The Go-Around, Pitch Then Power Then Flaps, and the Landing You Give Up On Before It Ever Goes Bad
Learn the go-around the right way: pitch, power, then flaps - and how to make the decision early before an approach goes bad.
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The Hardest Day, August Eighteenth, Nineteen Forty, and the Battle of Britain's Bloodiest Afternoon Over Kent
On August 18, 1940 - the Battle of Britain's 'Hardest Day' - the RAF and Luftwaffe suffered their heaviest single-day losses over Kent.
TaildraggerThe Marshaller, the Lighted Wands, and the Silent Hand Signals That Park Ten Thousand Airplanes a Day Without a Single Word
How aircraft marshallers park thousands of planes daily using standardized silent hand signals recognized worldwide.
RampThe Maximum Elevation Figure, the Big Blue Numbers in Every Sectional Quadrangle, and How to Pick a Cruise Altitude That Actually Clears the Highest Thing Out There
Learn to read the blue Maximum Elevation Figure on sectional charts and use it to pick a safe, legal VFR cruise altitude.
PatternThe Mode C Veil, the Thirty-Nautical-Mile Ring Nobody Sees on the Sectional, and the Transponder Rule That Bites More Pilots Than the Bravo Itself
The Mode C veil is a 30 NM ring around Class Bravo airports where a working transponder and ADS-B Out are required from the surface up.
PatternThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the Jug, and the Eight-Ton Fighter That Could Take a Beating and Still Bring You Home
The story of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - the eight-ton 'Jug' that outdove enemy fighters and brought its pilots home riddled with holes.
TaildraggerThe Standard Briefing from Flight Service, the Eight Things It Tells You in Order, and Why Adverse Conditions Always Comes First
A standard weather briefing delivers eight items in a fixed order, starting with adverse conditions - here's why the sequence matters.
PatternThe Thirteen Black Cats, the Stunt Pilots of Burdett Field, and the Price List That Turned Barnstorming Into a Business
How the Thirteen Black Cats organized at Burdett Field in 1925 and used a fixed price list to turn barnstorming into a real profession.
TaildraggerThe Vietnam Airlines Seven Eighty-Seven at Munich and the Brake Problem Investigators Are Now Looking At
Investigators are examining a possible brake malfunction after a Vietnam Airlines 787-9 struggled to slow on landing at Munich - here's what pilots should learn.
TowerVulcan X H Five Five Eight, The Spirit of Great Britain, and the Volunteers Who Coaxed a Cold War Delta Back Into the Sky
How volunteers and public donations returned Avro Vulcan XH558, the last flying Vulcan, to the sky from 2007 to 2015.
TaildraggerAireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Put Eyes on the Two-Thirds of the Planet Radar Never Covered
How Aireon's 66 satellites brought air traffic surveillance to the 70% of Earth that radar never covered - and why it matters for aviation.
VectorAIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu, the Three Weather Advisories Hiding in Every Briefing and What Each One Is Actually Warning You About
Learn what AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu each warn about and how to turn them into real go/no-go decisions.
PatternBob Reeve, the Mudflat Pilot of Valdez, and the Man Who Made Skis Slide on Wet Alaska Tideland to Reach the Mines No One Else Could Fly
How Bob Reeve turned Alaska's Valdez mudflats into a runway with metal-shod skis and became a legendary glacier pilot.
TaildraggerCal Rodgers, the Vin Fiz, and the Eighty-Four-Day Crawl Across America That Only Counted as a Race Because a Man Refused to Quit
In 1911 Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz coast to coast in 84 days, becoming the first person to cross America by air despite missing the prize.
TaildraggerCarburetor Ice, the Silent Roughness at Cruise, and Why You Reach for Carb Heat Before the Engine Ever Quits
Carb ice causes a slow, quiet power loss on mild humid days - here's how to recognize it early and use carb heat before your engine quits.
PatternConstruction on the Field, the Vision Jet at Driggs, and the NOTAM That Was Trying to Warn You
A Cirrus Vision Jet struck construction equipment at Driggs, Idaho - here's what pilots must know about NOTAMs and airport construction hazards.
TowerDon Bateman, the Ground Proximity Warning System, and the Terrain Map That Taught the Airplane to Look Ahead Instead of Just Down
How Don Bateman's Ground Proximity Warning System and terrain databases nearly eliminated controlled flight into terrain accidents.
VectorDouble Eagle Two, the Helium Balloon That Crossed the Atlantic on This Day in Nineteen Seventy-Eight After a Century of Men Died Trying
On August 17, 1978, Double Eagle II became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic, ending a century of failed attempts and 13 deaths.
TaildraggerEric Winkle Brown, the Little Scot Who Flew Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven Types and Put the First Jet on a Carrier Deck
How Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew 487 aircraft types and made the first jet carrier landing in history.
TaildraggerEstablished Two-Way Radio Communication, the Sound of Your Own Call Sign, and the Difference Between Legally Entering Class Charlie and Busting It
Learn the exact moment you're legally cleared to enter Class Charlie or Delta airspace - it's when the controller reads back your call sign.
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