Air France extends Middle East flight suspensions over security concerns
Air France has extended its suspension of flights through Middle East airspace, signaling sustained security concerns that affect routing for all operators.
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Alan Shepard and the fifteen minutes that put America in space on May fifth, nineteen sixty-one
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space during a 15-minute suborbital flight that changed the course of history.
TaildraggerBritish Airways is paying a hundred thousand dollars a year for pilots who never leave the ground
British Airways is hiring dedicated taxi pilots at Chicago O'Hare for $100,000/year to move widebody jets between gates and runways.
TowerFAR ninety-one dot seventeen and the alcohol rules that are stricter than you think
FAR 91.17 has four separate prohibitions beyond the eight-hour bottle-to-throttle rule that every pilot must understand.
PatternFiling the VFR flight plan and the search and rescue clock that starts when you forget to close it
Learn how to file, open, and close a VFR flight plan — and why forgetting to close it can trigger a costly search and rescue operation.
PatternJacqueline Cochran and the orphan girl who became the fastest woman alive
Jacqueline Cochran rose from barefoot poverty to become the fastest woman alive, breaking the sound barrier and holding more aviation records than any pilot in history.
TaildraggerJohnson Creek Airport in the Idaho backcountry and the mountain strip that every pilot should land at least once
Johnson Creek (3U16) in Idaho's backcountry is a bucket-list grass strip offering mountain flying, airplane camping, and pure GA freedom.
RampPivotal Helix and the personal electric aircraft you can fly without a pilot's license
The Pivotal Helix is a $190,000 electric VTOL aircraft you can fly without a pilot's license under FAA Part 103 ultralight rules.
VectorS-turns across a road and the ground reference maneuver that tells your examiner everything about how you see the wind
Master S-turns across a road with these five common mistakes to avoid and the wind-awareness techniques that impress examiners.
PatternSingle-pilot operations for commercial airliners and the cockpit that loses a seat
Single-pilot commercial flights are under active development, with cargo operations possible by the mid-2030s and passenger flights unlikely before the 2040s.
VectorSpirit Airlines' ninety-one jets stranded across twenty-six airports and the ferry pilots moving them
Spirit Airlines' 91 grounded Airbus jets are being ferried from 26 airports back to lessors in a months-long repositioning operation.
TowerSustainable Aviation Fuel and the five production pathways racing to replace Jet-A before the mandates hit
Five distinct chemical pathways are competing to produce sustainable aviation fuel, each with different feedstocks, costs, and timelines to replace Jet-A.
VectorThe Airbus A three eighty freighter that never carried a single box
The Airbus A380-800F freighter attracted orders from FedEx, UPS, and Emirates but was cancelled without a single aircraft built.
TowerThe F-35 Lightning assembly line outside Milan and why NATO's stealth fighter is now made in Italy
Italy's Cameri facility assembles full-spec F-35 stealth fighters for NATO allies, serving as Europe's strategic hub for fifth-generation fighter production and sustainment.
TowerThe fuel stop where the weather changed and the sunk cost trap that kills general aviation pilots
How to recognize and defeat the sunk cost trap when weather changes mid-trip, with a practical framework for fuel-stop decision making.
PatternThe go-around you almost didn't make and why adding full power feels so wrong when you're fifty feet from the runway
The go-around is your most important tool in the traffic pattern—here's why pilots resist it and how to execute it confidently.
PatternThe Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik pulled from a Russian lake and the sixty-year swim that ended in a hangar
How Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmoviks survived sixty years underwater and the painstaking effort to restore history's most-produced combat aircraft.
TaildraggerThe Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach and the wildest flightline in aviation stretches across five miles of California sand
Everything you need to know about attending the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, from viewing spots to airspace TFRs.
RampThe Pratt and Whitney Geared Turbofan and the microscopic flaw that grounded a thousand airplanes
How a microscopic metal contamination in Pratt & Whitney's revolutionary geared turbofan engine grounded hundreds of aircraft and cost RTX over $7 billion.
VectorThe standard weather briefing and the six sections that build your go or no-go decision
Learn the six sections of a standard weather briefing and how each one feeds your go or no-go decision before flight.
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