80 Years Ago Today, the DHC-1 Chipmunk Took Off and Taught Half the World to Fly
On 22 May 1946, in a hangar at Downsview Airport just outside Toronto, a small all-metal trainer painted in pale yellow finished its last ground checks, taxied to the runway, and lifted off into Canadian spring weather. The pilot was Pat Fillingham, a test pilot...
Riyadh Air Will Fly Its First Passenger on 1 July — Saudi Arabia’s Boldest Bet
For three years, the world’s aviation press has watched Riyadh Air with the kind of attention usually reserved for a celebrity divorce. The airline has spent more on launch advertising than most mid-size carriers spend on a fleet. It has cut deals with Boeing and...
The Busiest Airport on Earth Wants to Fire the TSA
For decades, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International has been the busiest airport in the world. Over 100 million passengers a year. The single most important screening checkpoint in the United States. And throughout the recent government shutdown, more than a third...
30 Boeing 777-9 verrotten in Lagerhallen – und die Fluggesellschaften lehnen sie ab.
The Boeing 777-9 was supposed to be the airliner that finally cemented Boeing’s widebody recovery after the 787 debacle and the 737 MAX disaster. It was going to be the world’s largest twin-engined jet, the most efficient on a per-seat basis, the only credible direct...
Warum eVTOLs einen völlig neuen Flughafentyp benötigen
The air taxi revolution has a problem, and it’s not the aircraft. Joby Aviation has flown from JFK to Manhattan in seven minutes. Archer Aviation has been named the official eVTOL provider for Belgrade’s Expo 2027. FAA type certification is in the final...
What Happens When the Air Force Grounds a Fleet
On May 19, 2026, the United States Air Force ordered an operational pause for its entire fleet of T-38 Talon jet trainers. Every T-38 across every command—Air Education and Training Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and Air Force Global...
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...
The B-52 Will Outlive Us All: Rolls-Royce F130 Engine Swap Clears Critical Design Review
There is an aircraft that first flew when Harry Truman was president, that dropped conventional bombs over Vietnam and precision-guided munitions over Afghanistan, that practiced nuclear deterrence through the Cuban Missile Crisis and Desert Storm and every anxious...
Joby Flies JFK to Manhattan in 7 Minutes
In late April 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...
MQ-9 Reaper Fleet Drops to 135 After Iran Losses: The Drone That Changed Warfare Meets Its Match
There is a number that keeps the people who manage America’s drone fleet awake at night, and that number is 189. That is the minimum number of MQ-9 Reapers the Air Force says it needs to sustain its worldwide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and...
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