Casablanca to LA: Royal Air Maroc Flies Into the World Cup
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 2026 World Cup...
Air Taxis Clear the Last Big Hurdle
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 of the...
Turkey Pairs the KAAN With Two Robot Wingmen
Turkey wants its fifth-generation fighter to fly to war with a robot wingman on each shoulder. At the World Defense Show 2026, Turkish Aerospace Industries unveiled a manned-unmanned teaming concept that pairs the KAAN fighter with two Anka III stealth combat drones....
The 2026 Transatlantic Boom: 37 New Routes
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 launching this year from...
The B-52 at 70: The Bomber That Will Outlive Everything Designed to Replace It
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress first flew on April 15, 1952. The youngest airframe in the fleet was delivered in October 1962. Every B-52 flying today is older than every crew member flying it — and many are older than the crew members’ parents. The Air Force...
What Pulling 9G Does to Your Body: The Physiology of Fighter Jet G-Forces
A description echoed by experienced fighter pilots and centrifuge instructors 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 looking through a...
The Avro Arrow: The Mach 2 Superfighter Canada Built, Then Destroyed
On February 20, 1959 — a day Canadians still call “Black Friday” — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the most advanced interceptor on the planet, fired 14,500 people, and ordered every prototype destroyed. Then, for good measure, he had the...
Iran’s F-14 Tomcats Turn 50 — And They’re Flying Combat Again
Half a century ago, the Shah of Iran bought 80 American F-14A Tomcats and 633 AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missiles for $2 billion. It was the most advanced fighter deal the United States had ever made with a foreign country.Then came the revolution, the hostage crisis,...
Is the MQ-1 Predator Flying Again? The Drone That Refuses to Stay Retired
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 immediately lost its mind....
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...
Recent Comments