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Crave Aviation curates the day's most useful airline, GA, and training stories — plus practical tips from people who fly for a living.
A rough operations day for the two Texas-based giants: Southwest and American together racked up more than 1,400 delayed flights nationwide on Friday, according to the Dallas News tally — the kind of day that ripples through hubs for hours after the first bank goes sideways.
The FAA issued a ground delay at Austin-Bergstrom on one of the city's biggest travel weekends of the year — Formula 1's U.S. Grand Prix plus Texas football — and airport officials flagged elevated rideshare demand at the curb on top of it.
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut on Friday. Details on what prompted the diversion were still emerging — NBC Connecticut is following it.
Airbus says carriers are showing interest in its HBCplus connectivity program set up to support both low-earth-orbit and geostationary satellite service — more evidence airlines want multi-orbit Wi-Fi rather than betting the cabin on a single network.
Elizabeth City State University cut the ribbon on an $8.1 million flight training center in Currituck County, North Carolina — a serious capacity boost for one of the country's standout collegiate aviation programs and for pilot training across the region.
March Air Reserve Base in California opened its gates to GA pilots — a rare chance for civilian aviators to see a military airfield up close, and the kind of civil-military bridge-building that makes shared airspace work better for everyone.
CAE is expanding business-jet simulator training capacity in the United States — business aviation demand keeps training centers busy, and new slots mean shorter waits for type ratings and recurrent checks.
NORAD intercepted an aircraft that strayed over Clemson during a Trump campaign event — the latest reminder that event TFRs are serious business and belong in every preflight brief, even for a short hop.
The regs allow 30 minutes day / 45 night. A 60-minute personal minimum costs almost nothing in planning and buys you every alternate you might ever need. (Tip #1)
The time to turn around is when you first think about turning around. Waiting "to see if it clears" is how the accident reports start. (Tip #2)
Fly the wing down into the wind all the way to the runway, keep the upwind wheel down first, and don't let the controls go neutral after touchdown — increase aileron deflection as you slow. (Tip #3)
Ten quiet minutes walking through flows, checklists, and the "what if" before engine start does more for your performance than ten more hours of rote flying. (Tip #4)
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