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General Aviation

ADS-B Flight Tracker Apps in 2026 — What Live Radar Actually Shows You

Jason Michael · 9 min read

Airports

Budget Airline Bans Humanoid Robots After One Actually Buys a Ticket and Flies

Jason Michael · 5 min read

General Aviation

Sporty’s Founder Hal Shevers Dies at 90 — A Giant of General Aviation Is Gone

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Boeing

Trump Announces China Will Buy 200 Boeing Jets — Ending a Nearly Decade-Long Sales Freeze

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Airbus

Boeing Posts Best April for Orders in Over a Decade — 136 Gross Orders Dwarf Airbus’s 28

Jason Michael · 4 min read

General Aviation

Allegiant Closes .5 Billion Sun Country Acquisition — Combined Carrier to Serve 175 Cities

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Military

Iran Hid Military Aircraft in Pakistan During Ceasefire Talks — Including a Spy Plane

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Airports

Archer Aviation Clears FAA Phase 3 Certification — Electric Air Taxi Eyes First Commercial Flights in 2026

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Airbus

Boeing Leads Airbus in Year-to-Date Deliveries Through April — 190 Jets vs. 181

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Military

Austria Scrambles Eurofighters Two Days in a Row to Intercept U.S. Military Aircraft

Jason Michael · 4 min read

Airbus

Lufthansa Orders 10 A350-900s AND 10 Boeing 787-9s — Splits the Widebody Order Between Both Rivals

Jason Michael · 4 min read

General Aviation

Elixir Aircraft Launches First U.S. Deliveries — Sleek French Composite Trainer Headed to Florida and Arizona

Jason Michael · 4 min read