Joby Aviation Completes First-Ever Point-to-Point eVTOL Air Taxi Demo Flights Over New York City
On Monday, April 27, a Joby Aviation S4 eVTOL air taxi — tail number N545JX — lifted off from John F. Kennedy International Airport and...
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Sonex Aircraft Shuts Down and Files for Bankruptcy — Beloved Kit Maker Cites a Perfect Storm of Falling Sales and Rising Costs
Sonex, LLC announced on March 27, 2026 that it is ceasing operations immediately and filing for bankruptcy. The Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based kit aircraft manufacturer — which...
Volocopter Unveils VoloXPro eVTOL at Aero Friedrichshafen — Targeting Flight Schools With €490,000 Ultralight Trainer
Volocopter unveiled the VoloXPro eVTOL at Aero Friedrichshafen on April 22 — an 18-rotor electric multicopter aimed squarely at European flight schools and GA pilots,...
Starlink Pilots Revolt — SpaceX Caps Aviation Roaming Plans and Forces Expensive Upgrades on GA Community
On March 3, 2026, SpaceX quietly killed the most affordable Starlink options for general aviation pilots — imposing a hard 100 mph (87-knot) ground speed...
Netherlands Becomes First NATO Ally to Buy Into U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program
The United States Air Force and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence have formalized a partnership to acquire prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft — making the Netherlands...
Iran Fuel Crisis Threatens Europe with Empty Tanks in Six Weeks — IEA Sounds Alarm
Europe could run out of jet fuel within six weeks. That was the warning the International Energy Agency issued Thursday — and the situation, by...
Joby Aviation Unveils Hybrid-Electric S-4T Variant for U.S. Army — With L3Harris as Partner
Joby Aviation has unveiled the S-4T — a hybrid-electric, autonomous variant of its S-4 passenger eVTOL — developed in partnership with L3Harris Technologies to compete...
U.S. Army Officially Names Bell MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Cheyenne II
The U.S. Army officially named its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft the MV-75 Cheyenne II on April 15, 2026, during the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit —...
Vertical Aerospace Completes Historic Two-Way eVTOL Transition Flight — Next Prototype Days Away
Vertical Aerospace’s chief test pilot Simon Davies flew the company’s full-scale Valo tiltrotor eVTOL through a complete two-way transition on Monday, April 14, 2026 —...
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...
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