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ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric powertrain has genuinely flown, but volume, cryogenics, and infrastructure make it a late-2020s story at best.
VectorHow Aireon's 66-satellite Iridium NEXT constellation brought ADS-B surveillance to the 70% of Earth radar never covered.
VectorATP Flight School cut its Airline Career Pilot Program timeline by 25%, mostly by reducing checkride wait times, not training hours.
TowerBessie Coleman crossed the Atlantic and learned French to earn the pilot's license America denied her, becoming the first Black woman to fly.
TaildraggerOn March 6, 1990, SR-71 Blackbird 972 flew Los Angeles to Washington in 64 minutes on its final flight to the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerCentennial Airport tenants sued over an 82% hangar rent hike, testing whether public airports can charge market rates under FAA grant assurances.
TowerRadio Hangar explores CFM RISE, the Open Fan Engine With No Cowling, and the Twenty Percent Fuel Burn Bet on the Airplane That Replaces the Single-Aisle Jet.
VectorClass Charlie airspace requires two-way radio communication before entry, established the moment ATC answers using your callsign.
PatternHow Alaska bush pilot Don Sheldon landed a Super Cub on Denali's glaciers to fly injured climbers off the mountain one at a time.
TaildraggerA pilot's guide to FAR 91.113 right-of-way rules: who yields in converging, head-on, and overtaking encounters, and why the answer is almost always 'turn right.'
PatternFAR 91.205 and the ATOMATOFLAMES memory aid tell you what equipment your aircraft needs - but the real answer depends on when and how you fly.
PatternRadio Hangar explores Flak-Bait, the Martin B-Twenty-Six Marauder That Flew Two Hundred and Seven Missions and Refused to Die, Now Coming Back to Life Piece by Piece at the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerAOPA and instructor Rich Stowell argue that rote memorization in flight training fuels both student dropout and fatal loss-of-control accidents.
TowerGaston's White River Resort (3M0) is a 3,200-ft Arkansas grass strip where you taxi to a riverside restaurant and eat the trout you caught that morning.
RampJetZero's blended wing body aims to cut airliner fuel burn by up to 50% using shape alone - here's how it works and when it might fly.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, the Idaho Backcountry Strip at Yellow Pine Where the Grass Is Cut Like a Fairway, the Showers Are Hot, and Every Pilot on the Field Is Someone You Want to Meet.
RampNASA's X-57 Maxwell never flew, but its 14-motor electric design de-risked distributed propulsion for the entire eVTOL industry.
VectorNorse Atlantic has launched a formal sale process, putting six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in play as its IndiGo lease winds down.
TowerHow to pass the vision portion of your FAA medical: rest your eyes, wear corrective lenses, and know your options if you fall short.
TowerHow 16 P-38 Lightnings flew 400 miles to intercept and kill Admiral Yamamoto on April 18, 1943, arriving one minute early.
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