The Angle of Attack Indicator, the Korean War Fighter That Had One and the Cessna That Doesn't, and the FAA Ruling That Changed the Economics of Stall Prevention. With Vector on Radio Hangar.

The FlightGlobal Focus team explores recent headlines, from Airbus adapting its wing-manufacturing strategy to meet roaring demand, to Boeing navigating ETOPS delays amid a GE9X seal redesign, to Vertical Aerospace opening a Kemble assembly site while seeking strategic partners.

Thanks to the latest Rotax 916iS engine with its 160hp max power, there’s a flock of superfast microlights becoming available - and the latest, the JMB VL3, has just been approved for the UK. As well as the power (cue: MORE POWER!), this new breed of 600kg microlights are also well-equipped, look sensational and, well, expensive. In the News: Owner of Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green killed First UK JMB VL3 delivered STOL UK Competition at Popham Fairford RAT Game Aerospace flies GB2 firebomber...

DESCRIPTION: Every flight through the Gulf this month is being approved on the day, one flight at a time. If your December ticket to Europe or Asia connects in Dubai or Doha, this episode tells you who makes that decision and what to do about your own booking. This week your phone filled up with videos of missiles over Riyadh and a travel warning from Washington. I read the US security alert for the UAE word for word. It is an alert about the whole region. It does not say the Emirates is unsafe, and

The Diamond DA Forty NG, Jet-A in a Piston Airframe, and the Case for Buying What Flight Schools Already Proved Works. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

The Grumman F Six F Hellcat, the Carrier Fighter Built Around a Captured Zero, and the Nineteen-to-One Kill Ratio That Broke Japan's Naval Air Power for Good. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

I was hired by Chicago Aerial Advertising when I was in my mid-20s to learn how to safely drag a huge airborne advertising display around Chicagoland with a tiny 150-hp Citabria as the tow airplaneIt turned out to be not only the adventure of my flying career, but also some of the most valuable stick and rudder training of my entire flying career. Over the course of two and a half years, I earned some incredible money for the time and also learned the intricacies of flying an airplane that regularly

The Iowa Ultralight Airport Dispute, FAA and TSA Airport Access, and What Part One Oh Three Pilots Need to Know Before Someone Locks the Gate. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

When the hot passenger on board becomes a disruptive passenger! We're back with another passenger behaving badly story today and we loved the twist at the end! When the crew member who donated this story told us what happened, we knew we had to tell it - but would have to use the censor bleep button quite a lot. Because the pure filth coming out of this passenger's mouth would have us all turing down the volume and wondering what sort of podcast this is! If you like short audiobooks, true sto...

Don Sheldon, the Talkeetna Air Taxi, and the Man Who Built a Mountain House on the Ruth Glacier. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the First Airbus A Three Fifty, and the Dutch Masterpiece That Gave a New Widebody Its Name. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

Operation Vengeance, the P Thirty-Eight Lightning, and the Sixteen American Fighters Who Hunted the Most Dangerous Admiral in the Pacific. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

The NASA F Five Tiger at Oshkosh and the Flight Research Behind That Landing Pass. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

Howard Hughes, the Lockheed Fourteen Super Electra, and the Around-the-World Speed Record That Halved the Planet in Nineteen Thirty-Eight. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

The Boeing Seven Thirty-Seven MAX Software Flag, the FAA's No-Risk Finding, and What It Means When the Agency Gives the All-Clear. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

The Gee Bee Model R, the Granville Brothers' Barrel in the Sky, and the Thompson Trophy That Made Jimmy Doolittle Walk Away from Racing Forever. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

KanRus, Eighteen Months in Federal Prison, and the Export Control Laws That Every Aviation Business Owner Needs to Understand. With Tower on Radio Hangar.

The Hughes H Four Hercules, the Spruce Goose That Was Never Spruce, and the Oregon Museum Built Around the Largest Flying Boat Ever Built. With Taildragger on Radio Hangar.

The Forward Slip, the Aileron-Rudder Reversal That Kills Altitude Without Killing Airspeed, and the Technique Every Student Needs Before the First Time They Come in High on Short Final. With Pattern on Radio Hangar.

Blackstone's Falcata Defense Venture and What a Trillion-Dollar Bet on Drones Means for Pilots. With Tower on Radio Hangar.