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Airbus projects a global shortage of 2.4 million aviation workers by 2045 - 660,000 pilots and 730,000 mechanics among them - a structural gap that begins in general aviation.
TowerAIRMETs and SIGMETs are the weather advisories most student pilots skim - here's what Sierra, Tango, and Zulu actually mean and how to use them.
PatternThe Antique Airplane Association's annual fly-in at Blakesburg, Iowa is one of aviation's most authentic gatherings, where antique aircraft are flown in, camped beside, and celebrated for doing exactly what they were built to do.
RampThe Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System autonomously recovers an F-16 from terrain collision in seconds - and has saved eight or more pilots who were unconscious at the controls.
VectorBoom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator reached Mach 1.122 in March 2024, marking the first new civil supersonic aircraft to break the sound barrier in the U.S. in decades.
VectorThe de Havilland Mosquito was a twice-rejected wooden aircraft that became WWII's most versatile combat plane - outrunning enemies it was never supposed to fight.
TaildraggerMaster the private pilot diversion task with the sectional finger technique, 90-second calculation method, and the narration habits examiners look for.
PatternThe 1927 Dole Derby sent fifteen aircraft from Oakland to Honolulu for a $25,000 prize - and cost ten lives, reshaping American aviation regulation forever.
TaildraggerThe Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was the fastest piston-engine fighter of WWII at 474 mph - and only one complete example survives, at the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerThe FAA has issued an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all Elixir two-seat composite trainers, prohibiting flight pending approved modification and inspection procedures.
TowerFLYING Magazine has launched a curated gift guide scored across five categories by editors who actually fly - here's what makes it useful and how to use it.
TowerThe Garmin GFC 500 brings digital servos, envelope protection, and one-button emergency stabilization to legacy piston aircraft certified since 2019.
VectorHow a P-38F Lightning abandoned on the Greenland ice cap in 1942 was recovered from 268 feet of glacial ice and restored to flight 60 years later.
TaildraggerThe go-around is the most important habit a student pilot can build - and the stabilized approach gate is the tool that makes the decision automatic before it's too late.
PatternA Military Operations Area isn't automatically a detour - understand MOA rules, altitude limits, and the radio call that can route you straight through.
PatternThe Pipistrel Velis Electro was the world's first type-certified electric aircraft, receiving its EASA type certificate on June 10, 2020.
VectorThe Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world's first fully type-certified electric aircraft, and three years of European training data reveal where electric propulsion genuinely works.
VectorPIREPs are real-time pilot weather reports that reveal actual flight conditions no forecast can replicate - here's how to read every field correctly.
PatternSierra Nevada's Dream Chaser spaceplane - targeting its first ISS mission in 2026 - could become the first runway-landing spacecraft since the shuttle retired in 2011.
VectorStratolaunch's Boeing 747-400 was photographed at Mojave carrying an unidentified rocket under its left wing, accompanied by a chase aircraft - signaling an undisclosed test program.
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