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.