In April 1945, American fighter pilot Bob Hoover escaped a German POW camp by stealing an abandoned Focke-Wulf 190 and flying it to liberated Holland - in an aircraft he had never flown before.
TaildraggerLearn when and how to execute a go-around, the single most important decision a student pilot can pre-commit to before ever leaving the ground.
PatternOn July 23, 1983, a metric unit conversion error left Air Canada Flight 143 with less than half its required fuel, forcing a dead-stick landing in a Boeing 767.
TaildraggerSwissair Flight 111's 1998 crash proves that 16 minutes of in-flight fire checklist delay can be fatal - and why GA pilots must land immediately, not troubleshoot.
PatternAn F-22 Raptor pilot earned the Air Force's highest flight safety award after executing a successful belly landing following loss of a main landing gear wheel.
TowerA VFR diversion is a decision-making task first and a navigation task second - here's the step-by-step framework for executing one safely.
PatternA bounced landing demands an immediate go-around - learn the two-second decision window, what the PHAK says, and how to execute a clean recovery.
PatternHow Air Canada Flight 143 ran both engines dry at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a safe landing on a drag strip.
TaildraggerHow Captain Bob Pardo used his F-4 Phantom's windscreen to physically push a crippled fighter out of North Vietnam in 1967.
TaildraggerHow Beryl Markham became the first person to fly the Atlantic solo east to west, from England to North America, in September 1936.
TaildraggerHow Bob Hoover poured iced tea while rolling a twin-engine Shrike Commander upside down - and what it teaches every pilot about energy management.
TaildraggerSteep turns test attention division and error correction, not banking - here's how to hold the examiner's 100-foot window on your private checkride.
PatternHow F-4 pilot Bob Pardo pushed a crippled Phantom nearly 90 miles to safety over Vietnam in 1967, a feat known as Pardo's Push.
TaildraggerLearn to hold altitude in a 45-degree steep turn by flying the horizon, not the altimeter, with step-by-step technique for your checkride.
PatternTrim sets your airspeed, not your altitude. Learn the pitch-power-trim habit that frees your hands and sharpens your flying.
PatternTrim discipline - using the trim system consistently across every phase of flight - is the single habit that most reduces pilot workload and separates smooth pilots from those who fight the controls.
PatternOn May 24, 1988, TACA Flight 110's crew deadsticked a powerless Boeing 737 onto a Louisiana levee, saving all 45 people aboard.
TaildraggerHow Saburo Sakai flew nearly five hours home with a bullet in his skull after being shot over Guadalcanal in 1942.
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