The solo shirt-cut tradition traces directly to open-cockpit biplanes of the early 1900s - here's the real history behind the ceremony happening on ramps across America.
RampLearn the three-step positive exchange of flight controls - say it, hear it, confirm it, see the hands - so only one pilot ever flies the airplane.
PatternLearn the FAA's three-step positive exchange of flight controls - the simple verbal habit that prevents two pilots from both letting go at once.
PatternFlight instructor Ashley Almquist won the 2024 AOPA Sweepstakes Aviat Husky at AirVenture, signaling GA's growing pull toward tailwheel flying.
TowerThe 2026 National General Aviation Awards honor top instructors, mechanics, and safety reps at Oshkosh - here's why it matters to every pilot.
TowerUND flight instructor Ashley Almquist won the 2026 AOPA Sweepstakes Aviat Husky, and here's what that airplane really signals for GA.
TowerThe FAA's Law of Primacy explains why first-learned flying habits are the hardest to change - and why your first instructor shaped more than you realize.
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