During Vietnam, the author, an Air Force engineer, learned to fly in a club, experiencing an accidental spin during training that he recovered from using his instructor's detailed descriptions. Years ...

A 24,000-foot-per-minute descent rate doesn’t leave much margin for recovery in any fixed-wing aircraft. In the case of the Raytheon Hawker 800XP that crashed near Bath Township, Michigan on October ...

“Post-stall maneuvering” gives a plane excellent maneuverability—but the equipment needed to boost it comes with tradeoffs, as all advanced aircraft features do. The post-stall maneuvers, like the ...