Wrong Way Corrigan and the Flight to Ireland He Swore He Never Meant to Make
How Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan flew a patched-up Curtiss Robin from New York to Ireland in 1938 and blamed his compass.
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Auto-GCAS: The System That Pulls the Fighter Out of the Ground When the Pilot Cannot
Auto-GCAS is the Air Force system that automatically pulls a fighter jet away from terrain when the pilot is incapacitated - credited with saving at least 10 documented lives since its 2014 deployment.
VectorBeryl Markham and the Night Atlantic: The Solo Flight That Went the Hard Way
Beryl Markham was the first person to fly solo nonstop from England to North America on September 4, 1936, battling headwinds alone for 21 hours and 25 minutes.
TaildraggerBig Creek Airstrip: Idaho's Wilderness Canyon Where the Only Road In Has Wings
Big Creek Airstrip in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness offers 2,200 feet of grass runway at 5,600 feet MSL - accessible only by air, earned only through preparation.
RampBoeing's North Line and the Long Road Back to Rate
Boeing opened a fourth 737 MAX assembly line at Renton called the North Line, but the FAA's 38-per-month production cap remains the real benchmark for recovery.
TowerBoom Supersonic's XB-1 and the Case for Commercial Supersonic's Second Chance
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke Mach 1 on private funding in early 2024, reigniting the case for commercial supersonic travel after the Concorde's 2003 retirement.
VectorCircling Rainier: Mountain Flying and the Volcanic Summits of the Pacific Northwest
A late-June orbit of Mount Rainier captured in AVweb's July 6 Picture of the Day illustrates both the appeal and the serious operational demands of flying the Pacific Northwest's volcanic summits.
TowerCirrus Bets on the Training Pipeline with the Three-Seat TRAC10
Cirrus Aircraft has announced the TRAC10, a three-seat primary trainer with a built-in airframe parachute system, targeting U.S. flight school fleets with deliveries planned for 2027.
TowerCirrus TRAC10 and the future of flight training aircraft design
Cirrus Aircraft's TRAC10 is a clean-sheet primary trainer built around safety, efficiency, and native connectivity - the first serious challenge to legacy trainers in decades.
TowerDoc the B-Twenty-Nine Superfortress: From the Mojave Desert to the Kansas Sky
Doc the B-29 Superfortress spent 42 years abandoned in the Mojave Desert before volunteers returned her to the Kansas skies where she was born.
TaildraggerEdgewing, GCAP, and the Six-Point-One Billion Dollar Push Toward the Next Generation Fighter
A $6.1 billion Edgewing contract signals the UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme has moved from concept into active development of a sixth-generation fighter.
TowerEmbraer's Best Second Quarter in Sixteen Years and What It Signals for Business Aviation
Embraer posted its best Q2 delivery numbers in 16 years, driven by higher executive jet shipments and stabilized production - a strong signal for business aviation.
TowerFAA moves to block states from writing their own airline crew rest rules
The FAA is moving to preempt state labor laws on crew rest, arguing federal uniformity under Part 117 is the appropriate safety standard for airline crews.
TowerFAR 91.113 and the Right-of-Way Rules: The Hierarchy Every Pilot Has to Know Before Entering the Pattern
FAR 91.113 establishes a priority hierarchy every pilot must know - from distress aircraft to powered traffic - and it never exempts anyone from see-and-avoid.
PatternFAR 91.155 and the VFR Weather Minimums: The Table Every Student Gets Wrong Before the Written
FAR 91.155 sets different VFR weather minimums for each airspace class - knowing the logic behind each number makes the table far easier to apply in actual flight.
PatternGlenn Curtiss, the Gordon Bennett Trophy, and the Patent War That Nearly Grounded American Aviation
Glenn Curtiss won history's first international air speed race in 1909, invented naval aviation, and built the trainer that gave WWI pilots their wings - all while fighting the patent war that nearly grounded American aviation.
TaildraggerInadvertent IMC and the Graveyard Spiral: The Emergency That Kills VFR Pilots More Than Any Other
Continued VFR flight into IMC carries a fatality rate above 90% - understanding the graveyard spiral and having a practiced emergency response can save your life.
PatternLincoln Beachey and the Death Dip: The Man Who Taught America to Look Up
Lincoln Beachey was America's greatest early aviator, whose death-defying stunts from 1910 to 1915 transformed the airplane from curiosity to cultural icon.
TaildraggerOperation Tidal Wave: The Low-Level Mission to Ploesti and the Five Medals of Honor
Operation Tidal Wave on August 1, 1943 sent 178 B-24 Liberators against Romania's Ploesti oil refineries at treetop level, producing five Medals of Honor in a single mission.
TaildraggerPunch Dickins and the Barren Lands: Opening the Canadian North by Air
In 1928, bush pilot Punch Dickins flew a 3,900-mile survey of Canada's unmapped Barren Lands, earning the McKee Trophy and opening the Northwest Territories to regular air service.
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