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How British aerobatic champion Neil Williams saved a Zlin with a folded wing in 1970 by flying it inverted and landing upside down.
TaildraggerWhy untrained pilots average just 178 seconds in the clouds - and how the early 180° turn keeps VFR-into-IMC off the accident report.
PatternHow Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb and 617 Squadron broke the Ruhr dams flying at 60 feet in the dark on the night of May 16–17, 1943.
TaildraggerOtto Lilienthal made over 2,000 glider flights in the 1890s, proving human flight was possible and inspiring the Wright brothers.
TaildraggerHow Pancho Barnes went from fastest woman alive to running the desert club where test pilots celebrated breaking the sound barrier.
TaildraggerSulphur Creek Ranch is a remote Idaho backcountry airstrip reachable only by air or horseback, famous for its bending grass runway and giant cinnamon rolls.
RampWhy pilots still keep the FAR/AIM on paper and how the 'tab as you go' study habit makes you a sharper, safer aviator.
TowerHow Louise Thaden won the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the cross-country race newspapers mocked as the Powder Puff Derby.
TaildraggerA new bill would force the FAA to publish certification timelines for eVTOL air taxis - and the transparency could eventually reach GA certification too.
TowerHow the $50 war-surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny launched the 1920s barnstorming era and put a generation of Americans in the sky.
TaildraggerWhy the U.S. built its ADS-B network on two frequencies - 978 UAT and 1090ES - and what the dual-link design means for every pilot.
VectorThe E6B whiz wheel, a 1937 mechanical flight computer, still solves groundspeed, time, fuel, and wind problems when your electronics fail.
PatternEAA chapter pancake breakfasts are grassroots fly-ins where pilots share stories, food, and free kid flights for about five dollars.
RampThe FAA is distributing $870 million in airport infrastructure grants across 44 states and two territories - here's what it buys pilots.
TowerHow to handle an in-flight engine, electrical, or cabin fire: cut the fuel, dive to blow out the flames, and get on the ground fast.
PatternLearn to read and file PIREPs (pilot reports) - the only aviation weather product created by a pilot inside the weather in real time.
PatternThe Piper J-3 Cub taught most of America to fly on 65 horsepower, then went to war as the L-4 Grasshopper artillery spotter.
TaildraggerHow NASA turned a Gulfstream II business jet into the Shuttle Training Aircraft to teach astronauts the impossible one-shot landing.
VectorThe Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes' all-wood flying boat, flew once for under a minute in 1947 and now lives in McMinnville, Oregon.
TaildraggerMaster the 45-degree steep turn by flying the sight picture, keeping your eyes outside, and correcting altitude with small bank changes.
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