The Colored Dots on Runway Three-Six and the Spot Landing Oshkosh Asks of Every Pilot Who Flies In
Learn how to nail precision spot landings the way Oshkosh's colored dots demand - with aim points, airspeed discipline, and the forward slip.
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The Douglas DC-3, the Gooney Bird That Made the Airlines Pay and Then Went to War, Told From the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh
How the Douglas DC-3 made airlines profitable for the first time and then carried paratroopers into Normandy as the C-47 Gooney Bird.
TaildraggerThe Dream Chaser, the Lifting Body Lineage, and the Spaceplane That Lands on a Runway Like Something You Actually Fly
Radio Hangar explores The Dream Chaser, the Lifting Body Lineage, and the Spaceplane That Lands on a Runway Like Something You Actually Fly.
VectorThe Go-Around, the Balked Landing, and the ACS Task Oshkosh Controllers Will Make You Fly for Real
Learn the go-around and rejected landing procedure, why Oshkosh controllers call it so often, and how to nail the ACS checkride task.
PatternThe Mode C Veil, the Thirty-Mile Ring Around Chicago's Class Bravo, and the Transponder Rule Every Pilot Skirts on the Way to Oshkosh
The Mode C veil is a 30nm transponder-required ring around Class Bravo airports - here's how to stay legal flying past Chicago to Oshkosh.
PatternClass Charlie Next Door - Appleton's Airspace, the Two-Tier Shelf, and Talking Your Way In on the Way to Oshkosh
Radio Hangar explores Class Charlie Next Door - Appleton's Airspace, the Two-Tier Shelf, and Talking Your Way In on the Way to Oshkosh.
PatternHoward Hughes, the H-1 Racer, and the Silver Bullet That Set the Landplane Speed Record and Came Back to Oshkosh in Miniature Perfection
How Howard Hughes's H-1 Racer set the 1935 landplane speed record and returned to Oshkosh decades later as an award-winning replica.
TaildraggerNinety-One One Twenty-Six, the Wing Rock, and the Fisk Controller's Colored Lights - No-Radio Communication on the Oshkosh Arrival
How Oshkosh's no-radio arrival works, why FAR 91.126 makes light-gun signals legal, and what every color means.
PatternRock Your Wings and Watch for Light - ATC Light Gun Signals, No-Radio Ops, and Ninety-One One Twenty-Five at Oshkosh
Learn the seven ATC light gun signals under FAR 91.125, how to handle a radio failure, and why Oshkosh flies on the same visual language.
PatternSee and Avoid, the Empty-Field Myth, and the Visual Scan That Keeps You Alive in the Oshkosh Traffic Jam
Learn the visual scan that prevents midairs: beat empty-field myopia, hunt the non-moving target, and scan in blocks.
PatternSlow Flight, the Buffet You Ride Without the Horn, and the Precise Airspeed Control That Gets You Through the Oshkosh Arrival
Slow flight isn't a stall drill - it's the precise airspeed control that gets you through the Oshkosh arrival and past your checkride.
PatternThe de Havilland Beaver, the Flying Half-Ton Truck the Bush Pilots Designed Themselves, Rumbling In Over the Oshkosh Seaplane Base
The de Havilland Beaver became a legend because its makers asked bush pilots what they needed - power, big doors, and toughness.
TaildraggerThe Diversion, Fond du Lac, and Flying to the Nearest Suitable Airport When the Oshkosh Gate Closes
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.
PatternThe PAVE Checklist and the External Pressures That Talk You Into Launching for Oshkosh Anyway
How to use the FAA's PAVE checklist to catch dangerous risk stacks and beat the external pressures pushing you to launch for Oshkosh.
PatternThe Standard Briefing, the Six Elements Flight Service Reads in Order, and Building Your Oshkosh Go/No-Go the Night Before
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.
PatternAviation Performance Art at Oshkosh - The Working Airplanes That Steal the Show
AOPA calls the working airplanes at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 'aviation performance art' - here's what that means and how to visit.
TowerBlackshape Brings the Italian Carbon-Fiber Veloce and the Gabriél to Oshkosh, and Why a Rotax Nine Sixteen Prime Should Be on Your Radar
Blackshape brought its carbon-fiber Veloce and Gabriél to Oshkosh 2026, signaling how MOSAIC is reshaping the light end of aviation.
TowerDawn at the Ultralight Strip - The Fun Fly Zone at Oshkosh Where Powered Parachutes and Trikes Own the Morning Sky
Inside the Fun Fly Zone at Oshkosh, where powered parachutes, trikes, and Part 103 ultralights own the calm dawn sky.
RampNinety-One One Fifty-One, Fuel Reserves, and the Number That Keeps You Out of the Oshkosh Diversion Story
FAR 91.151 requires 30 minutes of day fuel reserve, but smart cross-country planning to Oshkosh demands far more.
PatternReading the TAF Line by Line - Decoding the Terminal Forecast for Your Oshkosh Arrival Window
Radio Hangar explores Reading the TAF Line by Line - Decoding the Terminal Forecast for Your Oshkosh Arrival Window.
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