The In-Flight Engine Fire, Mixture to Idle Cutoff, and the Forward Slip That Keeps the Flames Off the Cabin
How to handle an in-flight engine fire: mixture idle cutoff, fuel and master off, then forward slip to keep flames off the cabin.
Traffic Pattern
Flight training and pilot development with Pattern. Practical techniques, checkride preparation, weather decision-making, and the skills every pilot needs from student to ATP.
The PIREP, the Weather Report Made by Pilots for Pilots, and How to Read and File One From the Cockpit
Learn what a PIREP is, how to decode every field, and how to file one in plain English from the cockpit.
The Standard Briefing, Leidos Flight Service, and Reading a TAF Line by Line Before Your First Real Cross-Country
Radio Hangar explores The Standard Briefing, Leidos Flight Service, and Reading a TAF Line by Line Before Your First Real Cross-Country.
Trim Off the Pressure - The Tip That Fixes Half Your Altitude Problems Before You Ever Touch the Yoke
Trim controls speed, not altitude - learn the pitch-power-trim sequence that fixes altitude problems and lets you fly with two fingers.
Adverse Yaw, Stepping on the Ball, and Flying a Truly Coordinated Turn From Fisk Into Oshkosh
Learn why coordinated turns matter, how to step on the ball, and how to avoid the deadly base-to-final skid.
Carburetor Ice, the Silent Power Loss That Fools Good Pilots, and Why You Pull Carb Heat Before You Ever Need It on the Descent Into Oshkosh
Carb ice is general aviation's most preventable engine emergency - here's why it strikes on descent and how carb heat stops it.
Density Altitude and the Hot Afternoon Departure From Oshkosh, the Tip That Keeps Your Loaded Cessna From Running Out of Runway on the Way Home
Density altitude can rob a loaded Cessna of takeoff and climb performance on a hot afternoon - here's how to run the numbers and depart safely.
Ninety-One One Fifty-One, the VFR Fuel Reserve, and the Thirty and Forty-Five Minute Rule That Decides Whether You Make Oshkosh or Land Short
FAR 91.151 requires 30 minutes of reserve fuel by day and 45 at night - here's how to plan it so you reach Oshkosh instead of landing short.
Rock Your Wings at Fisk, the No-Radio Arrival, and Reading Light Gun Signals When the Frequency Turns to Noise on the Way Into Oshkosh
How to fly the no-radio Oshkosh arrival and read tower light gun signals when the frequency fails you.
The Class Bravo Mode C Veil Nobody Briefs on the Way Home, and Reading a VFR Sectional's Airspace Layer Cake Before You Leave Oshkosh
The Mode C Veil requires a working transponder within 30nm of major Class Bravo airports - even in uncontrolled airspace. Here's how to read it.
The Ripon-Fisk-Runway Two-Seven Arrival, the Half-Mile-in-Trail Spacing, and Planning the Last Fifty Miles Into Oshkosh Before You Ever Leave Home
How to plan the Ripon-Fisk VFR arrival into Oshkosh AirVenture, from half-mile spacing to fuel reserves and alternates.
The Word Unable, the Most Powerful Word on the Radio, and Saying No to a Controller Who Just Told You to Do Something You Can't on the Way Into Oshkosh
Why 'unable' is the most powerful word on the radio, and how to say no to a controller when an instruction isn't safe.
Class Charlie Airspace, the Inner Core and the Outer Shelf, and the Radio Call That Gets You Cleared Through Appleton on the Way Into Oshkosh
How to legally enter Class Charlie airspace near Oshkosh - the two-way radio rule, the exact call, and why 'standby' can clear you in.
Line Up and Wait, the Day Position and Hold Died, and the Three Words That Keep You From Rolling Onto an Occupied Runway at Oshkosh
Line up and wait explained: what the phrase means, why it replaced position and hold in 2010, and how to use it safely.
Ninety-One One Oh Three, Preflight Action, and the Law That Says You Must Read the Whole Oshkosh NOTAM Before You Ever Touch the Runway
FAR 91.103 legally requires pilots to read the entire Oshkosh AirVenture NOTAM before flying to Wittman Field. Here's how to comply.
The Impossible Turn, the Engine Failure on Takeoff, and Why Your Departure Briefing Is the Most Important Thing You Say All Day at Oshkosh
Why the turn back to the runway kills pilots, how to find your personal turnaround altitude, and the takeoff briefing that saves lives.
The IMSAFE Checklist, the Honest Morning-Of Self-Assessment, and the Fatigued Pilot Who Almost Launched for Oshkosh Anyway
Learn how to run the FAA's IMSAFE checklist honestly so fatigue and get-there-itis don't launch you into Oshkosh unsafely.
The In-Flight Diversion, the Rule-of-Thumb Heading, and Turning for Your Alternate When Oshkosh Holds You Out
How to fly a calm in-flight diversion to your alternate, using the aviate-navigate-communicate order, a thumb-on-the-chart heading, and honest fuel math.
Wake Turbulence at Oshkosh, Staying On or Above the Glidepath, and the Tip That Keeps You Out of a Heavy's Invisible Wake
Learn how wake turbulence forms, where it hides on approach, and the one habit that keeps light aircraft out of a heavy's invisible wake.
Wolfgang Langewiesche, Stick and Rudder, and the Nineteen Forty-Four Book That Still Teaches the Wing to Every Pilot Flying Into Oshkosh
Wolfgang Langewiesche's 1944 book Stick and Rudder still teaches the one lesson that keeps pilots alive: the wing flies on angle of attack.