Carburetor Ice, the Carb Heat Knob, and the Warm Damp Day That Quietly Chokes Your Engine on Final
Carb ice forms most often on warm, humid days at low power - here's how to recognize it and use carb heat to prevent an engine failure.
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Carl Ben Eielson, the Schoolteacher Who Flew Alaska's First Airmail and Vanished on the Ice off Siberia
How schoolteacher Carl Ben Eielson flew Alaska's first airmail, crossed both poles, and vanished on the Siberian ice at age 32.
TaildraggerDaredevil Lindbergh, the Wing-Walking Kid Who Barnstormed the Great Plains Four Years Before He Ever Saw Paris
Before crossing the Atlantic in 1927, Charles Lindbergh spent four years barnstorming the Great Plains as a wing-walker and parachute jumper.
TaildraggerDensity Altitude and the Summer Trap of Thin Air
Density altitude - pressure altitude corrected for temperature - robs summer lift, thrust, and power, so plan for the airplane you actually have.
TowerElectra Picks Springfield, Ohio for the EL9 Factory and What an Eight-Hundred-Airplane-a-Year Hybrid Line Signals for General Aviation
Electra will build its hybrid-electric EL9 eSTOL aircraft at a new $850M Springfield, Ohio factory rated for 800 planes a year.
TowerJetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage
Radio Hangar explores JetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage.
VectorLongmont, the FAA Grant Money, and What Accepting Federal Airport Funds Really Signs You Up For
When Longmont accepted FAA airport repair money, it legally bound itself against the noise curfews neighbors want - here's why.
TowerMerlin and Israel Aerospace Industries Sign a Deal to Put Autonomy in the Cockpit of Part Twenty-Five Freighters
Merlin and Israel Aerospace Industries signed an MOU to develop and certify autonomous systems for large Part 25 cargo aircraft.
TowerMTSU's Forty-First Diamond and What a Two-Decade Fleet Deal at Oshkosh Says About the Pipeline
MTSU took delivery of its 41st Diamond aircraft at Oshkosh, marking 20 years of fleet renewal - and what it means for the pilot pipeline.
TowerNinety-One One Fifty-Five, the VFR Weather Minimums, and the Three-Five-Two Cloud Clearance Rule Every Student Memorizes and Almost Nobody Understands
Understand FAR 91.155 VFR weather minimums and the 3-5-2 cloud clearance rule by learning the real reason behind every number.
PatternNinety-One One Twenty-Six, the Class Bravo Rule, and Why 'Cleared Into' Is the Only Phrase That Opens the Wedding Cake
To legally enter Class Bravo airspace you must hear the words 'cleared into the Bravo' from ATC - talking to approach is not enough.
PatternOperation Chastise, Barnes Wallis's Bouncing Bomb, and the Night Six-Seventeen Squadron Skipped a Weapon Across the Ruhr to Break the Dams
How 617 Squadron used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach the Ruhr dams in 1943's Operation Chastise.
TaildraggerOperation Tidal Wave, the Ploesti Raid, and the Day the Liberators Went in at Chimney Height Over Hitler's Oil
The 1943 Ploesti raid sent 178 low-flying B-24 Liberators against Hitler's oil, earning five Medals of Honor at a staggering cost.
TaildraggerPardo's Push, the F Four Phantom That Shoved Another Fighter Out of North Vietnam on Its Tailhook
The true story of Pardo's Push: how an F-4 pilot used his windscreen and a tailhook to shove a fuel-starved Phantom out of North Vietnam in 1967.
TaildraggerRestoring the Right Stuff, How Instructors Spot Self-Doubt and Rebuild a Student Pilot's Confidence
How instructors can spot fading confidence in student pilots and rebuild it with four practical, evidence-based techniques.
TowerTextron Aviation's Second Quarter Numbers, Higher Prices Carrying the Citation Line Even as Jet Deliveries Slip
Textron Aviation's Q2 2026 revenue rose even as Citation jet deliveries fell, proving pricing power now drives the Citation line.
TowerThe Air Force Flies Its Robot Wingmen at Creech, and Why Collaborative Combat Aircraft Matter to the Rest of Us
The Air Force tested Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech AFB, signaling where aviation autonomy is heading for military and civil pilots alike.
TowerThe Airport in the Sky at Catalina Island, the Mesa-Top Runway With a Hump in the Middle Where You Fly Out Over the Pacific for a Bison Burger
Radio Hangar explores The Airport in the Sky at Catalina Island, the Mesa-Top Runway With a Hump in the Middle Where You Fly Out Over the Pacific for a Bison Burger.
RampThe B Twenty-Five That Hit the Empire State Building, the Fog Over Manhattan on July Twenty-Eighth, Nineteen Forty-Five, and Betty Lou Oliver, the Woman Who Fell Seventy-Five Stories and Lived
On July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber hit the Empire State Building in fog - and elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a 75-story fall.
TaildraggerThe CFM RISE Open Fan, the Unducted Engine With No Cowl, and the Twenty Percent Fuel Burn Bet That Could Reshape the Single-Aisle Jet
CFM's RISE open fan engine ditches the cowl to chase 20% lower fuel burn on the next single-aisle jet - here's how it works and when it might fly.
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