The article criticizes the modern trend of pilots flying overly large and inefficient traffic patterns, contrasting it with the tighter, more skilled practices of the past. It advocates for smaller, ...

Many common traffic pattern "sins" involve flying excessively wide or fast patterns, leading to inefficiency, reduced visibility from the airport, and increased potential for conflicts with other ...

Have you ever noticed hurricane hunters’ flight patterns shown by meteorologists on TV look like random, odd shapes? Those flight patterns may look like boxes or stars, but they serve specific ...

A band of large drones appears to be flying nighttime search patterns over northeast Colorado — and local authorities say they don’t know who’s behind the mysterious aircraft. The drones, estimated to ...