Roscoe Turner, Gilmore the Lion, and the Powder-Blue Showman Who Won the Thompson Trophy Three Times at Cleveland
Colonel Roscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times, flew with a pet lion, and became aviation's greatest showman.
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Saab Lands a Billion-Dollar GlobalEye Order, and Why an Airborne Radar Built on a Business Jet Matters
Saab wins a ~$1 billion order for two GlobalEye surveillance jets, built on the Bombardier Global 6000 business airframe, delivering in 2030.
TowerThe Bristol Blenheim, the Only One Left Flying, and the British Light Bomber That Was Restored Three Times Because Her People Refused to Let Her Die
Radio Hangar explores The Bristol Blenheim, the Only One Left Flying, and the British Light Bomber That Was Restored Three Times Because Her People Refused to Let Her Die.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Comet's First Flight on July Twenty-Seventh, Nineteen Forty-Nine, and the Square Windows That Taught the World How Metal Really Breaks
The de Havilland Comet launched the jet age on July 27, 1949, then its square windows revealed the deadly lesson of metal fatigue.
TaildraggerThe Flight Line Marshallers of Oshkosh, the Orange-Vested Volunteers and the Wand Signals That Park a Field Full of Airplanes on the Grass
How orange-vested volunteer marshallers use wand signals to safely park thousands of airplanes on the grass at Oshkosh.
RampThe Flying Tigers, Claire Chennault's American Volunteer Group, and the Shark-Mouthed P Forty Warhawks That Held the Sky Over Burma Before America Was Even in the War
How Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers used shark-nosed P-40 Warhawks and unconventional tactics to beat Japanese airpower over Burma and China in 1941-42.
TaildraggerThe Gates Flying Circus, Ivan Gates and Upside-Down Pangborn, and the Barnstorming Outfit That Sold a Million Americans Their First Ride
The Gates Flying Circus gave over a million Americans their first airplane ride and helped turn a nation onto flight in the 1920s.
TaildraggerThe Gimli Glider, Captain Bob Pearson's Dead-Stick Sideslip Onto a Drag Strip After Air Canada Ran a Boeing 767 Out of Fuel at Forty-One Thousand Feet
How Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli using a slip every student pilot learns.
TaildraggerThe Go-Around, the Balked Landing, and Why the Hardest Part of the Maneuver Is Deciding to Do It
A go-around is a normal, planned maneuver - the hard part is deciding to do it. Learn the sequence, the gates, and when to commit.
PatternThe Impossible Turn, the Two Hundred Foot Rule, and Why the Field Behind You Will Kill You Faster Than the One Ahead
The impossible turn back to the runway after engine failure kills skilled pilots - here's how to set your personal turnback altitude and survive.
PatternThe Karman Line, Sixty-Two Miles Up, and the Altitude Where Wings Quit and Rockets Take Over
Radio Hangar explores The Karman Line, Sixty-Two Miles Up, and the Altitude Where Wings Quit and Rockets Take Over.
VectorThe Memphis Belle, the B Seventeen That Flew Twenty-Five and Came Home, and the Thirteen-Year Restoration That Put Her Back Together at the Air Force Museum
The Memphis Belle survived 25 WWII missions, then a 13-year restoration returned the famous B-17 to display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton.
TaildraggerThe PAVE Checklist, the Preflight Risk Sort That Catches the Accident Before You Start the Engine
The FAA's PAVE checklist helps pilots spot stacking risks - pilot, aircraft, environment, external pressures - before the engine starts.
PatternThe Piper J-3 Cub, the Little Yellow Taildragger That Taught America to Fly and Trained the Men Who Won a War
How the 65-horsepower Piper J-3 Cub taught America to fly and trained the pilots who won World War II.
TaildraggerThe Power-Off One Eighty, the Commercial Accuracy Landing, and Why Managing Energy With No Engine Is the Real Skill Behind the Maneuver
Master the power-off 180 accuracy landing by managing energy with no engine - the real skill that also prepares you for an actual engine failure.
PatternThe Takeoff Briefing, Saying the Abort Out Loud Before You Ever Push the Throttle Up
Learn how to run a 15-second takeoff briefing out loud before every flight to survive an engine failure on climb-out.
PatternThe TOD Point, the Groundspeed-Times-Three Descent Math, and Planning Your Arrival Before You Ever Leave the Cruise Altitude
Learn the top-of-descent math - altitude-to-lose times three - so you arrive at an unfamiliar field calm, slowed, and ahead of the airplane.
PatternThe Two-Way Radio Communications Rule, Why Callback of Your Callsign Is the Key to Class Delta, and the One Word From the Tower That Keeps You Outside
Learn why hearing your callsign - not a clearance - is what legally gets you into Class Delta airspace, and when 'stand by' keeps you out.
PatternThe uAvionix AV-30-C, the Three-Inch Software-Defined Instrument That Replaces Your Attitude Indicator Without a Vacuum Pump
The uAvionix AV-30-C is a 3⅛-inch software-defined instrument that replaces vacuum-driven gyros with solid-state MEMS sensors for a fraction of a glass panel's cost.
VectorThe Vought F4U Corsair, the Bent-Wing Whistling Death, and the Fighter the Navy Almost Gave Up on Before the Marines Made It a Legend
The story of the F4U Corsair, the gull-winged 'Whistling Death' the Navy nearly abandoned before the Marines made it a WWII legend.
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