Aviation technology analysis with Vector. Electric aircraft, avionics advances, eVTOL certification, satellite connectivity, and the engineering innovations shaping the future of flight.
Radio Hangar explores The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation, the Fastest Electric Airplane Ever Flown, and What a Three-Kilometer Speed Record Actually Proves About Batteries.
Radio Hangar explores Garmin Smart Glide, the Button That Flies You Toward the Nearest Runway When the Engine Quits.
JetZero's Z-4 blended wing body promises up to 50% less fuel burn, with a full-scale demonstrator targeted for 2027 and passengers in the mid-2030s.
Why the 90-second transition from hover to forward flight is the hardest problem in the eVTOL air taxi industry.
Reliable Robotics flew an empty Cessna Caravan by automating the pilot's job - not building a new aircraft - betting cargo leads aviation's autonomous future.
How Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane returns from orbit at just 1.5 g and lands on a runway like an airliner.
Radio Hangar explores The Stormscope, Sferics, and How a Box on Your Panel Maps Lightning Without Ever Painting a Cloud.
Why US ADS-B runs on two frequencies, how ADS-R stitches them together, and why a receive-only box hides traffic from you.
How Aireon's 66 satellites brought real-time ADS-B surveillance to the oceans and are shrinking separation over the North Atlantic.
Why Beta Technologies skipped the tilt-rotor for a simpler lift-plus-cruise eVTOL design, and what that bet means for certification and pilots.
How Boom Supersonic's XB-1 and 'boomless cruise' physics could finally make supersonic flight legal over land.
Why Virgin Orbit's Boeing 747 air-launch system reached orbit but still went bankrupt - the physics and economics explained.
The NEXRAD radar image on your tablet can be 15-20 minutes older than its timestamp shows - here's why, and how to use it safely.
How Regent Craft's electric Viceroy seaglider uses wing-in-ground effect and fly-by-wire to make a 60-year-old idea finally flyable.
How TCAS prevents midair collisions, the fatal night over Lake Constance, and the absolute rule pilots learned: fly the box.
How Auto-GCAS, the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, takes control from an unconscious pilot to pull an F-16 off the ground and save lives.
Electra's hybrid-electric EL9 Ultra Short uses century-old blown lift and eight electric motors to take off in about 150 feet.
Joby's S4 air taxi is deep in FAA certification, but the paperwork - not the flying - decides when you'll actually ride one.
Inside Stratolaunch's Roc, the widest airplane ever built, and how it became a reusable runway in the sky for hypersonic flight testing.
CFM's RISE open fan ditches the engine cowling to cut fuel burn 20%, betting the ducted turbofan has hit its efficiency ceiling.