Traffic Pattern
FAR 91.159 explained: fly odd-plus-500 eastbound, even-plus-500 westbound above 3,000 AGL to stay separated from oncoming VFR traffic.
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FAR 91.151 requires VFR pilots to carry 30 minutes of day fuel reserve or 45 at night - here's how to fly it safely.
PatternATIS
NTSB blames excess weight and low airspeed for the Bering Air Cessna Caravan icing stall - here's what pilots should learn.
TowerATIS
Rolls-Royce says it has effectively eliminated AOG delays across its civil engine fleet - here's what that claim means for pilots.
TowerThe Hangar
How the Red Baron really fell on April 21, 1918 - and why the evidence points to a gunner on the ground, not Roy Brown.
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At Farnborough 2025, Sikorsky unveiled optional piloting, a new uncrewed U-Hawk cargo variant, and armament kits for the Black Hawk fleet.
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Singapore has opened exploratory talks to join GCAP, the UK-Italy-Japan sixth-generation fighter program, one week after Canada joined as observer.
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Slow flight under the 2017 ACS is flown with the stall warning silent, not blaring - here's how to fly it right.
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Learn why the base-to-final skidding turn causes fatal stall spins and how the PARE procedure brings you back.
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Radio Hangar explores The Avidyne IFD Five Forty, the Slide-In Navigator That Dared to Challenge Garmin's Grip on the Panel.
VectorThe Hangar
How pilot Gail Halvorsen became the Candy Bomber, dropping chocolate on parachutes to children during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
TaildraggerATIS
Textron's new Citation CJ3 Gen3 flew for the first time from Wichita, climbing to 41,000 feet with a Garmin G3000 cockpit and autothrottle.
TowerThe Hangar
How the war-surplus Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' gave 1920s America its first taste of flight and launched the barnstorming era.
TaildraggerThe Hangar
The de Havilland Mosquito was a wooden WWII aircraft so fast that enemy fighters couldn't catch it, serving in nearly every combat role.
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Learn the fast thumb-and-pencil method for diverting to the nearest airport mid-cross-country, the skill examiners spring on every checkride.
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Why the U.S. runs ADS-B on two frequencies - 978 and 1090 MHz - and how ground stations bridge the gap for pilots.
VectorATIS
The FAA now lets GA pilots request, receive, and cancel IFR clearances as text inside ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot - no radio or phone call needed.
TowerATIS
The FAA wants to waive environmental reviews to speed up rocket launches - here's what that means for the airspace you fly.
TowerThe Hangar
How Henry Ford's corrugated-metal Ford Trimotor, the 'Tin Goose,' became America's first practical airliner and taught a nation to fly.
TaildraggerATIS
Radio Hangar explores The G Seven Hundred's Los Angeles to Farnborough Record and What a Nineteen-Minute Margin Really Tells You.
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