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The Avidyne IFD550 offers a compelling alternative to Garmin with slide-in GNS 530 replacement, hybrid controls, and significant cost savings.
VectorThe Berlin Airlift delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies over 277,000 flights, ending when the Soviet blockade lifted on May 12, 1949.
TaildraggerA Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk sat untouched in the Egyptian Sahara for 70 years after its pilot vanished, sparking a fierce restoration debate.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito, built from wood and rejected by the Air Ministry, became WWII's most versatile combat aircraft.
TaildraggerThe go-around is the simplest maneuver to execute and the hardest to commit to — here's how to make it automatic.
PatternEngine test cell shortages are the hidden bottleneck delaying Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX deliveries through at least 2027.
TowerNASA's X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator could cut airliner fuel burn by 30% with a radical truss-braced wing design.
VectorThe National Stearman Fly-In at Galesburg, Illinois draws over 100 biplanes each September for the largest gathering of Boeing Stearmans on Earth.
RampHow to handle a passenger medical emergency in flight using three priorities: fly the airplane, communicate, and land at the best airport.
PatternThe Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first type-certified electric airplane, already training pilots across 20+ countries.
VectorAvoid the power-off stall mistakes that fail checkrides by mastering wing-drop recovery, proper rudder use, and efficient altitude management.
PatternThe 1988 Ramstein airshow disaster killed 67 spectators and three pilots, fundamentally rewriting airshow safety rules worldwide.
TaildraggerSpirit Airlines' shutdown is doubling fares in cities it once served, revealing the real cost of airline consolidation.
TowerZeroAvia's hydrogen fuel cell powertrain aims to replace turbines on regional aircraft, but infrastructure gaps may matter more than engineering.
VectorAir France-KLM may rebrand its holding company to The Blue Group, signaling deeper integration and a strategic shift in European aviation.
TowerArt Scholl, the greatest aerobatic showman of his generation, died in an unrecoverable flat spin over the Pacific while filming Top Gun in 1985.
TaildraggerBessie Coleman crossed the Atlantic to earn her pilot's license after every U.S. flight school refused to teach a Black woman to fly.
TaildraggerBob Timm and John Cook flew a Cessna 172 for 64 days over Las Vegas in 1958-59, setting an endurance record that still stands.
TaildraggerLearn to decode every section of a METAR weather report with this plain-English walkthrough for student and private pilots.
PatternElectra Aero's hybrid-electric blown-lift aircraft could revolutionize regional aviation by operating from runways under 150 feet.
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