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Calbraith Perry Rodgers and the Vin Fiz - The First Flight Across America
How Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz coast-to-coast in 1911, surviving 16 crashes to become the first person to fly across America.
TaildraggerCatalina's Airport in the Sky - Landing on the Runway That Floats Above the Pacific
Catalina's Airport in the Sky (AVX) is a 1,602-foot mountaintop runway 22 miles off California - home of the famous buffalo burger.
RampDecoding the TAF - How BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB Groups Can Make or Break Your Cross-Country
Radio Hangar explores Decoding the TAF - How BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB Groups Can Make or Break Your Cross-Country.
PatternDon Sheldon, the Talkeetna Glacier Pilot Who Landed a Super Cub on the Roof of Denali
How Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon mastered glacier landings on Denali in a Piper Super Cub, saving stranded climbers and pioneering ski-plane flying.
TaildraggerDouglas Bader, the Tin-Legged Ace Who Flew the Battle of Britain on Two Artificial Legs
How RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash and still flew the Battle of Britain on two artificial legs.
TaildraggerDynon Expands the SkyView HDX IFR Package at Oshkosh
Dynon expanded its SkyView HDX IFR package at Oshkosh with a remote audio panel, dual com support, and a standalone engine monitor.
TowerFuel Planning, Ninety-One One Fifty-One, and the Gap Between Legal Reserves and Safe Reserves
FAR 91.151 sets a 30-minute day VFR fuel reserve, but that legal minimum is a floor - smart pilots plan an hour.
PatternGlacier Girl and the Lost Squadron - The P Thirty-Eight Pulled From Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice
How a P-38 Lightning buried under 268 feet of Greenland ice for 50 years was recovered and flew again as Glacier Girl.
TaildraggerJetZero and the Blended Wing Body Bet to Rewrite the Shape of the Airliner
JetZero's blended wing body aims to cut airliner fuel burn by up to 50%, backed by a $235M Air Force contract - here's the promise and the hurdles.
VectorJohnson Creek, Idaho - Landing on the Grass Strip in the Heart of the Backcountry
Johnson Creek (U45) is Idaho's crown-jewel backcountry grass strip - here's what makes it fly-in essential and how to arrive safely.
RampNeil Armstrong the Aviator - The Navy Panther, the X-15, and the Pilot Behind Tranquility Base
Before Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was a Navy combat pilot and X-15 test pilot - and that flying is what got him to the moon.
TaildraggerNinety-One One Fifty-Five and the Cloud Clearance Rules Nobody Remembers Correctly
FAR 91.155 explained: VFR cloud clearance and visibility minimums by airspace, altitude, and time of day - and why they exist.
PatternOne Hundred Seventy-Eight Seconds - The Study Behind Every VFR Into IMC Decision
The 178-seconds study isn't about surviving the cloud - it's about the ground decision that keeps VFR pilots out of it. Here's how to make it.
PatternOrmer Locklear, King of the Wing Walkers, and the Night Dive Over DeMille Field
The story of Ormer Locklear, the first wing walker, who invented aerial stunting in barnstorming's golden age before dying at age 28.
TaildraggerPardo's Push - The F Four Phantom Pilot Who Flew Another Fighter Home on His Windshield
How F-4 pilot Bob Pardo pushed a crippled Phantom nearly 90 miles to safety over Vietnam in 1967, a feat known as Pardo's Push.
TaildraggerPhilippine Airlines Confirms Its Boeing 787 Dreamliner Order at Farnborough
Philippine Airlines confirmed its Boeing 787 Dreamliner order at Farnborough 2026, signaling a real widebody market recovery.
TowerRiyadh Air Firms Up Six More Airbus A350-1000s at Farnborough, and What a Brand-New Airline Building From Scratch Tells Us
Riyadh Air firmed up six more Airbus A350-1000s at Farnborough 2026 - here's what it signals for the global aviation pipeline.
TowerRiyadh Air Firms Up Twenty-Eight More Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Adds the Dash Ten at Farnborough
Radio Hangar explores Riyadh Air Firms Up Twenty-Eight More Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Adds the Dash Ten at Farnborough.
TowerRoscoe Turner and Gilmore the Lion - The Racing Pilot Who Flew With a Cat in the Cockpit
How showman-pilot Roscoe Turner flew with a pet lion named Gilmore and became the only man to win the Thompson Trophy three times.
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