The Honeywell Anthem flight deck and the cloud-connected cockpit revolution
Honeywell's Anthem flight deck brings cloud connectivity and software-defined avionics to aviation, signaling where every cockpit is heading.
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The Night Witches and the Soviet women who bombed the Eastern Front in plywood biplanes
The Night Witches of the 588th Regiment flew plywood biplanes with dead engines through enemy fire, completing over 23,000 combat sorties on the Eastern Front.
TaildraggerThe striking differences ground crews notice between the Airbus A three twenty neo and Boeing seven thirty-seven MAX
Ground crews see major differences between the A320neo and 737 MAX in engine clearance, cargo loading, and maintenance access.
TowerThomas Fitzpatrick and the stolen Piper that landed on a Manhattan street twice to win a bar bet
Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a Piper from Teterboro and landed it on a Manhattan street twice—in 1956 and 1958—to win bar bets.
TaildraggerWhiskey Seven and the C forty-seven that flew back to Normandy seventy-five years later
The story of Whiskey Seven, a D-Day C-47 restored by volunteers and flown back to Normandy 70 and 75 years later.
TaildraggerWhy FedEx is spending one hundred seventy-five million dollars to keep the MD-eleven flying
FedEx is investing $175 million to extend the life of its MD-11 freighter fleet rather than replace it with modern widebodies.
TowerAIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs — the in-flight weather advisories that tell you where not to fly
Learn the differences between AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs and how to use them in your go/no-go decisions.
PatternAirVenture twenty twenty-six preview and why Oshkosh is the greatest aviation gathering on Earth
Everything pilots need to know about EAA AirVenture 2026 at Oshkosh, from the historic warbird lineup to daily airshows and first-timer tips.
RampAmerican Airlines E175 comes within three hundred fifty feet of Air Canada jet at JFK
An American Airlines E175 and Air Canada jet came within 350 feet of each other at JFK, highlighting systemic ATC staffing concerns.
TowerAntoine de Saint-Exupéry and the last flight of the pilot who wrote The Little Prince
The story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the airmail pilot and wartime reconnaissance flyer who wrote The Little Prince and vanished over the Mediterranean in 1944.
TaildraggerCADA twenty-six brings two hundred aviation pros to Almaty for digital aviation's next chapter
CADA 26 in Almaty gathered 200+ aviation professionals to advance digital air traffic management across Central Asia's complex shared airspace.
TowerFAR ninety-one point one fifty-five and how to actually remember VFR weather minimums without a cheat sheet
A logical framework for remembering VFR weather minimums under FAR 91.155 without relying on rote memorization.
PatternFive military aircraft that refused to retire and the engineering that keeps them flying
Five military aircraft have served for over 60 years each, and the engineering principles behind their longevity apply to all of aviation.
TowerHeart Aerospace's ES-30 and the engineering pivot that could make regional electric flight real
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft could make regional electric flight viable by combining battery power with turbogenerators.
VectorJohnson Creek Airport and backcountry flying in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness
Johnson Creek Airport (3U2) is the gateway to Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness and some of the best backcountry flying in the lower 48.
RampLady Be Good, the ghost bomber of the Sahara that waited sixteen years to be found
The B-24 Lady Be Good vanished over the Sahara in 1943 and was found intact sixteen years later, four hundred miles past its base.
TaildraggerLufthansa cuts twenty thousand summer flights as fuel prices double on Iran conflict
Lufthansa is cutting 20,000 summer flights as Middle East conflict doubles jet fuel prices, signaling pain ahead for all of aviation.
TowerPicking your cruising altitude and why the number you file matters more than you think
How to choose the best VFR cruising altitude using the hemispherical rule, winds aloft, terrain, and practical judgment.
PatternRegent Craft's Viceroy seaglider and the electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicle that skips FAA certification entirely
Regent Craft's Viceroy seaglider bypasses FAA certification by flying in ground effect under Coast Guard jurisdiction.
VectorRoscoe Turner and the lion that flew the National Air Races
Roscoe Turner won three Thompson Trophies, flew with a lion cub, and became the greatest air racing pilot of the 1930s.
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