David Cummins Sworn In as the Eighth TSA Administrator and What a New Chief Means for General Aviation
David Cummins was sworn in as the eighth TSA Administrator - here's what a new agency chief means for general aviation pilots.
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Flying The Parallel Holding Entry Without Second-Guessing Yourself
Learn how to fly the parallel holding entry with confidence - when it applies, the exact steps, and why that backwards-feeling turn keeps you protected.
The Beechcraft Denali, General Electric's Catalyst Engine, and the Single-Lever Turboprop Betting That a Digital Brain Can Do What a Second Crewmember Used To
The Beechcraft Denali debuts GE's Catalyst - the first clean-sheet turboprop engine in 50+ years, with FADEC that reduces engine management to a single lever.
The Delta Boeing Seven Fifty-Seven Slide Evacuation at Atlanta and What the Ninety-Second Rule Really Asks of You
A Delta Boeing 757-200 evacuated on escape slides at Atlanta - here's what the 90-second certification rule really demands and how to be ready.
The FAA Controller Staffing Surge, the Oklahoma City Academy Bottleneck, and Why the Person Watching Your Airspace Is the Story Nobody Puts on the Sectional
The FAA is short roughly 3,000 controllers, but a rebuilt training pipeline is finally widening - here's what it means for how you fly.
The FAA's Powered-Lift Final Rule, the First New Aircraft Category Since the Helicopter, and What That SFAR Actually Changes for the Rest of Us
The FAA created powered-lift, the first new civil aircraft category since the helicopter, and its SFAR reshapes pilot training and busy airspace.
The Newark Radar Blackout, the Philadelphia TRACON, and the Ninety Seconds of Dark Screens That Forced the FAA to Rip Out Its Copper
Why Newark's 2025 radar blackouts happened, how controllers kept aircraft safe, and what the FAA is doing to fix its aging copper infrastructure.
The Red Arrows Scrub Their UK Display Season After a Transatlantic Ferry Goes Sideways
The RAF Red Arrows canceled UK displays after trouble ferrying their Hawk T1 jets home from a North American tour.
Case Study - Why Thunderstorms Keep Building Over the Same Ridge, and the Upslope Convergence That Puts Them There
Mountain thunderstorms build over the same ridges because upslope flow and convergence create a fixed, solar-timed lifting engine.
Engineering the Future Force - The Air Force Secretary's Oshkosh Sit-Down on Pilots, AI, and American Airpower
The Air Force Secretary's Oshkosh interview on modernization, AI wingmen, and GPS resilience - and what it means for GA pilots.
How To Do A VOR Check Before Your Next IFR Flight
FAR 91.171 requires a VOR check within the preceding 30 days for IFR nav - here are the 5 methods, tolerances, and logging rules.
More Than a Passenger - Turning Your Right-Seater From Nervous Cargo Into an Active Set of Eyes
Learn how briefing and involving your passenger turns nervous cargo into a second set of eyes that makes single-pilot flying safer.
MOSAIC, the FAA Rule That Quietly Rewrote What a Sport Pilot Can Fly, One Year On
One year after the FAA's MOSAIC final rule, sport pilots can fly far more capable aircraft - here's what actually changed.
Should You Reduce Flaps In Strong Winds, and What Actually Changes When You Do
In strong or gusty winds, reducing flaps generally improves control and reduces float - but it costs runway. Here's the aerodynamics and the trade-off.
The C-17 That Came Back - How the Air Force Repaired a Globemaster No Vendor Could Fix
The Air Force repaired a C-17 no vendor could fix, fabricating unobtainable structural parts in a first-of-its-kind return to flight.
The End of One Hundred Low Lead, GAMI's G One Hundred U L, and the Long Fight to Get the Lead Out of the Only Piston Fuel Left
Leaded avgas is being phased out by end of 2030. Here's what the switch to unleaded fuel means for piston pilots.
The NOTAM Outage That Grounded Every U.S. Departure, and the Long, Overdue Rebuild of the System That Warns Pilots What They Can't See Coming
Radio Hangar explores The NOTAM Outage That Grounded Every U.S. Departure, and the Long, Overdue Rebuild of the System That Warns Pilots What They Can't See Coming.
UK Issues RFI to Replace the Hawk, and What It Means for the Red Arrows After Twenty-Thirty
The UK has issued an RFI to replace the BAE Hawk, setting a 2030 retirement date for the Red Arrows' jets and opening a major trainer contest.
Catalina Aircraft's Vero Beach Engineering Center and the Clean-Sheet Part Twenty-Five Amphibian Trying to Bring Back a Legend
Radio Hangar explores Catalina Aircraft's Vero Beach Engineering Center and the Clean-Sheet Part Twenty-Five Amphibian Trying to Bring Back a Legend.
Coulson Aviation's Ten Surplus Canadian C-One-Thirty Hercules and the Slow Build of a Private Aerial Firefighting Fleet
Radio Hangar explores Coulson Aviation's Ten Surplus Canadian C-One-Thirty Hercules and the Slow Build of a Private Aerial Firefighting Fleet.