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In 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith flew the Southern Cross across the Pacific from California to Australia - aviation's greatest overwater feat.
TaildraggerStratolaunch's Roc, the widest airplane ever built at 385 feet, now air-launches the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle past Mach 5.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast, the TAF, and How FM, BECMG, and TEMPO Tell You When the Weather Is Actually Going to Change.
PatternHow the Vought F4U Corsair went from 'unsuitable for carriers' to the Marine Corps' legendary Whistling Death fighter.
TaildraggerLearn to decode the winds and temperatures aloft (FB) forecast and use it to pick the altitude that saves you time and fuel.
PatternWhere you look in the flare fixes ugly landings: shift your eyes to the far end of the runway so peripheral vision reads your height.
PatternOn December 20, 1943, German ace Franz Stigler escorted a crippled B-17 to safety instead of shooting it down - the true story behind A Higher Call.
TaildraggerLearn what AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu mean, how they differ from SIGMETs, and how to read them before every flight.
PatternCalifornia Aeronautical University is adopting Boeing's Competency-Based Training and Assessment, pushing the airline standard down to student pilots.
TowerHow North Dakota schoolteacher Carl Ben Eielson flew Alaska's first airmail, crossed the Arctic by air, and vanished over Siberian ice.
TaildraggerClass Bravo airspace requires an explicit 'cleared into the Bravo' from ATC - not just radio contact or a squawk code - to enter legally.
PatternElixir and Turbotech are certifying a turbine-powered two-seat trainer with EASA and the FAA, targeting a 2030 debut.
TowerThe FAA is awarding $870 million in airport infrastructure grants - here's what it means for the general aviation fields you actually fly.
TowerFAR 91.151 requires 30 minutes of VFR fuel reserve by day and 45 by night - but here's why that's a legal floor, not a plan.
PatternRadio Hangar explores FAR Ninety-One One Seventeen, the Speed Limits, and Why Two Hundred and Fifty Knots Below Ten Thousand Is the Rule Almost Nobody Explains to a Student Pilot.
PatternRadio Hangar explores Garmin Smart Glide, the One Button That Turns an Engine Failure Into a Managed Problem Instead of a Blank Stare.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Hermeus and the Chimera Engine, the Turbojet That Turns Into a Ramjet in Flight, and the Long Road From Mach Five on a Test Stand to a Passenger Someday.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Itochu Buys Half of Aviation Capital Group, and Why Who Owns the Airliner Matters More Than Ever.
TowerJoby's S4 eVTOL air taxi has flown the hard maneuvers, but the real hurdle is FAA certification of its batteries and software.
VectorHow Lawrence Sperry's 1914 gyroscopic autopilot demo on the Seine launched a century of cockpit automation - and the pilot-skill debate it still fuels.
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