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The T-1A Jayhawk flew its final photo mission over Oklahoma ahead of its August 2026 retirement, marking a major shift in Air Force pilot training.
TowerLearn why the magnetic compass lies in turns and speed changes, and how ANDS and UNOS help you read it correctly.
PatternNASA and Lockheed's X-59 Quesst turns the sonic boom into a soft thump, aiming to overturn the 1973 ban on supersonic flight over land.
VectorHow Tom Reilly spent a decade rebuilding the world's only airworthy XP-82 Twin Mustang - and why its propellers spin the way they do.
TaildraggerTow planes are the unsung workhorses of soaring - here's why they wear out fast and why every glider club needs more tow pilots.
TowerTriple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC offers 7,000 feet of manicured grass runway, wing camping, and world-class fly-ins.
RampRadio Hangar explores Turns Around a Point, the Ground Reference Maneuver Where the Wind Does the Grading and Most Students Fly a Circle That Isn't One.
PatternIn December 1986, Voyager flew nonstop around the world without refueling - the story of the last great first in aviation.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Wildfires Near Spokane Threaten Key Airports and the Drone Flights Grounding the Air Tankers.
TowerWiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck, flew solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit and jet stream.
TaildraggerHow Aireon's 66 Iridium satellites put the entire planet under real-time ADS-B surveillance for the first time in aviation history.
VectorAllegiant pilots ratified a two-year contract with a 40% average raise and $300 million in released retention bonuses - here's what it signals.
TowerThe F4U Corsair's inverted gull wing wasn't styling - it solved the ground-clearance problem created by its massive engine and propeller.
TowerHow pilots rebuilt Idaho's Big Creek Lodge board by board after a 2008 fire, flying every nail into a roadless wilderness canyon.
RampHow Bob Hoover poured iced tea while rolling a twin-engine Shrike Commander upside down - and what it teaches every pilot about energy management.
TaildraggerIn 1911, Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz coast-to-coast in 49 days - the first flight across America, achieved after the prize was already lost.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Class Echo, the Magenta Fuzz and the Blue Fuzz, and Where Controlled Airspace Actually Starts Over Your Home Field.
PatternHow the Gates Flying Circus and Clyde 'Upside-Down' Pangborn sold America its first airplane ride for a nickel and shaped a generation of pilots.
TaildraggerSierra Space's Dream Chaser is a lifting-body spaceplane built to land on ordinary runways with a gentle re-entry, but it hasn't yet flown to orbit.
VectorFAR 91.119 sets the legal floor for how low you can fly: 1,000 ft over congested areas, 500 ft over open country. Here's what it really means.
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