FAR Ninety-One Two Eleven, Supplemental Oxygen, and the Thirty-Minute Rule That Keeps a Clear Head at Cabin Altitude
FAR 91.211 requires pilots to use supplemental oxygen above 12,500 ft for over 30 minutes - here's why the rule exists.
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Gaston's White River Resort, the Grass Strip in Arkansas Where You Taxi Off the Runway, Tie Down Under a Walnut Tree, and Walk Fifty Feet to a Plate of Trout You Can Watch Somebody Catch
Gaston's White River Resort (3M0) is a legendary grass-strip fly-in on the White River in Arkansas where you park under a walnut tree steps from fresh trout.
RampGear-Up and Gear Collapse, Why the American Bonanza Society Is Going After the Landing That Totals the Airplane
The American Bonanza Society is targeting gear-up landings and gear collapses - low-speed accidents that hurt no one but often total the airplane.
TowerGlacier Girl, the P Thirty-Eight Lightning Dug Out From Under Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice and Flown Again After Fifty Years in the Dark
How a P-38 Lightning was recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice and restored to flight 50 years after the Lost Squadron went down.
TaildraggerGlamorous Glennis, the Bell X One That Broke the Sound Barrier With a Sawed-Off Broomstick and Now Hangs Over the Front Door of the Smithsonian
How Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on Oct 14, 1947 - with two cracked ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.
TaildraggerGreg Koontz, the Super Decathlon, and the Quiet Craft Behind the Loudest Photo at Oshkosh
AVweb's August 3, 2026 Picture of the Day spotlights Greg Koontz and his Super Decathlon - and the training that fights GA's deadliest problem.
TowerPassing the Vision Portion of Your Medical, and the One Change That Makes It Easier
The FAA vision test is very passable with correction - here's the one prep change AOPA says makes it easier.
TowerReading a Raw METAR From the Top, Decoding One Line of Code Field by Field So the Weather Talks Back to You
Learn to read a raw METAR left to right - station, time, wind, visibility, sky, temp, and altimeter - so the weather talks back to you.
PatternREGENT's Viceroy Seaglider, the Twelve-Seat Electric Craft That Rides a Cushion of Its Own Air a Wingspan Above the Waves, and Why the Coast Guard, Not the FAA, Gets to Say Whether It Flies
REGENT's Viceroy seaglider is a 12-seat electric craft regulated by the Coast Guard, not the FAA - because it never leaves ground effect.
VectorRumble Over the Redwoods Returns to Humboldt County for a Third Year on California's Lost Coast
Rumble Over the Redwoods returns to California's Lost Coast for a third year, pairing warbirds and jet teams while showcasing why grassroots airshows keep local airports alive.
TowerRussia's First Production MC-21-310 Takes Flight, and What a Sanctions-Proof Narrowbody Really Costs
Russia's first production MC-21-310 has flown - here's what a fully domestic, sanctions-proof narrowbody really costs in weight, range, and market reach.
TowerSlow Flight, the Maneuver the FAA Quietly Rewrote in Twenty Sixteen, and Why the Stall Horn Should Stay Quiet This Time
Radio Hangar explores Slow Flight, the Maneuver the FAA Quietly Rewrote in Twenty Sixteen, and Why the Stall Horn Should Stay Quiet This Time.
PatternTaxiing in a Stiff Wind, the Climb-Into-It Dive-Away-From-It Rule, and Where Your Hands Belong Before You Ever Leave the Ground
Learn the climb-into-it, dive-away-from-it rule for positioning your flight controls while taxiing in strong or gusty winds.
PatternTCAS II, the Resolution Advisory, and the Automation That Tells Two Airliners How to Miss Each Other in the Dark
How TCAS II lets two airliners coordinate a collision-avoiding climb and descent in seconds, why you always follow the RA, and what comes next.
VectorTex Johnston, the Barrel Roll Over Lake Washington, and the Day a Test Pilot Bet Boeing's Future on a One-G Maneuver
In August 1955, test pilot Tex Johnston barrel-rolled Boeing's one-and-only 707 prototype over Lake Washington and helped sell the jet age.
TaildraggerThe 1975 Cessna T Three Ten R, a Glass-Panel Twin That Made This Week's AircraftForSale Top Pick
Radio Hangar explores The 1975 Cessna T Three Ten R, a Glass-Panel Twin That Made This Week's AircraftForSale Top Pick.
TowerThe CFM RISE Open Fan, the Uncowled Engine GE and Safran Are Betting Will Power the Next Narrowbody, and Why an Idea the 1980s Abandoned Is Back on the Test Stand
CFM's RISE open fan revives a 1980s design, targeting 20% less fuel burn for the next single-aisle jet, with service entry around 2035.
VectorThe Crosswind Landing, the Wing-Low Sideslip, and Why the Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind Component Is Not the Limit You Think It Is
How the wing-low sideslip works, what examiners want, and why the maximum demonstrated crosswind component is not a hard limit.
PatternThe Departing Acting FAA Chief Says the Agency Is Being Nudged Toward Risk, and What That Means for the Rest of Us
Departing acting FAA chief Chris Rocheleau warns the agency is being nudged to embrace risk - here's what it means for pilots.
TowerThe Douglas DC-3, the Gooney Bird That Made the Airlines Pay Their Own Way and Then Flew Off to War as the C Forty-Seven
The Douglas DC-3 was the first airliner to profit on passengers alone, then won a war as the C-47 - and it's still flying today.
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