eastern Front
The Night Witches flew 23,000 combat sorties in plywood biplanes, becoming one of WWII's most feared bomber units.
TaildraggerThe one seat row flight attendants avoid and what it tells you about cabin design
Flight attendants avoid the last row due to noise, poor ride quality, and distance from overwing exits.
TowerThe RAF over Dunkirk on May twenty-eighth, nineteen forty and the Spitfires the Army never saw
On May 28, 1940, RAF fighters fought and died over Dunkirk in battles the soldiers below never saw.
TaildraggerThe steep turn checkride bust and the fifty feet you lose staring at the bank angle instead of the horizon
Steep turns bust more private pilot checkrides than most admit—here's why altitude, not bank angle, is the real test.
PatternVFR flight following on your cross-country and the radio call that puts a second pair of eyes on your airplane
Learn how to request VFR flight following with the exact radio calls, what to expect from ATC, and why every cross-country pilot should use it.
PatternWisk Aero and Boeing's bet on an air taxi that flies itself with no pilot onboard
Wisk Aero is building a fully autonomous electric air taxi with no pilot onboard, backed by Boeing and targeting late-2020s commercial flights.
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