USAF HH-60W Rescues 11 Survivors from King Air 300 Crash off Florida Coast
A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II crew pulled 11 people from the Atlantic Ocean on May 12, 2026 — completing nine water hoists...
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Croatia Airlines A220 Suffers Runway Excursion at Split During Aborted Takeoff
A Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 veered off the runway at Split Airport on 16 May 2026 after its crew aborted takeoff at high speed, coming...
AIM-260 JATM Spotted on Test Flight — First Photos Surface of America’s Next Beyond-Visual-Range Missile
The world got its clearest look yet at America’s most consequential classified air-to-air weapon on May 15, 2026, when The Aviationist published the first confirmed...
Argentina Retires Its Last A-4AR Fightinghawks — End of an Era for South American Aviation
Argentina’s Air Force officially retired its last A-4AR Fightinghawk on May 14, 2026 — ending 60 years of continuous Skyhawk operations and leaving the country...
Starlink Kills Affordable In-Flight Wi-Fi for GA Pilots — Community Petitions for Roaming Plans
On March 3, 2026, SpaceX imposed a hard 100 mph (87-knot) speed cap on all standard Starlink Roam, Local Priority, and Global Priority plans. The...
Budget Airline Bans Humanoid Robots After One Actually Buys a Ticket and Flies
Southwest Airlines banned humanoid and animal-like robots from its aircraft on May 13, 2026 — two days after a 3.5-foot humanoid robot named Stewie walked...
Sporty’s Founder Hal Shevers Dies at 90 — A Giant of General Aviation Is Gone
Hal Shevers, founder and chairman of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, died Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Florida. He was 90. Sporty’s announced his passing on May...
Trump Announces China Will Buy 200 Boeing Jets — Ending a Nearly Decade-Long Sales Freeze
President Trump announced May 14, 2026, that China has agreed to purchase 200 Boeing commercial jets — the first major state-linked Chinese aircraft order since...
Boeing Posts Best April for Orders in Over a Decade — 136 Gross Orders Dwarf Airbus’s 28
Boeing recorded 136 gross orders in April 2026 — its strongest monthly order performance for that calendar month in more than a decade — dwarfing...
Allegiant Closes .5 Billion Sun Country Acquisition — Combined Carrier to Serve 175 Cities
Allegiant Travel Co. closed its $1.5 billion acquisition of Sun Country Airlines on Wednesday, May 13 — creating a combined ultra-low-cost carrier serving roughly 175...
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