X-59 Hits Mach 1.4 at Quiet Boom Altitude
Share this story NASA’s X-59 Quesst aircraft has reached the speed and altitude it was built to fly. On June 12, 2026, test pilot Jim “Clue” Less pushed the needle-nosed experimental jet to Mach 1.4 at 55,000 feet over Edwards Air Force Base — the...
The Spruce Goose: Hughes’s Giant That Flew Once
Share this story On November 2, 1947, the largest flying boat ever built lifted off the water of Long Beach Harbor, flew for about a mile at seventy feet, and never flew again. In that single minute, Howard Hughes won an argument that had nearly destroyed him. The...
Casablanca to LA: Royal Air Maroc Flies Into the World Cup
Share this story Royal Air Maroc is about to put Casablanca on the nonstop map to Los Angeles — and the timing is no accident. Morocco’s flag carrier is launching a Casablanca–Los Angeles route, flown three times a week on the Boeing 787, just as the...
Air Taxis Clear the Last Big Hurdle
Share this story After a decade of promises, the electric air taxi is finally about to carry paying passengers in the United States — and it could happen this summer. The two front-runners have cleared the hardest gates yet. Joby Aviation has reached stage four...
The 2026 Transatlantic Boom: 37 New Routes
Share this story The Atlantic is getting crowded. In 2026, airlines are pouring new routes across the ocean at a pace not seen in years — and many of them are flying on a single aisle. Industry trackers count roughly three dozen new transatlantic routes...
What Pulling 9G Does to Your Body: The Physiology of Fighter Jet G-Forces
A description echoed by experienced fighter pilots and centrifuge instructors Share this story At 9G, your blood weighs nine times what it normally does. Your arms feel like they are filled with wet cement. Your vision collapses from the edges inward until you are...
Is the MQ-1 Predator Flying Again? The Drone That Refuses to Stay Retired
Share this story On May 31, 2026, CENTCOM issued a terse statement: Iran had shot down a “U.S. MQ-1 drone” over international waters. The U.S. responded with strikes on Iranian radar and drone command sites on Goruk and Qeshm Island.The internet...
US Aviation Meltdown: 855 Cancellations, 7,773 Delays, and Day 76 of Chaos
Here’s a number that should terrify anyone who flies in the United States: 76. That’s how many consecutive days American aviation has been disrupted since April 1, 2026 — the longest unbroken streak of chaos since airline deregulation in 1978.And June 15...
The de Havilland Comet: The Beautiful Jet That Taught Us How Aircraft Break
Share this story The de Havilland Comet was the most beautiful airliner ever built. It was also the most deadly — and its failures saved more lives than any single aircraft in history. We’ve written about the Comet before — see our earlier piece on its legacy....
The A321XLR Changes Everything for Transatlantic Flying
Share this story United Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR — and with it, the promise that crossing the Atlantic in a narrowbody jet does not have to mean suffering through it. The aircraft, registered N64321, left Airbus’s...
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