The nearly new Dreamliner worth more dead than alive
A near-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner with just 13 flight hours is being scrapped for parts because supply chain failures make it worth more dead than alive.
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Riyadh Air's first Boeing seven eighty-seven Dreamliners escorted home by the Saudi Hawks
Riyadh Air received its first Boeing 787 Dreamliners with a Saudi Hawks military escort, signaling Saudi Arabia's bold entry into Gulf aviation.
TowerEnhanced Flight Vision Systems and the FAA rule that lets you land when you cannot see the runway with your own eyes
EFVS lets pilots land using sensor imagery instead of natural vision, fundamentally changing how weather minimums work.
VectorThe science behind contrails and why some jets leave them while others don't
Contrails form when jet exhaust water vapor freezes in cold air - temperature, humidity, and engine type determine visibility.
TowerCessna Citation M2 Gen3 completes first flight and what it means for the light jet market
The Cessna Citation M2 Gen3 completed its first flight, bringing updated avionics, improved aerodynamics, and autothrottle to the entry-level light jet market.
TowerNoel Wien and the first flight between Anchorage and Fairbanks that opened Alaska to the airplane
Noel Wien's 1924 flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks in an open-cockpit biplane changed Alaska forever.
TaildraggerPicking your VFR checkpoints and the landmarks that disappear at altitude
Learn how to pick VFR checkpoints that actually work from the air, not just on a sectional chart.
PatternJohn Derry and the nineteen fifty-two Farnborough disaster that rewrote airshow safety forever
The 1952 Farnborough airshow disaster killed 31 people and fundamentally changed how every airshow in the world manages spectator safety.
TaildraggerThe F-sixteen Fighting Falcon and the price of flying four hundred knots on taxpayer fuel
The F-16 Fighting Falcon gets just 0.6 miles per gallon at cruise, burning 800 gallons of JP-8 per hour.
TowerFAR ninety-one dot two thirteen and what you are actually allowed to fly with when something on the panel is broken
Learn the four-step process under FAR 91.213 to determine if you can legally fly with inoperative instruments or equipment.
PatternSAS Returns To India After Seventeen Years But Doesn't Quite Make It There
SAS turned back its first Copenhagen-Mumbai flight in 17 years after discovering overflight permits weren't in order over Azerbaijan.
TowerBoeing's backlog of broken promises and the aircraft programs that keep slipping
Boeing's 777X and 737 MAX programs face compounding delays that ripple across the entire aviation industry.
TowerThe Montgolfier brothers and the first public flight of a hot air balloon on June fourth, seventeen eighty-three
On June 4, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched the first public hot air balloon flight in Annonay, France, launching the age of human flight.
TaildraggerThe short-field landing on the checkride and the airspeed you let creep up on final that costs you the numbers
Master the short-field landing checkride maneuver by fixing the real problem - airspeed control on final approach.
PatternThe Reno National Championship Air Races and the valley of speed where airplanes turn left at four hundred miles per hour
Everything you need to know about the Reno National Championship Air Races, where modified WWII fighters race at 450+ mph fifty feet above the Nevada desert.
RampWhich airline employs the most flight attendants in the world
American Airlines employs roughly 27,000 flight attendants, making it the world's largest cabin crew operator.
TowerEmirates promotes its first Emirati female captains
Emirates promoted its first two Emirati female pilots to captain, a milestone in the UAE's long-term aviation workforce strategy.
TowerU.S. and NATO allies in talks to expand American nuclear weapons capability across Europe
The U.S. and NATO allies are discussing expanding American nuclear weapons into Poland and the Baltic states, centered on F-35A aircraft.
TowerJohnson Creek airstrip in the Idaho backcountry and the grass runway that disappears into the wilderness
Johnson Creek (3U2) is a stunning 3,400-foot grass strip in Idaho's backcountry offering camping, creek-side solitude, and world-class mountain flying.
RampBuilding the navlog by hand and the six columns that keep you found when the GPS quits
Learn to build a VFR cross-country navigation log by hand using six essential columns that keep you on course when GPS fails.
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