Traffic Pattern
Jul 24, 2026
Learn the FAA's 3P model - Perceive, Process, Perform - and how to run live risk management on the high-workload Ripon-to-Fisk arrival into Oshkosh.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 24, 2026
The base-to-final skidding turn is aviation's deadliest pattern trap - here's how to fly it coordinated and when to just go around.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 24, 2026
Learn how to nail precision spot landings the way Oshkosh's colored dots demand - with aim points, airspeed discipline, and the forward slip.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 24, 2026
Learn the go-around and rejected landing procedure, why Oshkosh controllers call it so often, and how to nail the ACS checkride task.
Pattern ATIS
Jul 23, 2026
Blackstar is a mixed-reality flight simulator debuting at Oshkosh that pairs a real physical panel with a fully virtual sky.
Tower ATIS
Jul 23, 2026
Cirrus's purpose-built TRAC10 trainer targets flight schools with durability and glass-cockpit training over the cruiser-adapted SR series.
Tower Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
How Oshkosh's no-radio arrival works, why FAR 91.126 makes light-gun signals legal, and what every color means.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
How to fly the Fisk VFR arrival into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: exact speeds, altitudes, rocking your wings, and staying safe.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
Learn the visual scan that prevents midairs: beat empty-field myopia, hunt the non-moving target, and scan in blocks.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
Slow flight isn't a stall drill - it's the precise airspeed control that gets you through the Oshkosh arrival and past your checkride.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
How to plan and fly a diversion to your alternate airport when the Oshkosh arrival closes - turn, estimate, and decide before you ever take off.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
When your engine quits on climbout, the deadliest mistake is turning back to the runway. Here's how to decide where you go before you ever take off.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 23, 2026
Learn the six elements of a standard weather briefing in order and how to build a solid go/no-go decision for your cross-country to Oshkosh.
Pattern ATIS
Jul 22, 2026
Boeing's 2025 outlook projects demand for 674,000 new pilots over 20 years, driven by fleet growth and retirements.
Tower Traffic Pattern
Jul 22, 2026
Radio Hangar explores Carburetor Ice and the Partial Power Loss That Sneaks Up in the Fisk Arrival Conga Line.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 22, 2026
What 14 CFR 91.117 actually says about aircraft speed limits - and why the 90-knot Oshkosh arrival makes the rule personal.
Pattern ATIS
Jul 22, 2026
An AOPA safety tip spotlights chair flying - rehearsing procedures out loud on the ground - as aviation's cheapest, most effective proficiency tool.
Tower Traffic Pattern
Jul 22, 2026
Master the crosswind landing and the wing-low slip with actionable technique, ACS checkride standards, and the two mistakes that bust the most applicants.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 22, 2026
Learn the FAA's six-step DECIDE model and how to run it as a loop when the Oshkosh Fisk arrival falls apart.
Pattern Traffic Pattern
Jul 22, 2026
The fifty-seventy rule tells you to abort a takeoff if you don't have 70% of rotation speed by the runway midpoint.
Pattern