The In-Flight Engine Fire, Mixture to Idle Cutoff, and the Forward Slip That Keeps the Flames Off the Cabin
How to handle an in-flight engine fire: mixture idle cutoff, fuel and master off, then forward slip to keep flames off the cabin.
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The Night Witches, the Polikarpov Po Two Biplane, and the Women Who Cut Their Engines to Glide Onto a Target in the Dark
The Night Witches flew obsolete Po-2 biplanes into WWII combat, cutting their engines to glide silently onto targets in the dark.
TaildraggerThe PIREP, the Weather Report Made by Pilots for Pilots, and How to Read and File One From the Cockpit
Learn what a PIREP is, how to decode every field, and how to file one in plain English from the cockpit.
PatternThe Republic P Forty-Seven Thunderbolt, the Jug, and the Seven-Ton Fighter That Brought Its Pilots Home Full of Holes
How the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 'Jug' - a seven-ton fighter - outdove enemies and brought its pilots home riddled with holes.
TaildraggerThe Standard Briefing, Leidos Flight Service, and Reading a TAF Line by Line Before Your First Real Cross-Country
Radio Hangar explores The Standard Briefing, Leidos Flight Service, and Reading a TAF Line by Line Before Your First Real Cross-Country.
PatternTrim Off the Pressure - The Tip That Fixes Half Your Altitude Problems Before You Ever Touch the Yoke
Trim controls speed, not altitude - learn the pitch-power-trim sequence that fixes altitude problems and lets you fly with two fingers.
PatternWrong Way Corrigan, the Curtiss Robin, and the Twenty-Eight Hour Mistake That Flew From Brooklyn to Dublin
How Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan flew a $310 Curtiss Robin from Brooklyn to Dublin in 1938 and called it an accident.
TaildraggerZeroAvia's Hydrogen-Electric Powertrain, the Fuel Cell That Makes Its Own Electricity, and the Dornier Two Twenty-Eight Flying on Water Vapor
How hydrogen fuel cells power aircraft, why ZeroAvia flew a Dornier 228 on water vapor, and when hydrogen flight is realistic.
VectorAdverse Yaw, Stepping on the Ball, and Flying a Truly Coordinated Turn From Fisk Into Oshkosh
Learn why coordinated turns matter, how to step on the ball, and how to avoid the deadly base-to-final skid.
PatternAirVenture Sunday: How to Spend the Final Day of Oshkosh Before the Long Flight Home
How to spend the final Sunday of Oshkosh AirVenture - and how to fly home safely afterward.
TowerArcher Unveils Halo, the Autonomous VTOL That Shares an Airframe With Anduril's Thunder
Archer's new autonomous VTOL Halo shares an airframe and hybrid-electric powertrain with Anduril's defense aircraft Thunder - here's what it means for pilots.
TowerBetty Skelton, the Little Stinker, and the First Lady of Firsts Who Cut the Ribbon Upside Down, Told From the Aerobatic Rows at Oshkosh
How Betty Skelton and her red Pitts Special 'Little Stinker' broke aviation's barriers with inverted ribbon cuts and 17 records.
TaildraggerCarburetor Ice, the Silent Power Loss That Fools Good Pilots, and Why You Pull Carb Heat Before You Ever Need It on the Descent Into Oshkosh
Carb ice is general aviation's most preventable engine emergency - here's why it strikes on descent and how carb heat stops it.
PatternDensity Altitude and the Hot Afternoon Departure From Oshkosh, the Tip That Keeps Your Loaded Cessna From Running Out of Runway on the Way Home
Density altitude can rob a loaded Cessna of takeoff and climb performance on a hot afternoon - here's how to run the numbers and depart safely.
PatternEmbraer's Record Thirty-Four-and-a-Half-Billion-Dollar Backlog and What the E2 and C-390 Surge Signals for the Aviation Job Market
Embraer's record $34.5 billion backlog, driven by the E2 and C-390, signals strong demand and growing opportunity across the pilot pipeline.
TowerFrance Rushes an A400M Atlas Into the Gironde Firefight, the Experimental Retardant Kit, and What a Strategic Airlifter Brings to the Fire Line
France has fitted an A400M Atlas with an experimental retardant kit and deployed it against the Gironde wildfire, testing a new firefighting surge capability.
TowerGarmin Smart Glide, the One Button That Flies Your Engine-Out for You, and the Emergency Automation Quietly Loaded Into the Avionics on the Oshkosh Hangar Floor
Garmin Smart Glide is a one-button system that pitches for best glide and steers you to the nearest reachable airport when your engine quits.
VectorHartzell Expands the Navigator Propeller STC for the Bonanza A Thirty-Six, G Thirty-Six, and A Thirty-Six T C
Hartzell amended its Navigator propeller STC to add the Bonanza A36, G36, and A36TC, giving owners an easy, legal upgrade path.
TowerJoby's Electric Tilt-Rotor, the Six Props That Swivel, and the Air Taxi Betting Everything on Transition Flight, From the Innovation Displays at Oshkosh
Joby's six-prop electric tilt-rotor bets everything on transition flight - here's the engineering, the promise, and the real hurdles ahead.
VectorKing Schools at AirVenture, the MEI Scholarships, the Part One Forty-One MEI Course, and the Return of the Envision Flight Educator Cruise
King Schools unveiled MEI scholarships, a new Part 141 Multi-Engine Instructor course, and the return of the Envision Flight Educator Cruise at AirVenture 2025.
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