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Wake-Up Call
I learned about instructing from this.
Uncertainty
Clarity in communication—more than just a good radio
LIFE IN THE AIR
Notes from a Newly Minted Guppy Puppy Thoughts on Boeing’s ubiquitous 737
Script for Life
How scripts guide collaboration in aviation too
CESSNA 162 SKYCATCHER
LIVELY PERFORMANCE—WHEN YOU KNOW ITS LIMITATIONS
INNOVATION
With a larger engine inlet than its predecessor, the E1000’s Pratt & Whitney PT6 breathes easier.
Essential
The continuing evolution of airplane and pilot
An Empty Sky
The silence is sobering.
A TASTE OF TAILDRAGGERS
Will flying with a tailwheel make you a better pilot?
FLIGHT LIKE AN ACE!
Pro tips for warbird pilots
HOBBY HACKS
HELPFUL READER HINTS
PANDEMIC DRONE
A “pandemic drone” to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the University of South Australia (UniSA) in partnership with a Canadian company.
THE GEICO SKYTYPERS
The family-run business that changed the skywriting industry forever!
CURTISS FIIC-2 GOSHAWK
Jeffery Fiscus’s “miniature” model of the 1930’s U.S. biplane
4 Tips to Earn Your RC Wings
As people have more time during quarantine, it is prime time for newbies to get into RC.
ICING OUT OF OPTIONS
IS WHAT LIES AHEAD WORSE THAN WHAT LIES BENEATH?
PATHWAYS to the AIRWAYS
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR THOSE FIRST STEPS TO BECOMING A PILOT
LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
SAME PLANET, DIFFERENT WORLD
FIRST FLIGHT
THE MEMORY—DECADES OLD—CANNOT BE ERASED
HOW DOES AN AIRPLANE GLIDE?
OR, IF IT’S IN A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, PLUNGE?
EMBRAER PHENOM 300E
A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN BOSSA NOVA STYLE
GIVING IT UP…AGAIN
WHEN AN AGING PILOT SHOULD CALL IT QUITS
THREAT-AND-ERROR MANAGEMENT
AVOIDING THE CORONAVIRUS AND A GOPHER TURTLE
DOWN TO EMPTY
ANOTHER ONE FOR THE BOOKS
BRANSON RNAV (GPS) RWY 32
Until the recent slowdown in travel because of the COVID-19 virus, Branson, Missouri, was a top destination in the Ozarks for families with kids, boasting a host of live shows, restaurants, golf courses, museums, hiking trails and much more. While everyone hopes the lull in flying to getaways such as Branson will be short, the current downtime offers pilots a perfect opportunity to tune up their IFR chart-reading skills.
HALF CUBAN-8 WITH NEGATIVE SNAP ROLLS
In the past, we’ve discussed different aerobatic moves that consist of endless variations of a basic maneuver. For this article, let’s look at a variation of the basic Cuban-8, this time making it a half Cuban-8 with one-and-a-half negative snap rolls. The half Cuban-8 is usually performed with a half roll on the downline, but to spice things up we’ll replace the roll with more impressive one-and-a-half negative snap rolls (starting inverted and ending up upright). With a strong, well-defined foundation, this maneuver is a great deviation from the norm. Let’s get started!
Solderless Landing Gear
Easy-to-build, shock-absorbing setup
Red5Designs
Vinyl Graphics
Alibre Atom3D
Easy 3D CAD modeling for the hobbyist
The Elon Musk of Airplanes
A British Columbian bush pilot is well on his way to owning the first all-electric airplane fleet—and he’s doing it with decades-old planes.