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Ramp Check Apr 30, 2026

Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage and the busiest float plane harbor on the planet

Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage is the world's busiest float plane facility with 800 based aircraft and 235 daily operations.

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The Hangar Apr 24, 2026

Jimmy Angel and the crash landing on top of the world's tallest waterfall

Jimmy Angel crashed his Flamingo monoplane atop Venezuela's Auyán-tepui in 1937, proving the world's tallest waterfall existed.

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ATIS Apr 17, 2026

The Fokker Trimotor and the golden age of bush flying

The Fokker Trimotor bridged barnstorming and commercial aviation, shaping bush flying and aircraft design after a fatal 1931 crash.

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