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If you’ve never refueled an aircraft before, here are nine tips to help you do so safely during your next pit stop.

Here’s how to legally depart Class D airspace when the weather isn’t cooperating.

Avionics and other equipment can drive big variations in price.

What do you say to air traffic control when you’re ready to go?

Airport windsocks aren’t there to make a fashion statement. Here’s why they’re different colors.

An aviation meteorologist explains how a graphical AIRMET is different from a traditional one.

Who said flaps don’t increase lift? Flaps do increase lift. Reference Chapter 6 of the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, which states, “Flaps are the most common high-lift devices used on aircraft. These surfaces, which are attached to the trailing edge of the wing, increase both lift and induced drag for any given angle of attack (AOA).”

Big piston radial engines from the 1940s, ‘50s—and through today—require careful
attention during startup.

Q: Is it possible to identify the typical sequence during which snow will fall in the Midwest versus an area prone to receiving lake effect snow? It seems snow pellets or sleet/ice pellets appear before flakes in some circumstances. A: Outside of large hailstones, the precipitation type that gets reported at the surface depends entirely […]

We clarify a common confusion regarding the logging of nighttime landings.