At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Thursday, July 23, 2026, the FAA announced that it is moving forward with Mobile Clearance, a digital system that will allow general and business aviation pilots to request IFR departure clearances through participating electronic flight bag and flight-planning applications.
For many
…It’s a clear Saturday in July. You and your instructor have the airplane fueled, the weather looks good, and the plan is simple: a short cross-country, a fuel stop, maybe lunch, and back before the afternoon storms start building. It’s a route you know well.
During the final preflight check,
…Let’s continue our examination of the E6-B flight computer. As a reminder, an E6-B has two main parts: (1) a circular slide rule side for quick calculations; and (2) a wind side for computing groundspeed and wind correction angle. A previous post discussed the
Aviators make specific and crucial calculations before, during, and after flights, and they often use an E6-B flight computer to make these calculations easier. In this series, we’ll focus on how to use an E6-B, a mechanical, nonelectronic flight computer. This aviation slide rule uses rotating
…Want to be sure your flightpath is clear on Christmas Eve? Don’t worry, NORAD has you covered. Early in the morning on December 24th, NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) records the launch of a very special aircraft. After coordinating with “Santa’s Elf Launch Staff” to confirm his launch
…Today, we’re featuring an excerpt from The Pilot’s Manual: Instrument Flying (PM-3).
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a surveillance technology being deployed throughout the entire National Airspace System. ADS-B enables improved surveillance services, both air-to-air and air-to-ground, especially in areas where radar is ineffective due to
…A radio wave is an electromagnetic (EM) wave with frequency characteristics that make it useful. The wave travels long distances through space (in or out of the atmosphere) without losing too much strength. An antenna is used to convert electric current into a radio wave so it can travel through
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