The Fifty-Seventy Rule and the Takeoff Abort Decision You Make Before You Ever Leave Oshkosh
The fifty-seventy rule tells you to abort a takeoff if you don't have 70% of rotation speed by the runway midpoint.
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The Go-Around, the Balked Landing, and Committing to the Miss When Oshkosh Tower Sends You Around
How to fly a smooth go-around, commit to the miss early, and handle a tower-issued go-around at Oshkosh AirVenture.
PatternThe North American T-6 Texan, the Pilot Maker, and the Supersonic Prop Tip Rasp That Owns the Oshkosh Warbird Ramp
The North American T-6 Texan trained more military pilots than any aircraft in history - and its supersonic prop tips still own the Oshkosh warbird ramp.
TaildraggerThe North American T-6 Texan, the Pilot Maker, and the Warbird Ramp at Oshkosh Where the Round Engines Still Sing
The North American T-6 Texan, the 'Pilot Maker,' trained a generation of WWII fighter pilots and still fills the warbird ramp at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerThe PIREP and the Weather Report the Airplane Ahead of You Just Flew Through on the Way to Oshkosh
A PIREP is a real-time pilot weather report - learn how to read, decode, and file one to fly safer than any forecast alone.
PatternThe Recreational Aviation Foundation Tent at Oshkosh and the Volunteers Who Fight to Keep the Backcountry Strips Open
How Recreational Aviation Foundation volunteers keep America's backcountry airstrips open, one work party and one conversation at a time.
RampThe Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago, Where the Oshkosh Airplanes Land on Water and the Whole Show Slows Down
Inside the EAA Seaplane Base at Oshkosh, where floatplanes land on Lake Winnebago and AirVenture slows down.
RampThe Upside-Down Wedding Cake and the Thirty-Mile Mode C Veil Around Class Bravo on the Way to Oshkosh
How to legally fly past Class Bravo airspace and its 30-mile Mode C veil on a cross-country to Oshkosh AirVenture.
PatternThe Vought F4U Corsair, the Bent-Wing Bird, and the Whistling Death That Still Owns the Oshkosh Warbird Ramp
The Vought F4U Corsair earned the name Whistling Death in WWII and remains a star of the Oshkosh warbird ramp today.
TaildraggerWiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Oklahoma Boy Who Flew Solo Around the World
How Wiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma pilot, flew the Winnie Mae solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit.
TaildraggerZenith Rolls Out the C H Seven Fifty Super Cruzer at Oshkosh, and What a Four Seat Kit Means for the Homebuilt Crowd
Zenith debuted the four-seat CH 750 Super Cruzer kit at Oshkosh, expanding its lineup beyond two-seaters into the family-airplane market.
TowerA Football Team's Widebody Nose to Nose With the Homebuilts - The Cardinals Jet That Stopped the Whole Field at Oshkosh
An Arizona Cardinals-liveried Boeing 777 is drawing some of the biggest crowds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, parked among homebuilts and warbirds.
RampAirVenture Tuesday and the Oshkosh Question of the Day - What Half a Million People Came to See
What half a million people come to see at EAA AirVenture 2026 in Oshkosh - and why the answer signals a healthy GA industry.
TowerAluminum Overcast - How EAA Volunteers Rescued a B-17 and Made Her the Heart of the Flightline
How EAA volunteers saved B-17 'Aluminum Overcast' - a bomber that missed WWII by five days - and kept her flying as living history.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Iced Tea, and the Shrike Commander That Flew Both Engines Dead at Oshkosh
The story of Bob Hoover, the legendary pilot who flew aerobatics with both engines dead and poured iced tea while rolling upside down.
TaildraggerChuck Yeager, Glamorous Glennis, and the Morning the Bell X One Broke the Sound Barrier
How Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947 - with two cracked ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.
TaildraggerClass D Airspace and Wittman Field - The Tower That Becomes the World's Busiest for One Week
Learn what Class D airspace requires - including the exact meaning of 'established communication' - and how Oshkosh scales it up.
PatternDoc the B Twenty-Nine and the Wichita Volunteers Who Pulled a Superfortress Off the Bombing Range
How volunteers pulled the B-29 Doc off a desert bombing range and spent 16 years restoring her to flight.
TaildraggerElectronic Stability and Protection and the Autopilot That Quietly Pushes Back on the Yoke
How Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) quietly pushes back on the controls to prevent loss-of-control accidents in general aviation.
VectorForeFlight, the iPad, and How the Electronic Flight Bag Rewired the General Aviation Cockpit
Radio Hangar explores ForeFlight, the iPad, and How the Electronic Flight Bag Rewired the General Aviation Cockpit.
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