Steep Turns, the Forty-Five Degree Bank, and the Altitude You Keep Losing at the Top of the Turn on Your Checkride
Learn why you lose altitude at the top of a steep turn and how to fix it by flying the sight picture, not the altimeter.
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Stratolaunch, Roc, and the Talon A - the Widest Airplane Ever Built Turned Into a Runway for Hypersonic Flight
How Stratolaunch turned Roc, the widest airplane ever built, into a reusable hypersonic test platform flying Talon A vehicles past Mach 5.
VectorSyberJet Claims a Light Jet Coast to Coast Speed Record With the SJ Thirty Two
SyberJet says its SJ30-2 light jet set a coast-to-coast speed record on Aug 21, 2026 - here's what that claim actually means for pilots.
TowerThe Base to Final Overshoot, the Skidding Turn, and the Cross-Control Stall That Waits for You Down Low and Slow
The base-to-final skidding turn causes fatal low-altitude spins - here's why it happens and how to keep the ball centered and stay safe.
PatternThe Candy Bomber, Gail Halvorsen, and Operation Little Vittles Over Blockaded Berlin
The story of Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber who dropped chocolate on parachutes to blockaded Berlin's children during the 1948 airlift.
TaildraggerThe CFM RISE Open Fan, the Unducted Engine With No Cowling, and the Twenty Percent Fuel Bet That Could Reshape the Single-Aisle Jet
Radio Hangar explores The CFM RISE Open Fan, the Unducted Engine With No Cowling, and the Twenty Percent Fuel Bet That Could Reshape the Single-Aisle Jet.
VectorThe Cobra Six Hundred - Germany's Jet Drone That Launches Air-to-Air Missiles
German startup Polaris flew the Cobra 600, a jet-powered drone built to launch IRIS-T air-to-air missiles, on August 22, 2026.
TowerThe Crew Car, the Beat-Up FBO Loaner With Two Hundred Thousand Miles and a Full Tank of Goodwill, and Why the Free Set of Keys on the Front Desk Is the Best Thing About Ramp Culture
The free FBO crew car is general aviation's greatest tradition - here's where it came from and the unwritten code every pilot follows.
RampThe Crosswind Landing, the Wing-Low Sideslip, and the Habit of Kicking Out the Crab Too Soon
Learn the crab-then-slip crosswind landing technique, why kicking out the crab too early fails, and what the ACS demands.
PatternThe Five Hazardous Attitudes, Their Antidotes, and the Self-Talk That Talks You Out of the Approach You Should Never Have Started
The FAA's five hazardous attitudes and their antidotes - the self-talk that catches a bad decision before it catches you.
PatternThe Gimli Glider, Air Canada One Forty-Three, and the Brand-New Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven That Ran Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet and Was Landed on a Drag Strip by a Glider Pilot
How Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and was glided to a safe landing on a Manitoba drag strip.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat, the Ace Maker Built to Kill the Zero, and the Ironworks Fighter That Won the Pacific in Nineteen Months
The Grumman F6F Hellcat downed over 5,000 enemy aircraft in the Pacific with a 19-to-1 kill ratio, built to beat the Zero.
TaildraggerThe Laptop Battery Fire on American Airlines and What Lithium Cells Really Do When They Let Go in the Cabin
A laptop battery fire on an American Airlines flight burned four people - here's what lithium cells do when they fail and how pilots should prepare.
TowerThe Lightspeed Delta Zulu, the First Headset That Watches for the Gas That Can Kill You Before You Ever Smell It
The Lightspeed Delta Zulu is the first aviation headset with a built-in carbon monoxide sensor, adding a life-saving safety layer for pilots.
VectorThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules First Flight, August Twenty-Third, Nineteen Fifty-Four, and the Ugly Duckling Kelly Johnson Swore Would Ruin the Company
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules first flew on August 23, 1954 - and Kelly Johnson swore the 'ugly' cargo plane would ruin Lockheed. He was wrong.
TaildraggerThe Navy Reveals the Aim Four Twenty-Four Malice, America's Answer to the Long-Range Air-to-Air Gap
Radio Hangar explores The Navy Reveals the Aim Four Twenty-Four Malice, America's Answer to the Long-Range Air-to-Air Gap.
TowerThe Pipistrel Velis Electro, the First Type-Certified Electric Airplane, and What a Fifty-Minute Battery Really Buys a Flight School
The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first type-certified electric airplane - here's what its 50-minute battery really means for flight schools.
VectorThe Privacy ICAO Address, LADD, and the Fight Over Who Can See Your Tail Number Every Time Your ADS-B Squawks
Your ADS-B Out broadcasts your aircraft's identity in the clear twice a second - here's who's listening and how PIA and LADD try to limit it.
VectorThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Jug, and the Eight-Ton Fighter That Brought Its Pilots Home With Cylinders Shot Away
The story of the P-47 Thunderbolt, the eight-ton 'Jug' whose air-cooled toughness brought WWII pilots home from impossible damage.
TaildraggerThe Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation, the Fastest Electric Airplane Ever Flown, and What a Three-Kilometer Speed Record Actually Proves About Batteries
Radio Hangar explores The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation, the Fastest Electric Airplane Ever Flown, and What a Three-Kilometer Speed Record Actually Proves About Batteries.
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