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Embraer posted its best Q2 delivery numbers in 16 years, driven by higher executive jet shipments and stabilized production - a strong signal for business aviation.
TowerThe FAA is moving to preempt state labor laws on crew rest, arguing federal uniformity under Part 117 is the appropriate safety standard for airline crews.
TowerFAR 91.113 establishes a priority hierarchy every pilot must know - from distress aircraft to powered traffic - and it never exempts anyone from see-and-avoid.
PatternFAR 91.155 sets different VFR weather minimums for each airspace class - knowing the logic behind each number makes the table far easier to apply in actual flight.
PatternGlenn Curtiss won history's first international air speed race in 1909, invented naval aviation, and built the trainer that gave WWI pilots their wings - all while fighting the patent war that nearly grounded American aviation.
TaildraggerContinued VFR flight into IMC carries a fatality rate above 90% - understanding the graveyard spiral and having a practiced emergency response can save your life.
PatternLincoln Beachey was America's greatest early aviator, whose death-defying stunts from 1910 to 1915 transformed the airplane from curiosity to cultural icon.
TaildraggerOperation Tidal Wave on August 1, 1943 sent 178 B-24 Liberators against Romania's Ploesti oil refineries at treetop level, producing five Medals of Honor in a single mission.
TaildraggerIn 1928, bush pilot Punch Dickins flew a 3,900-mile survey of Canada's unmapped Barren Lands, earning the McKee Trophy and opening the Northwest Territories to regular air service.
TaildraggerThe NTSB's final report on the August 2024 death of 12-time national aerobatic champion Rob Holland cites G-induced loss of consciousness as the probable cause.
TowerRoscoe Turner won the Thompson Trophy three times - the only pilot in history to do so - combining elite flying skill with deliberate, strategic self-promotion during aviation's golden age.
TaildraggerSedona Airport (SEZ) sits atop Airport Mesa at 4,830 feet MSL - one of the most visually stunning pilot destinations in the Southwest, with real density altitude demands pilots must plan for.
RampDecode every hatched line on your sectional - Prohibited Areas, Restricted Areas, MOAs, Warning Areas, and TFRs - and know exactly which ones require permission to enter.
PatternThe Area Forecast Discussion reveals forecaster confidence and uncertainty that TAFs never show - here's how to find it, read it, and use it.
PatternBoom Supersonic is closer than any company since Concorde to reviving commercial supersonic travel, but financing gaps and an aggressive 2029 timeline warrant careful scrutiny.
VectorSpaceX's touchscreen-only Crew Dragon flight deck upends decades of cockpit design philosophy, with certified engineering solutions that directly shape aviation's automated future.
VectorLearn when and how to execute an in-flight diversion - the judgment-based skill the ACS tests and that separates safe cross-country pilots from accident statistics.
PatternThe all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew over 23,000 combat sorties in WWI-era Po-2 biplanes, earning the German nickname 'Night Witches.'
TaildraggerAn Ohio pilot spent months planning and six hours flying a Cessna Skylane R-G to trace 'USA 250' as a readable ground track across the American landscape on July 4, 2026.
TowerHow a 1929 six-day endurance flight over Los Angeles proved aerial refueling was operationally viable and laid the strategic foundation for American airpower in World War II.
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