Traffic Pattern
Aug 18, 2026
Learn why single-engine airplanes pull left on takeoff and climb, and how right rudder cancels all four left-turning tendencies at once.
Pattern Cleared Direct
Aug 18, 2026
How Harbour Air and magniX turned a 1940s De Havilland Beaver into the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft in 2019.
Vector Cleared Direct
Aug 18, 2026
The Lightspeed Delta Zulu builds a carbon monoxide detector into the ear cup - here's why that engineering choice matters for pilot safety.
Vector The Hangar
Aug 18, 2026
The Memphis Belle flew 25 missions, rotted for decades in the open, then took 13 years to restore for Dayton.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 18, 2026
The Night Witches flew wood-and-canvas biplanes over the German lines at night with their engines cut - here's their story.
Taildragger ATIS
Aug 18, 2026
A paramedic flying a single-seat eVTOL reached a rural North Carolina 911 call about 20 minutes before the ground ambulance.
Tower Traffic Pattern
Aug 18, 2026
The FAA's PAVE checklist and personal minimums help pilots decide whether to fly - counting stacked risks before get-there-itis makes the call for you.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Aug 18, 2026
Learn the soft-field takeoff step by step: get weight off the nosewheel early, lift off at low speed, and accelerate in ground effect before you climb.
Pattern ATIS
Aug 18, 2026
A Cirrus Vision Jet was damaged on takeoff at 6,200-foot Driggs, Idaho - a lesson in what field elevation and density altitude do to your numbers.
Tower The Hangar
Aug 18, 2026
How the F4U Corsair's inverted gull wing, 2,000-hp engine, and whistling scream made it one of WWII's greatest fighters.
Taildragger Traffic Pattern
Aug 18, 2026
Learn how to solve the wind triangle with an E6B to find your heading and groundspeed before every cross-country flight.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Aug 18, 2026
Learn to decode the winds and temperatures aloft (FB) forecast and pick the cruise altitude that actually saves you time and fuel.
Pattern ATIS
Aug 18, 2026
An Air Force team launched two HH-60W helicopters to rescue five Navy personnel after an MH-60S made a hard landing in the mountains.
Tower ATIS
Aug 18, 2026
Uber and Zipline are targeting one million drone deliveries a day by 2029 - here's what it means for pilots flying low.
Tower The Hangar
Aug 18, 2026
In 1986, Voyager flew nonstop around the world unrefueled - here's the full story of that record-setting nine-day flight.
Taildragger ATIS
Aug 17, 2026
A Spanish Hornet downed a drone over Romania - here's what NATO air policing means for civil aviation and why NOTAMs matter more than ever.
Tower Ramp Check
Aug 17, 2026
Radio Hangar explores Antique Airfield, India Alpha Two Seven, Blakesburg, Iowa, and the Labor Day Fly-In Where the Antique Airplane Association Keeps Em Flying on a Grass Strip in the Middle of a Cornfield.
Ramp ATIS
Aug 17, 2026
Avianca Cargo flew 60 additional tons of aid from Miami to earthquake-hit Cali, Colombia - here's what it means for pilots.
Tower ATIS
Aug 17, 2026
BasicMed is expanding to 12,500 lbs and 7 seats under the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act - here's what it changes and what it doesn't.
Tower The Hangar
Aug 17, 2026
How Bessie Coleman sailed to France in 1920 to become the first Black woman and first Native American woman to earn a pilot's license.
Taildragger