Roger, Wilco, and Affirmative, the Three Little Words on the Radio That Almost Every Pilot Says Wrong
Roger, Wilco, and Affirmative each mean something specific on the radio - here's how to use all three correctly.
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Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Lion, and the Waxed-Mustache Showman Who Won the Thompson Trophy Three Times
How Roscoe Turner, the showman with a lion co-pilot, became the only pilot to win the Thompson Trophy three times.
TaildraggerState Department Clears Air-to-Air APKWS Rocket Sale to Italy
The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible sale of air-to-air APKWS II guided rockets to Italy - a low-cost answer to the drone threat.
TowerTcas, the Traffic Collision Avoidance System, and the Night Over Lake Constance That Taught Every Pilot to Trust the Box Over the Controller
How TCAS prevents midair collisions, the fatal night over Lake Constance, and the absolute rule pilots learned: fly the box.
VectorThe Appeals Court Ruling That Saved the Delta-Aeroméxico Joint Venture and What Cross-Border Airline Deals Mean for the Rest of Us
A US appeals court overturned the DOT order unwinding the Delta-Aeroméxico joint venture, keeping cross-border coordination alive for now.
TowerThe Beaumont Hotel, Kansas, and the Grass Strip Where You Taxi Down Main Street and Tie Your Airplane to a Light Pole in Front of Dinner
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 Flags 3D Printed Cockpit Accessories As Unapproved Parts and What That Means for the Gear on Your Panel
The 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 Six Hundred Fifteen Million Dollar Airport Grant Round and What It Actually Fixes Where You Fly
The 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 Four Point Five Billion Dollar Qatar Tanker Deal and Why a Foreign KC-46 Sale Matters to the Pilot in the Left Seat
The 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.
TowerThe Glider Coming Home From Competition and What Soaring Teaches the Rest of Us About Energy, Judgment, and Flying Without an Engine
A glider returning from competition captures the energy-management mastery that keeps every pilot alive, engine or not.
TowerThe In-Flight Diversion, the Thumb and Pencil Trick, and the Checkride Task Where the Examiner Closes Your Airport on You
Learn 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, the Five Eighty-Eighth Night Bomber Regiment, and the Women Who Idled the Engine and Glided Down Out of the Dark to Bomb the German Line
The Night Witches flew 23,000+ night bombing sorties in plywood biplanes, gliding silently onto German lines on the WWII Eastern Front.
TaildraggerThe NTSB Preliminary Report on the Otter Crash and Why a Weather Diversion Is the Most Dangerous Easy Decision You'll Ever Make
The 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.
TowerThe PAVE Checklist, the Preflight Risk Assessment That Turns Four Letters Into a Go or No-Go Decision Before You Ever Touch the Throttle
Learn how the FAA's PAVE checklist turns Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, and External pressures into a clear go or no-go decision.
PatternThe Piper J-3 Cub, the Little Yellow Airplane That Taught America to Fly and Trained the Men Who Won a War
The story of the Piper J-3 Cub, the $1,000 yellow airplane that taught America to fly and trained most WWII pilots.
TaildraggerThe Positive Exchange of Flight Controls, the Three Words That Stop Two People From Flying the Same Airplane at Once
Learn 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.
PatternThe Six-Figure Fine Print of Buying an Airplane, from Logbook Gaps to Liens
Buying an airplane hides six-figure risks in title, liens, logbooks, and taxes - here's the due diligence that protects your money.
TowerThe Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes and the Eight-Engine Flying Boat That Flew One Mile One Time and Now Fills a Whole Building in Oregon
The 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.
TaildraggerThe Swedish Gripen's First Taurus KEPD Three Fifty Launch and What a Two Point Nine Ton Fighter Firing a Stand Off Missile Tells Us
A Swedish JAS-39 Gripen C launched a Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile for the first time, adding deep-strike reach to a light fighter.
TowerThe Terminal Radar Service Area, the TRSA, and the Airspace That Never Got a Letter on the Chart
A 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.
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