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Learn to decode the Winds and Temperatures Aloft (FB) forecast to pick the best altitude, save fuel, and spot icing conditions.
PatternTriple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC is a 7,000-foot Bermuda-grass runway built by Pat Hartness as the world's finest turf airfield.
RampHow Voyager and the Rutan team flew nonstop around the world in 1986, landing with just 18 gallons of fuel to spare.
TaildraggerADS-B broadcasts your aircraft's position unencrypted and unauthenticated - here's why that tradeoff powers modern surveillance and exposes you.
VectorHow Auto-GCAS, the F-16's ground collision system, waits until the last half-second to fly the jet out of a fatal dive itself.
VectorThe FAA raised BasicMed's weight limit to 12,500 lbs and passenger cap to six, letting pilots fly bigger airplanes and more people without a third-class medical.
TowerHow Bessie Coleman crossed the Atlantic to become the first Black and Native American woman to earn a pilot's license.
TaildraggerBoulder voted to keep its municipal airport open; the lone dissenter, council member Mark Wallach, then resigned.
TowerRadio Hangar explores Dead Reckoning, the First Checkpoint, and the Groundspeed Check That Rewrites Your Whole Flight Plan.
PatternHow Talkeetna bush pilot Don Sheldon flew an ordinary Cessna 180 on skis onto Denali's glaciers to rescue stranded climbers.
TaildraggerEAA presented retiring Congressman Sam Graves the Freedom of Flight Award at AirVenture for his decades defending general aviation.
TowerHow Electra's EL9 uses blown lift and hybrid-electric power to take off and land in 150 feet instead of a full runway.
VectorWhat you must see at decision height to land off an ILS to minimums - and the approach light rule pilots forget.
TowerGaston's White River Resort (3M0) in Lakeview, Arkansas offers a 3,200-ft grass strip where your tiedown is your cabin driveway.
RampJetZero's full-scale blended wing body demonstrator aims to fly by 2027 and cut airliner fuel burn by up to 50 percent.
VectorOn September 24, 1929, Jimmy Doolittle flew from takeoff to landing entirely on instruments, launching the age of instrument flight.
TaildraggerLockheed Martin's cross-platform autonomy ethos links the 1960s D-21 drone to a future of networked crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
TowerA MOA is joint-use airspace you can legally cross VFR - the key is knowing whether it's hot or cold before you go.
PatternUnderstand FAR 91.155 VFR weather minimums - the 3-mile visibility and 500-1000-2000 cloud clearance rule - that keep you legal and alive.
PatternWhen supplemental oxygen is required under 14 CFR 91.211 - the 12,500, 14,000, and 15,000-foot rules - and why your body needs it far sooner.
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