News

GPS wasn’t the first long-range nav. It is the best, though.

And why it looks to be the exact opposite of that.

Across     1  The Navy’s spectacular demonstration team, 2 words     6  State where much of the transport is by light aircraft     8  ADF’s counterpart     9  Nurses, abbr.   11  ____ K-Max helicopter   13  Initial setting on some gauges   14  NDB’s counterpart   16  Its cowl flaps give it away   […]

A seemingly academic exercise to figure out why radar is required on an odd approach leads to an understanding of how approaches are designed and why that can matter.

This most spectacular plane spotter’s site is even more fun from the air.

An aerial armada of C-47s (DC-3s) will reenact the Operation Overlord invasion on the beaches of Normandy.

All about my old friend George

The annual early new year’s fly-in attracted steady but unspectacular crowds. But here’s why we’ll miss it.

The introduction of a number of products by the GA avionics giant gives owners of light GA planes many new and more affordable options.

The news over the weekend of the military’s interest in talking about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) has captivated the world, which is preferable to being captivated by aliens, I suppose. It’s not news that a program existed, but we’re now learning that it continues to exist, and pilots have come forward with stories of additional […]