Synthetic Vision, the Terrain Database, and the Cockpit Display That Paints the Mountain You Cannot See
Radio Hangar explores Synthetic Vision, the Terrain Database, and the Cockpit Display That Paints the Mountain You Cannot See.
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That's All, Brother - The C-47 That Led the D-Day Sky Train and Came Back From a Boneyard to Fly Over Oshkosh
The C-47 'That's All, Brother' led the D-Day airborne invasion, was rescued from a scrapyard, and flies again today.
TaildraggerThe Airbus Perlan Glider and the Engineless Sailplane That Climbed to Seventy-Six Thousand Feet on the Edge of Space
How the engineless Airbus Perlan 2 glider rode stratospheric mountain waves to a record 76,124 feet on the edge of space.
VectorThe Beechcraft Staggerwing and the Backward Biplane That Outran Every Airplane in Its Class
The Beechcraft Staggerwing's backward-staggered wings made this 1930s luxury biplane faster than fighters - here's the real story.
TaildraggerThe Boeing Stearman, the Yellow Peril, and the Fabric-and-Dope Craft That Brings a Warbird Back to Life on the Oshkosh Vintage Rows
The Boeing Stearman 'Yellow Peril' trained WWII pilots, then survived as a crop duster - here's how restorers bring it back to life.
TaildraggerThe Crosswind Landing, the Wing-Low Slip, and the Checkride Maneuver That Busts More Applicants Than Any Other
Master the crosswind landing and the wing-low slip with actionable technique, ACS checkride standards, and the two mistakes that bust the most applicants.
PatternThe DECIDE Model and the Six-Step Loop You Run When the Fisk Arrival Falls Apart
Learn the FAA's six-step DECIDE model and how to run it as a loop when the Oshkosh Fisk arrival falls apart.
PatternThe Digital Autopilot Retrofit and the GPSS Roll-Steering Servos That Rebuilt the Legacy Cockpit at Oshkosh
How digital attitude-based autopilots and GPSS roll steering gave 1970s Cessnas and Pipers capability that once belonged to turbine aircraft.
VectorThe Dual-Link Gamble - Why American ADS-B Runs on Two Frequencies, and the Ghost Targets That TIS-B Was Built to Chase Down
Why US ADS-B uses two frequencies (978 and 1090 MHz), how TIS-B relays traffic between them, and why ghost targets appear.
VectorThe Fifty-Seventy Rule and the Takeoff Abort Decision You Make Before You Ever Leave Oshkosh
The fifty-seventy rule tells you to abort a takeoff if you don't have 70% of rotation speed by the runway midpoint.
PatternThe Go-Around, the Balked Landing, and Committing to the Miss When Oshkosh Tower Sends You Around
How to fly a smooth go-around, commit to the miss early, and handle a tower-issued go-around at Oshkosh AirVenture.
PatternThe North American T-6 Texan, the Pilot Maker, and the Supersonic Prop Tip Rasp That Owns the Oshkosh Warbird Ramp
The North American T-6 Texan trained more military pilots than any aircraft in history - and its supersonic prop tips still own the Oshkosh warbird ramp.
TaildraggerThe North American T-6 Texan, the Pilot Maker, and the Warbird Ramp at Oshkosh Where the Round Engines Still Sing
The North American T-6 Texan, the 'Pilot Maker,' trained a generation of WWII fighter pilots and still fills the warbird ramp at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerThe PIREP and the Weather Report the Airplane Ahead of You Just Flew Through on the Way to Oshkosh
A PIREP is a real-time pilot weather report - learn how to read, decode, and file one to fly safer than any forecast alone.
PatternThe Recreational Aviation Foundation Tent at Oshkosh and the Volunteers Who Fight to Keep the Backcountry Strips Open
How Recreational Aviation Foundation volunteers keep America's backcountry airstrips open, one work party and one conversation at a time.
RampThe Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago, Where the Oshkosh Airplanes Land on Water and the Whole Show Slows Down
Inside the EAA Seaplane Base at Oshkosh, where floatplanes land on Lake Winnebago and AirVenture slows down.
RampThe Upside-Down Wedding Cake and the Thirty-Mile Mode C Veil Around Class Bravo on the Way to Oshkosh
How to legally fly past Class Bravo airspace and its 30-mile Mode C veil on a cross-country to Oshkosh AirVenture.
PatternThe Vought F4U Corsair, the Bent-Wing Bird, and the Whistling Death That Still Owns the Oshkosh Warbird Ramp
The Vought F4U Corsair earned the name Whistling Death in WWII and remains a star of the Oshkosh warbird ramp today.
TaildraggerWiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Oklahoma Boy Who Flew Solo Around the World
How Wiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma pilot, flew the Winnie Mae solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit.
TaildraggerZenith Rolls Out the C H Seven Fifty Super Cruzer at Oshkosh, and What a Four Seat Kit Means for the Homebuilt Crowd
Zenith debuted the four-seat CH 750 Super Cruzer kit at Oshkosh, expanding its lineup beyond two-seaters into the family-airplane market.
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