Elixir and Turbotech Push a Turbine-Powered Trainer Toward Certification and a Twenty Thirty Debut
Elixir and Turbotech are certifying a turbine-powered two-seat trainer with EASA and the FAA, targeting a 2030 debut.
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FAR Ninety-One One Fifty-One, the Fuel Reserve Rule, and Why Thirty Minutes in the Tank Is a Legal Minimum, Not a Plan
FAR 91.151 requires 30 minutes of VFR fuel reserve by day and 45 by night - but here's why that's a legal floor, not a plan.
PatternFAR Ninety-One One Seventeen, the Speed Limits, and Why Two Hundred and Fifty Knots Below Ten Thousand Is the Rule Almost Nobody Explains to a Student Pilot
Radio Hangar explores FAR Ninety-One One Seventeen, the Speed Limits, and Why Two Hundred and Fifty Knots Below Ten Thousand Is the Rule Almost Nobody Explains to a Student Pilot.
PatternOne Hundred Seventy-Eight Seconds, the Illinois Study on VFR Into Instrument Conditions, and the One Eighty Turn That Saves the Pilot Who Decides Early
Why untrained pilots average just 178 seconds in the clouds - and how the early 180° turn keeps VFR-into-IMC off the accident report.
PatternTab As You Go, Why Your FAR/AIM Belongs on Paper and How to Make It Actually Work For You
Why pilots still keep the FAR/AIM on paper and how the 'tab as you go' study habit makes you a sharper, safer aviator.
TowerThe E6B Whiz Wheel, the Cardboard Slide Rule From 1937 That Still Solves Your Cross-Country Faster Than a Dead Battery Will
The E6B whiz wheel, a 1937 mechanical flight computer, still solves groundspeed, time, fuel, and wind problems when your electronics fail.
PatternThe In-Flight Engine Fire, the Mixture to Idle Cutoff, and Why You Dive to Blow the Flames Out Instead of Slowing Down
How to handle an in-flight engine, electrical, or cabin fire: cut the fuel, dive to blow out the flames, and get on the ground fast.
PatternThe Pilot Report, the UUA That Means Somebody Is Already in Trouble Up There, and Why You Are the Only Weather Sensor at Seven Thousand Five Hundred Feet
Learn to read and file PIREPs (pilot reports) - the only aviation weather product created by a pilot inside the weather in real time.
PatternThe Steep Turn, the Forty-Five-Degree Bank, and Why Almost Everybody Climbs When They Should Be Watching the Nose
Master the 45-degree steep turn by flying the sight picture, keeping your eyes outside, and correcting altitude with small bank changes.
PatternThe Whiskey Compass, ANDS and UNOS, and Why the One Instrument With No Moving Parts Lies to You in Every Turn
Learn why the magnetic compass lies in turns and speed changes, and how ANDS and UNOS help you read it correctly.
PatternTurns Around a Point, the Ground Reference Maneuver Where the Wind Does the Grading and Most Students Fly a Circle That Isn't One
Radio Hangar explores Turns Around a Point, the Ground Reference Maneuver Where the Wind Does the Grading and Most Students Fly a Circle That Isn't One.
PatternFAR Ninety-One One Nineteen, Minimum Safe Altitudes, and How Low You Can Legally Fly Before the Ground and the Feds Both Get a Vote
FAR 91.119 sets the legal floor for how low you can fly: 1,000 ft over congested areas, 500 ft over open country. Here's what it really means.
PatternFAR Ninety-One Two Eleven, Supplemental Oxygen, and the Thirty-Minute Rule That Keeps a Clear Head at Cabin Altitude
FAR 91.211 requires pilots to use supplemental oxygen above 12,500 ft for over 30 minutes - here's why the rule exists.
PatternReading a Raw METAR From the Top, Decoding One Line of Code Field by Field So the Weather Talks Back to You
Learn to read a raw METAR left to right - station, time, wind, visibility, sky, temp, and altimeter - so the weather talks back to you.
PatternSlow Flight, the Maneuver the FAA Quietly Rewrote in Twenty Sixteen, and Why the Stall Horn Should Stay Quiet This Time
Radio Hangar explores Slow Flight, the Maneuver the FAA Quietly Rewrote in Twenty Sixteen, and Why the Stall Horn Should Stay Quiet This Time.
PatternThe Crosswind Landing, the Wing-Low Sideslip, and Why the Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind Component Is Not the Limit You Think It Is
How the wing-low sideslip works, what examiners want, and why the maximum demonstrated crosswind component is not a hard limit.
PatternThe Five P Check, the Single-Pilot Resource Management Tool That Runs at Every Decision Point - Plan, Plane, Pilot, Passengers, and Programming
Learn the FAA's Five P check - Plan, Plane, Pilot, Passengers, Programming - and how to run it at five decision points on every flight.
PatternThe Impossible Turn, the Two-Hundred-Foot Decision After an Engine Failure on Takeoff, and Why the Instinct to Turn Back Is the One That Kills
Why the instinct to turn back after an engine failure on takeoff kills pilots - and how to brief the safer decision before every departure.
PatternThe TAF and the Change Groups, What BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB Thirty Really Promise You When You Read a Terminal Forecast
Learn what BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB30 actually promise in a TAF so you can read a terminal forecast like a pilot and make smart go/no-go calls.
PatternCarburetor Ice, the Trap That Forms on a Warm Clear Day, and the Carb Heat Habit That Keeps a Running Engine From Going Quiet
Carb ice can choke a healthy engine even on a warm 70°F day - here's how carb heat and the right habits keep you safe.
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