Ex-Continental Boeing Triple Sevens First In Line For United's Starlink Widebody Upgrade
United Airlines will install Starlink on ex-Continental Boeing 777-200ERs first, bringing broadband internet to oceanic widebody routes.
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The sun dropping below the horizon on your first long cross-country and the daylight you didn't budget for
Learn how to handle fading daylight on a VFR cross-country by setting time hard decks and making smart diversion decisions.
PatternBoom Supersonic's Overture and the twenty-year bet on bringing back supersonic commercial flight
Boom Supersonic's Overture aims to revive supersonic commercial flight, but the clean-sheet Symphony engine remains its biggest risk.
VectorThe Dual Passenger Crisis Reshaping Cabin Crew Training in Twenty Twenty-Six
Airlines are overhauling cabin crew training in 2026 to address the overlap between aggressive and anxious passengers simultaneously.
TowerThe Navy Curtiss NC-4 and the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, arriving in Lisbon on May twenty-second, nineteen nineteen
The Navy Curtiss NC-4 completed the first transatlantic flight on May 22, 1919, a milestone most people wrongly attribute to later aviators.
TaildraggerThe short field landing on the checkride and the aim point you keep floating past
Fix the most common short field landing mistakes before your private pilot checkride with these precision approach techniques.
PatternSkunk Works Vectis and the stealth drone gap the F forty-seven cannot fill alone
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works unveils Vectis, a stealth drone designed to fly alongside the F-47 into contested airspace where cheaper CCAs cannot survive.
TowerGeneral Atomics gets the YFQ-42A back in the air after prototype crash
General Atomics resumed YFQ-42A flight testing just six weeks after a prototype crash, tracing the loss to a software fault.
TowerThe impossible turn and why the math almost never works when the engine quits after takeoff
Why turning back to the runway after engine failure rarely works below 800 feet AGL, and what to do instead.
PatternHow recurrent training can make or break your insurance renewal
Recurrent flight training directly affects your aircraft insurance premiums, policy terms, and even whether you can get coverage at all.
TowerDelta Air Lines eyes a premium-heavy return to LAX-London Heathrow
Delta plans to restart LAX-London Heathrow service with 70% premium seating, signaling a major shift in long-haul airline economics.
TowerBoeing's thirty stored triple-seven X jets and the rework nightmare before delivery
Boeing has thirty stored 777X jets requiring extensive rework before delivery, adding pressure to a program already years behind schedule.
TowerHollywood Burbank gets a new terminal and the bigger jets are coming with it
Hollywood Burbank Airport opens a new 14-gate terminal in fall 2026, designed to handle larger narrowbody jets like the 737 MAX 10 and A321neo.
TowerThe GPS that goes blank fifty miles from your destination and the pilotage skills you forgot you needed
What to do when your GPS dies mid-flight: a step-by-step guide to navigating with pilotage, dead reckoning, and a paper chart.
PatternHurricane R four one eighteen and the Battle of Britain veteran pulled from India and restored to fly again
Hurricane R4118, a Battle of Britain combat veteran with 49 sorties, was recovered from India and restored to airworthy condition.
TaildraggerThe B-fifty-two Stratofortress and the bomber that refused to die
The B-52 Stratofortress has survived 15 retirement proposals and will fly past 2040 thanks to cost, versatility, and a massive upgrade program.
TowerAmelia Earhart lands in Ireland and becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic on May twenty-first, nineteen thirty-two
On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, landing in Ireland after nearly 15 harrowing hours.
TaildraggerSteep turns on the checkride and the altitude you keep losing at forty-five degrees of bank
Stop losing altitude in steep turns by understanding load factor and mastering the sight picture before your checkride.
PatternSinkhole shuts down LaGuardia runway as storms hammer New York
A sinkhole forced a LaGuardia runway closure after severe storms, canceling over 400 flights and disrupting the national airspace system.
TowerWhat American Airlines actually charges for Flagship Business on the seven eighty-seven
American Airlines Flagship Business on the 787 Dreamliner costs $3,000–$10,000+ round trip depending on route and season.
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