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Cockpit datalink NEXRAD can be 15-20 minutes older than its timestamp suggests - here's why, and how to use it safely.
VectorHow F-4 pilot Bob Pardo used his jet's nose to push a crippled wingman out of North Vietnam in 1967 - one of aviation's boldest maneuvers.
TaildraggerIn strong or gusty winds, reducing flaps generally improves control and reduces float - but it costs runway. Here's the aerodynamics and the trade-off.
TowerSkyryse's SkyOS replaces helicopter controls with a single stick and fly-by-wire, aiming to make rotorcraft dramatically safer and easier to fly.
VectorThe Stratolaunch Roc, the largest-wingspan aircraft ever flown, now serves as a reusable hypersonic testbed after its orbital-launch mission failed.
VectorThe Air Force repaired a C-17 no vendor could fix, fabricating unobtainable structural parts in a first-of-its-kind return to flight.
TowerThe FAA's DECIDE model is a six-step loop that helps pilots catch changing conditions and act before a bad decision chain forms.
PatternChina's EHang EH216-S became the first certified pilotless passenger eVTOL, beating US and European air taxis to market.
VectorLeaded avgas is being phased out by end of 2030. Here's what the switch to unleaded fuel means for piston pilots.
TowerHow to survive an in-flight engine fire: the memory items you must know cold, and the forward slip that keeps flames off the cabin.
PatternLearn how the Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF) on sectional charts sets a safe terrain floor for your cross-country cruising altitude.
PatternThe Mode C Veil is a 30nm transponder ring around Class Bravo that traps pilots who never enter the busy airspace itself.
PatternRadio Hangar explores The NOTAM Outage That Grounded Every U.S. Departure, and the Long, Overdue Rebuild of the System That Warns Pilots What They Can't See Coming.
TowerCFM's RISE open fan engine ditches the cowling to cut fuel burn 20%, reviving a 1980s idea the tools couldn't build until now.
VectorHow the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, the seven-ton 'Jug,' became WWII's toughest fighter and brought more pilots home than any of its rivals.
TaildraggerHow Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose one mile off Long Beach in 1947 to prove his critics wrong.
TaildraggerMaster the steep turn by leading with back pressure and power, flying the horizon, and keeping the ball centered through 45 and 50 degrees of bank.
PatternStop muscling the yoke on final. Learn how to trim off control pressure and let your airplane hold its own airspeed hands-free.
PatternADS-B broadcasts aircraft positions unencrypted and unauthenticated - here's why it's spoofable and what the FAA does to catch fake targets.
VectorHow one-eyed pilot Wiley Post flew the wooden Winnie Mae around the world twice and pioneered the pressure suit and jet stream.
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