Cleared Direct
Aug 7, 2026
Beta Technologies is betting the first profitable electric airplane won't take off vertically - it'll roll down a runway and plug into a network Beta built itself.
Vector Ramp Check
Aug 7, 2026
How pilots rebuilt Big Creek Lodge board by board in Idaho's roadless wilderness - and what it takes to fly the strip yourself.
Ramp ATIS
Aug 7, 2026
The Boeing Stearman Model 75 trained a generation of WWII pilots - and its tailwheel lessons still make modern pilots better today.
Tower Cleared Direct
Aug 7, 2026
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier in 2025, but the engine, economics, and 1973 rulebook are the real barriers to civil supersonic flight.
Vector Cleared Direct
Aug 7, 2026
Radio Hangar explores Boom Supersonic's XB-1, the Symphony Engine, and Whether a Startup Can Really Bring the Passenger Jet Back Through the Sound Barrier.
Vector The Hangar
Aug 7, 2026
In 1911, Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz biplane across America in 84 days, crashing dozens of times to become the first to cross the continent by air.
Taildragger ATIS
Aug 7, 2026
China released official footage of its H-6N bomber carrying the JL-1 air-launched ballistic missile - here's what it means for pilots.
Tower The Hangar
Aug 7, 2026
Radio Hangar explores Doc, the B-29 Superfortress That Spent Forty Years as a Bombing Target in the Mojave Before a Handful of Volunteers Brought Her Back to the Sky.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 7, 2026
How RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, flew Spitfires on tin legs, and became a Battle of Britain hero.
Taildragger Traffic Pattern
Aug 7, 2026
FAR 91.155 sets VFR weather minimums - here's how the Cessna 152 memory trick locks in the rules that keep you out of the clouds.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Aug 7, 2026
FAR 91.151 requires a 30-minute day / 45-minute night VFR fuel reserve - but that's a legal floor, not a safe plan.
Pattern Cleared Direct
Aug 7, 2026
Garmin Smart Glide points a single-engine airplane at the nearest reachable runway and holds best glide the moment the engine quits.
Vector ATIS
Aug 7, 2026
Honeywell Aerospace stock fell 24% in its first standalone quarter - here's what supply-chain trouble means for pilots and owners.
Tower ATIS
Aug 7, 2026
Joby Aviation leased a 45,000 sq ft base at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport - here's what it means for DFW pilots.
Tower ATIS
Aug 7, 2026
Naples voters will elect all five Naples Airport Authority members this November - here's why local airport governance matters to every pilot.
Tower The Hangar
Aug 7, 2026
How Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb and 617 Squadron's Lancaster crews broke Germany's Ruhr dams in the May 1943 Dambusters raid.
Taildragger Cleared Direct
Aug 7, 2026
Why air-launched rockets like Pegasus and LauncherOne worked technically but never beat conventional launch on cost.
Vector Traffic Pattern
Aug 7, 2026
Master the 45-degree steep turn on your private pilot checkride by learning why altitude runs away and how to hold it.
Pattern Ramp Check
Aug 7, 2026
The airport dog is a fixture of general aviation ramp culture - a greeter, judge of character, and living link to a century of flying tradition.
Ramp Ramp Check
Aug 7, 2026
Catalina's Airport in the Sky (KAVX) sits 1,602 feet up on a mesa - a bucket-list runway with a hidden hump, bison on the ramp, and a legendary buffalo burger.
Ramp