Articles in History from Pilot Sanchez.
9 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
The NTSB report on the 1999 JFK Jr. accident is a textbook on spatial disorientation: legal VFR, dark night, haze over water. What happened and the lessons.
Read more: Legal VFR, No Horizon: Lessons From the JFK Jr. Crash
9 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
Why pilots say niner, tree and fife, why it's Alfa and Juliett, and how a linguist and 31 nationalities shaped the ICAO phonetic alphabet we use on the radio.
Read more: Why Pilots Say 'Niner': The Phonetic Alphabet's Story
9 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
How a crash at Cuatro Vientos in 1919 led Juan de la Cierva to the autogiro, the flapping hinge and the rotor tech every helicopter still relies on today.
Read more: Juan de la Cierva: The Stall That Invented the Autogiro
8 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
In 1926 the Plus Ultra flew 10,270 km from Huelva to Buenos Aires. The route, the crew, the near-empty tanks and what it still teaches pilots about navigation.
Read more: Plus Ultra, 1926: Flying to Buenos Aires Without GPS
8 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
In 1958 two pilots kept a Cessna 172 airborne for 64 days, refuelling from a speeding truck. How they did it, what broke and what it says about fatigue.
Read more: 64 Days Aloft: The Cessna 172 Endurance Record
8 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
In 1938 Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan for California and landed in Dublin. His story, and why gross navigation errors still catch real pilots today.
Read more: Wrong Way Corrigan and the Art of the 180° Error10 posts per page
