The Funniest Pilot Logbook Entries Ever Written
Every aircraft has a logbook. And every logbook tells a story—usually about hydraulic leaks, faulty warning lights, and the slow entropy of flying machines held together by rivets, regulations, and sheer maintenance crew willpower. But hidden among the technical...
Joby Flies JFK to Manhattan in 7 Minutes
On April 23, 2026, a white, six-rotor aircraft lifted off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, tilted its propellers forward, and landed at the East 34th Street Heliport in Midtown Manhattan seven minutes later. No jet fuel. No noise complaints. No two-hour...
When Pilots Meow at ATC: Aviation’s Funniest Radio Moments
Air traffic control radio is supposed to sound like this: “Delta four-fifteen heavy, descend and maintain six thousand, vector for the visual zero-one runway.” Crisp. Disciplined. The aerial equivalent of a surgeon asking for a scalpel. On Sunday morning,...
$465 an Hour: The Big 3 Just Rewrote U.S. Airline Pilot Pay
For most of aviation history, the salary difference between a Delta captain and a United captain on the same kind of aircraft was a real number. Sometimes 5%. Sometimes 8%. Always enough to matter when a pilot was deciding which big airline to chase. In 2026, that...
109 Mystery Boeings: The Biggest Anonymous Order in Years
Boeing’s monthly orders ledger usually reads like an accountant’s homework. On May 12 it read like a state secret. Four anonymous customers placed orders for 109 widebody and narrowbody Boeing aircraft. Twenty-eight 777Xs. Fifty-two 737 MAXes. Twenty-five...
British Airways Just Axed 19 Routes — Gatwick Bleeds, Heathrow Wins
Cape Town, Las Vegas, JFK, Aruba, Jeddah, Kuwait, Costa Rica’s San José — and eleven European short-hops including Cologne, Grenoble, Izmir, Riga and Kalamata. British Airways is dropping nineteen routes from its summer 2026 timetable. Seven long-haul, eleven...
$835 Million for America’s Crumbling ATC Towers — At Last
For a year, every American who watched a near-miss video on social media or sat in a four-hour ground stop at Newark wondered the same thing: why is the country's air traffic control infrastructure held together with what looks like duct tape and divine...
Southwest Banned a Humanoid Robot Named Stewie From Its Flights
Two days after a 3.5-foot humanoid robot took its own seat on a Southwest Airlines 737 from Las Vegas to Dallas, the airline issued a policy that did not exist in any other carrier's rulebook in May 2026. Effective immediately, Southwest no longer allows...
Allegiant Just Swallowed Sun Country — $1.5 Billion, 195 Aircraft
The American budget-airline map just lost an entry. On 13 May 2026, Allegiant Travel Company closed its $1.5 billion acquisition of Sun Country Airlines, creating what both companies are calling the leading leisure-focused U.S. airline. Combined fleet: 195 aircraft....
After 22 Years, Air France-KLM Is About to Drop Its Own Name
After 22 years, two of European aviation’s most recognisable blue tail-fins may be about to disappear from the cover of their own annual report. Air France-KLM Group — the holding company born in 2003 from the merger of France’s flag carrier and the...
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