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...
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...
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...
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...
The de Havilland Comet: The Beautiful Jet That Taught Us How Aircraft Break
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. This article...
The A321XLR Changes Everything for Transatlantic Flying
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 Hamburg-Finkenwerder facility on...
NASA’s X-59 Breaks the Sound Barrier for the First Time
At 43,400 feet over Edwards Air Force Base, the needle crossed Mach 1.1. No bang. No boom. Just a soft thump that most people on the ground wouldn’t notice. On 5 June 2026, NASA’s X-59 QueSST did what 53 years of regulation said commercial aircraft could...
Azul Doubles Down on the A330neo
While American carriers agonise over whether to order Airbus widebodies, a Brazilian airline has quietly answered the question for itself. Azul has signed for four more Airbus A330-900neos — doubling down on the jet that has become the backbone of its long-haul...
American May Ditch Boeing for an Airbus Surprise
American Airlines flies more aircraft than almost anyone on Earth, yet it has quietly backed itself into a corner over the ocean. Its long-haul order book has dwindled to just 19 jets. Now the airline is preparing to fix that — and the most interesting part of the...
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