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.
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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.
Faster Pathways to High-Paying Aviation Careers and the Case for Trade Schools Over the Four-Year Degree
Major airlines have dropped the four-year degree requirement, making flight schools and A&P programs a faster, cheaper route to high-paying aviation careers.
Iran Puts DUDE 44 On Display: What The F-15E Wreckage Tells Us
Iran displayed the wreckage of F-15E Strike Eagle DUDE 44, now identified as tail 00-3000. Here's what's confirmed and what isn't.
Malaysia Aviation Group Orders Drug Tests for Twelve Hundred Sixty Pilots After an Off-Duty Arrest in Indonesia
Malaysia Aviation Group ordered drug tests for all 1,260 pilots after an off-duty arrest in Indonesia - here's what it means for pilots everywhere.
Robinson Builds Its Five Thousandth R Forty-Four Raven Two, and Where That Milestone Ship Is Headed Next
Robinson has delivered its 5,000th R44 Raven II - here's what the milestone means for pilots, students, and the global helicopter market.
Solairus Buys Clay Lacy's Charter and Management Business, and What a Five Hundred Aircraft Fleet Means for Business Aviation
Solairus Aviation's purchase of Clay Lacy's management and charter business creates a 500+ aircraft managed fleet, reshaping business aviation.
The FAA's Move to Let Military Flight Physicals Stand In for the Third-Class Medical at Civilian Flight Schools
The FAA has proposed letting qualifying military trainees use their military flight physicals instead of a separate third-class medical for civilian training.
The Nineteen Seventy-Eight Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon, the Rag-and-Tube Taildragger That Teaches You to Fly With Your Whole Body
FLYING Magazine spotlights a 1978 Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon - here's what this rag-and-tube taildragger teaches pilots and what to inspect before buying.