Pipistrel Unveils the Voyager Trainer and Lands a Launch Customer for Up to Fifty Airplanes
Pipistrel unveiled the Voyager, a purpose-built two-seat trainer, alongside a launch order for up to 50 aircraft.
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Roscoe Turner, the Ring-Master of the Air, and the Lion Cub Named Gilmore Who Flew the National Air Races Golden Age Come Alive in the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh
The story of Roscoe Turner, his lion Gilmore, and how golden-age air racing shaped the showmanship of Oshkosh today.
TaildraggerSimplified Vehicle Operations and the Fly-By-Intent Control Law That Wants to Make an Air Taxi as Easy to Fly as a Drone, From the Innovation Displays at AirVenture
Simplified Vehicle Operations lets a flight computer translate pilot intent into motor commands, making eVTOL air taxis flyable - and reshaping safety.
VectorSpaceShip One, the Feathering Wing, and the Homebuilt Engineer Who Flew an Airplane Into Space
How Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne reached space using an air launch, a hybrid rocket, and a self-stabilizing feathering wing.
VectorThe Bede BD Five, the Airplane in a Box, and the Smallest Jet in the World Hanging in the EAA Museum at Oshkosh
The story of the Bede BD-5, the 'airplane in a box,' and how it became the BD-5J, the smallest jet in the world.
TaildraggerThe Boeing Model Forty, the Mail Plane That Learned to Carry People, and the Pemberton Family Restoration That Brought the Last One Back to the Oshkosh Vintage Rows
How the Boeing Model 40 mail plane launched U.S. passenger airlines - and how the Pemberton family restored the last flying example.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Beaver, the Half-Ton Flying Pickup the Bush Pilots Themselves Designed, and the Floatplanes Still Tied Off at the Oshkosh Seaplane Base
The de Havilland Beaver was designed from bush pilots' own demands - power over speed and drum-sized doors - and it's still working 70 years later.
TaildraggerThe FAA's Mobile IFR Clearance Trial and Getting Your Release Through ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot
The FAA is trialing IFR clearance delivery through ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot, letting pilots get their release as text on the tablet.
TowerThe Impossible Turn, the Engine Failure on Takeoff, and Why Your Departure Briefing Is the Most Important Thing You Say All Day at Oshkosh
Why the turn back to the runway kills pilots, how to find your personal turnaround altitude, and the takeoff briefing that saves lives.
PatternThe IMSAFE Checklist, the Honest Morning-Of Self-Assessment, and the Fatigued Pilot Who Almost Launched for Oshkosh Anyway
Learn how to run the FAA's IMSAFE checklist honestly so fatigue and get-there-itis don't launch you into Oshkosh unsafely.
PatternThe In-Flight Diversion, the Rule-of-Thumb Heading, and Turning for Your Alternate When Oshkosh Holds You Out
How to fly a calm in-flight diversion to your alternate, using the aviate-navigate-communicate order, a thumb-on-the-chart heading, and honest fuel math.
PatternThe North American T Six Texan, the Pilot Maker, and the Supersonic Prop-Tip Rasp That Tells You the Warbirds Are Coming In Over Oshkosh
The North American T-6 Texan trained more Allied pilots than any other aircraft - and its supersonic prop-tip snarl still defines Oshkosh.
TaildraggerThe Powered-Lift Category, the FAA's New SFAR, and Teaching Pilots to Fly the Thing That Takes Off Like a Helicopter and Cruises Like an Airplane
The FAA's fall 2024 powered-lift SFAR created a third pilot category, clearing the biggest hidden barrier to electric air taxis.
VectorThe Steen Skybolt 250, the Homebuilt Biplane That Still Teaches Stick and Rudder the Hard Way
A 250-hp 1994 Steen Skybolt made Flying's AircraftForSale top picks - here's what this back-to-basics aerobatic biplane demands of pilots.
TowerThe Travel Air Mystery Ship, the Airplane Walter Beech Hid From the Army, and the Day a Civilian Racer Humiliated the Military at Cleveland
How the 1929 Travel Air Mystery Ship beat the U.S. Army and Navy at Cleveland and pushed American aviation toward the monoplane.
TaildraggerThe Vought F Four U Corsair, Whistling Death, and the Bent-Wing Bird That Still Owns Warbird Alley at Oshkosh
The bent-wing F4U Corsair earned the names Whistling Death and Ensign Eliminator - here's the history behind the legend.
TaildraggerTurbotech's Regenerative Turbine and the Return of the Small Turboprop
Turbotech's regenerative turbine cuts fuel burn by a third, putting small turboprops back on the table for light aircraft.
TowerVoyager, the Rutan Brothers, and Jeana Yeager - the Homebuilt That Flew Around the World Without Stopping, Told From the Canard Rows at Oshkosh
Radio Hangar explores Voyager, the Rutan Brothers, and Jeana Yeager - the Homebuilt That Flew Around the World Without Stopping, Told From the Canard Rows at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerWake Turbulence at Oshkosh, Staying On or Above the Glidepath, and the Tip That Keeps You Out of a Heavy's Invisible Wake
Learn how wake turbulence forms, where it hides on approach, and the one habit that keeps light aircraft out of a heavy's invisible wake.
PatternWolfgang Langewiesche, Stick and Rudder, and the Nineteen Forty-Four Book That Still Teaches the Wing to Every Pilot Flying Into Oshkosh
Wolfgang Langewiesche's 1944 book Stick and Rudder still teaches the one lesson that keeps pilots alive: the wing flies on angle of attack.
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