Seaplane Bases That Really Make a Splash - From Alaska's Lake Hood to Manhattan's East River
A tour of America's standout seaplane bases - from Alaska's Lake Hood to Manhattan's East River - and why water flying matters for pilots.
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Slow Flight, the Airman Certification Standards Change, and Why the Stall Horn Should Stay Quiet
Master slow flight for your checkride: fly just above the stall warning, stay coordinated, and turn a maneuver you barely passed into a real safety skill.
PatternSMBC Aviation Capital Orders One Hundred Boeing Seven Thirty-Seven MAX Jets at Farnborough
SMBC Aviation Capital ordered 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets at Farnborough, a vote of confidence that shifts pressure onto Boeing's factory floor.
TowerSpace-Based ADS-B and How Aireon Turned a Satellite Constellation Into Global Air Traffic Surveillance
How Aireon put ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellites to deliver the first real-time, pole-to-pole air traffic surveillance.
VectorStarlink Aviation and the Race to Rewire In-Flight Connectivity
How Starlink's low Earth orbit satellites are replacing slow geostationary in-flight WiFi - and what it means for pilots and passengers.
VectorStratolaunch, the Roc, and the Return of Air-Launch as America Chases Reusable Hypersonic Flight
How Stratolaunch's giant Roc aircraft and reusable Talon-A vehicle revived air-launch to close America's hypersonic testing gap.
VectorThe Bent-Wing Bird - How the Vought F4U Corsair Earned the Name Whistling Death
How the Vought F4U Corsair's bent inverted gull wing solved an engineering problem and earned it the fearsome name Whistling Death.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 and the Gooney Bird That Outlived Every Airplane Built to Replace It
The Douglas DC-3 first flew in 1935, made airlines profitable, helped win WWII as the C-47, and still flies today.
TaildraggerThe Helicopter Company Orders Eight More Airbus H145s, and What Saudi Arabia's Rotorcraft Boom Signals for the Industry
Saudi Arabia's The Helicopter Company ordered eight more Airbus H145s - here's what the deal signals for rotorcraft pilots and the industry.
TowerThe Impossible Turn and Why Engine Failure After Takeoff Is a Decision You Make on the Ground
The impossible turn is a decision you make on the ground, not in the air - learn why turning back kills pilots and what to do instead.
PatternThe Los Angeles Special Flight Rules Corridor - Flying VFR Right Over the Top of LAX
Learn how to legally fly VFR over the top of LAX through the Special Flight Rules Corridor - no clearance required, just precision and discipline.
PatternThe Night Witches - How the Soviet 588th Flew Canvas Biplanes to War in the Dark
How the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment - the 'Night Witches' - flew obsolete canvas biplanes on 23,000+ night raids in WWII.
TaildraggerThe Oxygen Rule, Ninety-One Two Eleven, and Why Your Body Stops Reading the Regulation at Ten Thousand Feet
FAR 91.211 sets oxygen rules at 12,500, 14,000, and 15,000 feet - but your body needs oxygen far lower. Here's the difference.
PatternThe Steep Turn and the Secret to Holding Altitude Through Forty-Five Degrees of Bank
Learn to hold altitude in a 45-degree steep turn by flying the horizon, not the altimeter, with step-by-step technique for your checkride.
PatternThe Wooden Wonder Reborn - How Glyn Powell's Molds and the Avspecs Team Brought the de Havilland Mosquito Back to the Sky
How Glyn Powell's hand-built molds and New Zealand's Avspecs team returned the de Havilland Mosquito to flight after 16 years grounded.
TaildraggerThe X Fifty-Nine and NASA's Quest to Turn the Sonic Boom Into a Thump
NASA's X-59 aims to replace the sonic boom with a quiet 'thump,' reopening overland supersonic flight banned since 1973.
VectorTrim for the Airspeed You Want, and Why Your Hands Should Be the Last Thing Holding the Airplane There
Trim sets your airspeed, not your altitude. Learn the pitch-power-trim habit that frees your hands and sharpens your flying.
PatternTriple Tree Aerodrome and the Seven Thousand Foot Grass Runway They Mow Like a Golf Green
Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC offers a 7,000-foot manicured grass runway and a thriving fly-in community pilots call the Augusta National of turf.
RampTwo Hundred Fifty Watt-Hours Per Kilogram and the Battery Energy Wall Standing Between Electric Motors and Real Range
Why battery specific energy - not motors or software - is the physics wall blocking real range for electric aircraft, and when that changes.
VectorVertical Aerospace, Sigma Air Mobility, and the Business-Aviation Bet on the V X Four at Farnborough
Radio Hangar explores Vertical Aerospace, Sigma Air Mobility, and the Business-Aviation Bet on the V X Four at Farnborough.
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