The Go-Around, the Balked Landing, and the ACS Task Oshkosh Controllers Will Make You Fly for Real
Learn the go-around and rejected landing procedure, why Oshkosh controllers call it so often, and how to nail the ACS checkride task.
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The Homebuilt Judges, the Clipboards, and the Lindy Award - Walking the Kit and Plans-Built Rows at AirVenture Oshkosh Where a Decade in the Garage Gets Its Reckoning
Radio Hangar explores The Homebuilt Judges, the Clipboards, and the Lindy Award - Walking the Kit and Plans-Built Rows at AirVenture Oshkosh Where a Decade in the Garage Gets Its Reckoning.
RampThe Italian Air Force Makes Its Case for Jet Ab Initio Training and the M-345 That Flew Cruise Missile Profiles at a NATO Exercise
The Italian Air Force is making the case for jet ab initio training with its 18 delivered M-345 trainers, now past 2,000 flight hours.
TowerThe Jabiru J432, a Light-Sport Twin, and What the New MOSAIC Rules Let You Fly Starting Tomorrow
New FAA MOSAIC rules take effect July 24, 2026, redrawing light-sport around stall speed - and a twin-engine Jabiru J432 is the first proof.
TowerThe Laredo Citation Crash and the Vibration That Should Have Been an Emergency
An NTSB preliminary report on a Laredo Cessna Citation crash highlights why pilots must treat unfamiliar vibrations as emergencies.
TowerThe Mode C Veil, the Thirty-Mile Ring Around Chicago's Class Bravo, and the Transponder Rule Every Pilot Skirts on the Way to Oshkosh
The Mode C veil is a 30nm transponder-required ring around Class Bravo airports - here's how to stay legal flying past Chicago to Oshkosh.
PatternThe Night Airshow at AirVenture Oshkosh, the Wall of Fire, and the Drone Swarm That Turns Wittman Field Into a Sky Full of Lights
Radio Hangar explores The Night Airshow at AirVenture Oshkosh, the Wall of Fire, and the Drone Swarm That Turns Wittman Field Into a Sky Full of Lights.
RampThe P Fifty-One Mustang, the Allison That Ran Out of Breath, and the Merlin Swap That Built a Legend on Warbird Alley
The P-51 Mustang began as an underpowered disappointment until a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine swap turned it into WWII's finest piston fighter.
TaildraggerThe UND Flight Instructor Who Won the AOPA Sweepstakes Husky and What That Airplane Really Represents
UND flight instructor Ashley Almquist won the 2026 AOPA Sweepstakes Aviat Husky, and here's what that airplane really signals for GA.
TowerThe Vacuum Pump's Last Stand - MEMS Sensors, Solid-State Attitude, and the Electronic Instruments Quietly Killing the Spinning Gyro on the Oshkosh Exhibit Floor
How MEMS sensors and solid-state AHRS units are replacing the vacuum-driven spinning gyro and deleting an entire category of GA accidents.
VectorThe Vacuum Pump's Quiet Death - MEMS Gyros, Solid-State AHRS, and the Silicon That Replaced the Spinning Iron Behind Your Attitude Indicator
How MEMS gyros and solid-state AHRS replaced the failure-prone vacuum-driven attitude indicators that killed instrument pilots for decades.
VectorA Ukrainian F Sixteen Downs a Russian Fighter for the First Time, and What the Fighting Falcon Actually Brought to the Fight
A Ukrainian F-16 scored its first confirmed air-to-air kill against a Russian jet in early July, per Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine.
TowerAireon, the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites, and the Space-Based ADS-B Net That Erased the Ocean's Blind Spot
Radio Hangar explores Aireon, the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites, and the Space-Based ADS-B Net That Erased the Ocean's Blind Spot.
VectorAluminum Overcast, the EAA B-17 Flying Fortress, and the Volunteers Who Keep a Bomber Flying at Oshkosh
How the EAA and its volunteers keep Aluminum Overcast, one of the last airworthy B-17 bombers, flying at Oshkosh and across America.
TaildraggerAOPA's We've Got Your Back Campaign Lands at Oshkosh
AOPA launched its 'We've Got Your Back' membership campaign at Oshkosh 2026 - here's what it actually means for pilots.
TowerBlackstar, the Mixed-Reality Simulator at Oshkosh That Puts a Real Panel Under a Virtual Sky
Blackstar is a mixed-reality flight simulator debuting at Oshkosh that pairs a real physical panel with a fully virtual sky.
TowerBoris Popov, the Whole-Airplane Parachute, and the Ballistic Recovery System That Turned a Falling Aircraft Into a Slowly Descending One
How Boris Popov turned a near-fatal 1975 hang gliding crash into the ballistic whole-airplane parachute that has saved hundreds of lives.
VectorBud Anderson, Old Crow, and the Triple Ace Who Never Lost a Wingman, Told From Warbird Alley at Oshkosh
Bud Anderson flew the P-51 'Old Crow' to triple-ace status in WWII and never lost a single wingman across two combat tours.
TaildraggerBurt Rutan, the VariEze, and the Backwards Little Canard That Buzzed Into Oshkosh in Nineteen Seventy-Five and Blew the Doors Off the Homebuilt World
Radio Hangar explores Burt Rutan, the VariEze, and the Backwards Little Canard That Buzzed Into Oshkosh in Nineteen Seventy-Five and Blew the Doors Off the Homebuilt World.
TaildraggerCirrus Goes All In on Training with the TRAC10 and What a Purpose-Built Trainer Means for the Flight School Flight Line
Cirrus's purpose-built TRAC10 trainer targets flight schools with durability and glass-cockpit training over the cruiser-adapted SR series.
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