The Hangar
Sep 10, 2026
The Jeppesen approach charts every pilot uses today trace directly to a handmade notebook a 23-year-old airmail pilot kept over the Rocky Mountains in 1930.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 13, 2026
How airmail pilot Elrey 'Jepp' Jeppesen turned a ten-cent notebook into the Jeppesen charts every instrument pilot still flies today.
Taildragger Ramp Check
Aug 7, 2026
The airport dog is a fixture of general aviation ramp culture - a greeter, judge of character, and living link to a century of flying tradition.
Ramp The Hangar
Aug 1, 2026
How airmail pilot Elrey Jeppesen turned a 20-cent notebook into the approach charts flown in nearly every cockpit on Earth.
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