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Members of Congress have formally asked the FAA to pause its SMART automated decision-support tool rollout until safety testing, controller training, and oversight gaps are addressed.
TowerWeekly Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas now generate TFRs that can close up to 200 miles of Gulf Coast airspace with as little as 24 hours' notice.
VectorSaying 'student pilot' on the radio isn't an admission of weakness - it's a safety tool that triggers trained ATC adjustments and keeps everyone in the airspace safer.
TowerThe Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon reopens October 29, 2026 after a $1 sale saves the largest wooden structure in America and its irreplaceable WWII blimp history.
TowerVacuum pump failure in IMC is silent and deceptive - your attitude indicator will keep lying for up to three minutes. Here's how to catch it early and fly to safety.
PatternThe Vought F4U Corsair was the fastest American single-engine fighter of WWII, earning an 11:1 kill ratio after the Navy handed it to the Marines for being too dangerous to carrier-land.
TaildraggerDecode the Winds and Temperatures Aloft Forecast (FB winds), including the high-speed encoding trick and how to use the data for altitude selection and freezing level awareness.
PatternOn July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan to Los Angeles, flew east for 28 hours, and landed in Dublin - then claimed he got turned around.
TaildraggerAirbus and Kratos Defense completed a joint rocket-launched test flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie in Europe, advancing autonomous combat aviation toward operational reality.
TowerRadio Hangar explores AOPA Meets Governor’s Office Over Airport Evictions.
TowerAOPA met with senior advisors to NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill on October 8, 2026, to challenge NJDEP tenant evictions threatening Aeroflex-Andover Airport's survival.
TowerBig Creek Airport (5U1) in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness offers 2,400 feet of grass runway at 5,640 feet MSL - and an approach that demands full preparation from every pilot who attempts it.
RampElectra.aero is developing a hybrid-electric 9-passenger aircraft using blown-lift technology targeting 150-foot ground rolls, potentially unlocking 4,500 underserved US airports.
VectorFAR 91.113 governs right-of-way for every U.S. flight - here's the full hierarchy, why the lower aircraft wins on final, and how to apply the rules correctly under pressure.
PatternFAR 61.57 requires three takeoffs and landings in 90 days to carry passengers - but night currency, tailwheel rules, and category distinctions trip up even careful pilots.
PatternFirst Flight Airport (FFA) in Kill Devil Hills, NC lets pilots land on the exact ground where Orville Wright made the world's first powered flight on December 17, 1903.
RampForeFlight dominates the GA cockpit, but Boeing's 2019 acquisition reveals a calculated vertical integration play that every pilot using the app should understand.
VectorGPS spoofing in the Eastern Mediterranean is generating ghost aircraft on ADS-B displays and triggering false terrain alerts on airliners - and the authentication fix was deferred decades ago.
VectorOn April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the English Channel - a milestone buried by Titanic headlines the very next morning.
TaildraggerAvidyne pioneered the large-format glass cockpit, approach plate GPS overlay, datalink weather, and the certified straight-and-level button - technologies now standard in every modern GA aircraft.
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