USS Gerald Ford Poised to Break Vietnam-Era Deployment Record — Navy Strain Laid Bare
The USS Gerald R. Ford is closing in on the longest U.S. aircraft carrier deployment since the Vietnam War. It’s a milestone arriving not with...
Sonex Aircraft Shuts Down Immediately — Beloved Kit Plane Maker Files for Bankruptcy
Sonex, LLC has shut down. The Wisconsin-based kit aircraft manufacturer — one that spent more than two decades making high-performance experimental aviation accessible to everyday...
Piper Cherokee vs Cessna 172 Which One Wins
Piper Cherokee vs Cessna 172 — Which One Wins Two Different Philosophies in a Trainer The Piper Cherokee vs Cessna 172 debate has gotten complicated...
Airbus A220 Surpasses 500 Deliveries — The Ultimate Underdog Vindication Story
Airbus officially delivered its 500th A220 on April 10, 2026 — a milestone that would have seemed implausible a decade ago, when the aircraft was...
Airports Could Face Jet Fuel Crunch Within Three Weeks — Airlines Weighing Flight Cancellations
European airports could face a systemic jet fuel shortage within three weeks. That was the warning ACI Europe — the trade body representing airports across...
U.S. CENTCOM Activates First One-Way Attack Drone Squadron — Reverse-Engineered From Iran’s Own Shahed Design
U.S. Central Command has stood up its first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron — and it’s flying reverse-engineered copies of Iran’s own Shahed-136 kamikaze aircraft...
Cessna 172 Landing Gear Problems What to Check
Why 172 Landing Gear Gets Ignored Until Something Goes Wrong Cessna 172 landing gear has gotten complicated — or rather, the conversation around it has...
Vertical Aerospace Valo Completes Historic Piloted Transition — Takes Off Like a Helicopter, Flies Like a Plane
On April 2, 2026, test pilot Paul Stone lifted Vertical Aerospace’s full-scale VX4 eVTOL prototype off the runway at Cotswold Airport, transitioned it into wingborne...
Man Attacks U.S. Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport With a Hatchet — Operations Briefly Suspended
A man climbed onto the wing of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Saturday morning and attacked the aircraft...
F-15E Shot Down Over Iran — Both Airmen Rescued in Daring CIA-Backed Mission
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Isfahan province, Iran, in the early morning hours of April 3 — not by...
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