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Epic Flight Academy opens a Northeast hub at Danbury Municipal Airport on October 17, expanding structured Part 141 pilot training into the New York metro corridor.
The California International Airshow at Salinas brings world-class formation flying to the West Coast - here's the discipline behind it and an active TFR notice for nearby pilots.
Yemen's Houthis issued a formal warning on October 5, 2026 for commercial carriers to avoid Saudi Arabian airspace, raising conflict zone risk calculations for one of the world's busiest transit corridors.
An F-35C from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 returned from Operation Epic Fury with kill markings spanning four domains - including three submarines.
The FAA has awarded $12 million in research funding targeting the three core technical problems blocking routine beyond visual line of sight drone operations in US airspace.
TRU Simulation's Veris VR-based flight training device debuts at NBAA-BACE 2026, configured as a Cessna 172 and built toward FAA qualification for loggable hours.
FAR 91.175 requires three simultaneous conditions to legally continue below instrument approach minimums - know them before you need them at decision altitude.
The FAA has approved GAMI's G100UL as a certified drop-in replacement for 100LL, covering the entire U.S. piston fleet - the most significant avgas development in decades.
Germany is quietly exploring a potential role in the UK-Italy-Japan GCAP sixth-generation fighter program, signaling serious doubts about the troubled FCAS project.
Mountain wave turbulence peaks in fall as the jet stream strengthens - here's what every pilot crossing high terrain needs to know before filing.
Riyadh Air has received its first production Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, marking a concrete step toward launching a new Gulf hub carrier backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
Taiwan has taken delivery of its first two F-16C Block 70 fighters, marking a milestone in an $8 billion, 66-aircraft deal years in the making.
A 2023 Cessna Citation ghost flight over Virginia and the 1999 Payne Stewart Learjet crash show why hypoxia kills before pilots know it's happening.
The 165th Airlift Squadron deployed four C-130J Super Hercules to Scotland in August 2026 for a joint SAR exercise with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force.
The US Coast Guard located a debris field while searching for a missing Gulfstream G100 with six people aboard - here's what the search means and what every pilot flying over water should review.
Northrop Grumman's YFQ-48A Talon Blue completed its first fully autonomous flight at Mojave, marking a milestone in the Air Force's unmanned combat wingman program.
Under FAR 91.130, 'standby' from ATC establishes two-way communication and permits Class C entry - but 'unable' or silence means you must stay out.
When ATC issues 'climb and maintain' on a SID, altitude crossing restrictions are cancelled - a critical distinction every IFR pilot must get right.
Every hour you fly accrues overhaul debt - here's the per-Hobbs-hour math that prevents a $38,000 maintenance bill from landing as a surprise.
On September 22, 2026, the U.S. Navy's last active East Coast P-3 Orion - a classified research aircraft flown by the secretive Warlocks of VXS-1 - made its final landing at the Davis-Monthan boneyard.