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At Beaumont, Kansas, you land on grass, taxi down Main Street, and tie your airplane to a light pole outside a hotel dating to 1879.
RampThe FAA warns that 3D-printed cockpit accessories on certificated aircraft are unapproved parts that can compromise airworthiness - here's what pilots need to know.
TowerThe FAA's $615 million grant round funds runways, lighting, and safety infrastructure at 238 airports - here's what it means for your home field.
TowerThe US approved a $4.5B sale of four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers to Qatar - here's what it means for pilots and the aerospace industry.
TowerA glider returning from competition captures the energy-management mastery that keeps every pilot alive, engine or not.
TowerLearn how to fly a diversion under pressure with a simple four-step method examiners want to see on the private pilot checkride.
PatternThe Night Witches flew 23,000+ night bombing sorties in plywood biplanes, gliding silently onto German lines on the WWII Eastern Front.
TaildraggerThe NTSB's preliminary report on a de Havilland Otter crash points to weather avoidance - here's the survival lesson every pilot should take from it.
TowerLearn how the FAA's PAVE checklist turns Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, and External pressures into a clear go or no-go decision.
PatternThe story of the Piper J-3 Cub, the $1,000 yellow airplane that taught America to fly and trained most WWII pilots.
TaildraggerLearn the three-step positive exchange of flight controls - say it, hear it, confirm it, see the hands - so only one pilot ever flies the airplane.
PatternBuying an airplane hides six-figure risks in title, liens, logbooks, and taxes - here's the due diligence that protects your money.
TowerThe Spruce Goose flew just one mile for 26 seconds in 1947, yet still holds the record for the longest wingspan of any aircraft ever flown.
TaildraggerA Swedish JAS-39 Gripen C launched a Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile for the first time, adding deep-strike reach to a light fighter.
TowerA TRSA isn't a class of airspace - it's voluntary radar service drawn in black on the sectional. Here's how to spot it and use it.
PatternHow Auto-GCAS, the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, takes control from an unconscious pilot to pull an F-16 off the ground and save lives.
VectorHow Benny Howard's homebuilt cabin racer Mister Mulligan won both the 1935 Bendix and Thompson trophies - a feat never repeated.
TaildraggerHow Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz made the first flight across America in 1911, surviving 16 crashes over 49 days.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Class Bravo, the Upside-Down Wedding Cake, and Why 'Cleared Into the Bravo' Are the Only Four Words That Actually Get You In.
PatternHow Don Sheldon, Talkeetna's legendary glacier pilot, landed ski planes on Denali to ferry climbers and pull off impossible rescues.
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