Aviation technology deep dives: avionics, electric and hybrid aircraft, eVTOL, spaceflight crossover, and the engineering that shapes modern flying. From Radio Hangar, 24/7 aviation talk radio.
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Airborne Weather Radar, the Attenuation Shadow, and the Corridor That Doesn't Exist. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The TBM 960 Autothrottle, the Garmin G3000 NXi, and the Engineering Case for Single-Pilot Power Management. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The LADD Program, the Celebrity Jet Trackers, and the Privacy Fight Hidden Inside Your ADS-B Transponder. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Stratolaunch Roc, Paul Allen's Twin-Fuselage Giant, and the Air-Launch Logic That Has Never Gone Away. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Archer Aviation, the Midnight eVTOL, and the Certification Math Nobody in the Industry Wants to Talk About. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Electra Aero, Blown Lift, and the Ultrashort Takeoff Revolution That Could Reopen Hundreds of Abandoned Runways. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The CFM RISE Program, the Open Fan Engine, and the Physics of Removing the Nacelle. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Reliable Robotics, the Cessna Two Oh Eight Caravan, and the Autonomous Cargo Certification That Doesn't Need a New Airplane to Change Everything. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Joby Aviation, the S Four, and the FAA Certification Gauntlet That Will Set the Template for Every eVTOL That Follows. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
TIS-B, the Radar Ghost Fleet Hidden Inside Your ADS-B Display, and the Latency Numbers Every Pilot Needs Before Trusting That Traffic Warning. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The North American X Fifteen, Pete Knight's Mach Six Point Seven, and the Speed Record for a Winged Aircraft That Has Stood for Nearly Sixty Years. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The NASA X-59, the Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator, and the Rule Change That Could Open the American Sky to Supersonic Flight Again. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
ZeroAvia, the Hydrogen-Electric Dornier Two Twenty-Eight, and the Nineteen-Seat Milestone That Changed the Math on Regional Aviation. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Eviation Alice, the Nine-Passenger Battery-Electric Commuter, and the Physics Standing Between a Real First Flight and a Real Airline Route. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
GPS Spoofing, the Phantom ADS-B Position, and the Surveillance Threat Growing Above Europe and the Middle East. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Lifting Body Program, the Edwards Crash That Opened Every Six Million Dollar Man Episode, and the Dream Chaser That Takes the Concept to Orbit. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
ZeroAvia, the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Dornier, and the Physics Problem That Lithium Batteries Cannot Solve in Regional Aviation. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Garmin GFC Five Hundred, the Autopilot Retrofit That Brought Envelope Protection to Legacy Piston Aircraft, and the Accident Data Behind the Level Button. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Beta Technologies, the ALIA, and the Charging Network Strategy That Could Settle the Electric Aviation Debate. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Wisk Aero, the Pilotless Cabin, and Why Certifying a Fully Autonomous Air Taxi Is the Hardest Problem in Aviation Right Now. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Airbus Normal Law, the Flight Envelope Protection, and the Question of Who Is Really Flying the Airplane. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
TIS-B, the Ghost Traffic on Your ADS-B Display, and Why That Yellow Diamond Isn't Always Where It Says It Is. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The Shuttle Training Aircraft, the Modified Gulfstream Two That Taught Shuttle Commanders to Fly a Twenty-Two-Degree Glide Slope Before Anyone Let Them Near the Orbiter. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
The NASA X-59 QueSST, the Low-Boom Supersonic Demonstrator Built to Rewrite the Regulation That Has Grounded Overland Supersonic Aviation for Fifty Years. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
Joby's S Four, the FAA Powered-Lift Certificate, and the Real Distance Between Air Taxi Hype and Your City's Skyline. With Vector on Radio Hangar.
