Cleared Direct
Apr 28, 2026
The ThrustSense autothrottle by IS&S brings airline-standard engine failure protection to GA twins, addressing the deadliest failure mode in multi-engine flying.
Vector The Hangar
Apr 28, 2026
How 16 P-38 Lightnings flew 435 miles at wave-top height to intercept and kill Admiral Yamamoto in April 1943.
Taildragger Traffic Pattern
Apr 28, 2026
The go-around is general aviation's most underused lifesaving maneuver - here's when and how to execute one decisively.
Pattern ATIS
Apr 28, 2026
Philippine Airlines posted strong Q1 2026 profits but flagged Middle East tensions as a threat to fuel costs and route economics.
Tower ATIS
Apr 27, 2026
The Marine Corps is scattering F-35B jets across remote Pacific islands in a major shift from concentrated basing to survivable dispersal.
Tower The Hangar
Apr 27, 2026
Ernest K. Gann's Fate is the Hunter remains the finest aviation memoir ever written, a brutally honest account of luck, skill, and survival.
Taildragger Cleared Direct
Apr 27, 2026
Supernal, Hyundai Motor Group's eVTOL subsidiary, is building the SA-2 air taxi with deep industrial advantages most aviation observers are overlooking.
Vector Ramp Check
Apr 27, 2026
Mackinac Island Airport sits atop a limestone bluff on an island that banned cars in 1898 - a fly-in destination unlike any other.
Ramp Traffic Pattern
Apr 27, 2026
How to plan and fly a pilotage and dead reckoning cross-country, the skill your DPE will test on your private pilot checkride.
Pattern The Hangar
Apr 27, 2026
The 1910 Los Angeles Air Meet at Dominguez Field drew half a million spectators and ignited America's love affair with flight.
Taildragger ATIS
Apr 27, 2026
The five longest US military runways stretch over two miles each, built for space shuttles, nuclear bombers, and experimental aircraft.
Tower Cleared Direct
Apr 27, 2026
Electra aero's blown-lift hybrid aircraft promises 300-foot takeoffs, 500-mile range, and 70% less fuel than turboprops.
Vector Traffic Pattern
Apr 27, 2026
FAR 91.119 sets minimum safe altitudes in three layers: emergency landing capability everywhere, 1,000 feet over congested areas, and 500 feet over open areas.
Pattern The Hangar
Apr 27, 2026
Jackie Cochran rose from barefoot orphan to the fastest woman alive, breaking the sound barrier and holding over 200 flight records.
Taildragger ATIS
Apr 27, 2026
American and United are cutting 2,700 May flights from O'Hare after the FAA intervened to address chronic overscheduling.
Tower Traffic Pattern
Apr 27, 2026
How get-there-itis kills VFR pilots and the practical framework to break the accident chain before it locks shut.
Pattern Cleared Direct
Apr 27, 2026
NASA's X-59 Quesst aircraft aims to replace the supersonic flight ban with a noise standard by proving sonic booms can be reduced to a quiet thump.
Vector The Hangar
Apr 27, 2026
The Hawker Hurricane scored 60% of Battle of Britain kills yet nearly vanished - here's how restorers are saving it.
Taildragger ATIS
Apr 27, 2026
Flight attendants can assess your travel experience within seconds of boarding using pattern recognition honed over thousands of flights.
Tower The Hangar
Apr 27, 2026
On April 27, 2005, the Airbus A380 - the largest commercial airplane ever built - made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
Taildragger