Every article from Radio Hangar - aviation history, technology analysis, flight training, destinations, and news.
The FAA is expanding BasicMed to 12,500 lbs and seven occupants - but the rule isn't in effect yet. Here's what changes and what to watch.
TowerThe Boeing 307 Stratoliner was the first pressurized airliner - and its lone survivor sank in Elliott Bay in 2002 before being rebuilt again.
TaildraggerHow pilots avoid the deadly VFR-into-IMC trap using personal minimums, pre-set triggers, the 180-degree turn, and knowing when to pull the red handle.
PatternHow Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane returns from orbit at just 1.5 g and lands on a runway like an airliner.
VectorMaster the engine failure in cruise with the ABC flow - airspeed, best field, checklist - that keeps a bad day from becoming fatal.
PatternThe falling leaf drill teaches your feet to control a stalled airplane with rudder alone - the skill that prevents base-to-final spins.
PatternHow two men kept a Cessna 172 airborne for nearly 65 days over Las Vegas in 1958–59, setting a flight endurance record that still stands.
TaildraggerClass Echo is controlled airspace with no tower or controller - here's exactly where it starts above your wheels and the weather rules it demands.
PatternLearn what the Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF) on a sectional chart really tells you and how to use it to avoid controlled flight into terrain.
PatternHow a 1990s-era FAA database triggered the first nationwide ground stop since 9/11 - and why NOTAMs still can't be legally skipped.
TowerThe aiming point is the one spot on the runway that stays still in your windshield - here's how to read it and land exactly where you plan.
PatternRadio Hangar explores The Stormscope, Sferics, and How a Box on Your Panel Maps Lightning Without Ever Painting a Cloud.
VectorWhy US ADS-B runs on two frequencies, how ADS-R stitches them together, and why a receive-only box hides traffic from you.
VectorThe leaded avgas era is ending by 2030 under the EAGLE plan - here's what the unleaded transition means for your airplane and fuel supply.
TowerThe story of the F4U Corsair, the 'Whistling Death' fighter too wild for carriers that the Marines turned into a legend.
TaildraggerBasic VFR out of a Class Delta needs 3 miles and standard cloud clearances - but Special VFR can legally drop that to 1 mile, clear of clouds.
TowerTriple Tree Aerodrome in South Carolina offers a 7,000-foot manicured grass runway and a legendary fall fly-in for GA pilots.
RampSaying 'unable' to ATC isn't rude - it's standard phraseology that keeps you, the pilot in command, safely in control.
PatternHow one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck Wiley Post flew solo around the world and discovered the jet stream in a wooden airplane.
TaildraggerLearn what adverse yaw is, how to use the rudder and the ball to fly coordinated, and how coordination prevents the deadly base-to-final stall spin.
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