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October 17, 2026

Black Hawk vs. Huey: The Utility Helicopter Showdown in Capability and Design

Black Hawk vs. Huey: The Utility Helicopter Showdown in Capability and Design

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Flying for the Flag First: How US Airline Pilots Launch Careers Through the Air Force

Flying for the Flag First: How US Airline Pilots Launch Careers Through the Air Force

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

United’s San Francisco–Adelaide 787 Route: A 23-Flight Test of Ultra-Long-Haul Reality

United’s San Francisco–Adelaide 787 Route: A 23-Flight Test of Ultra-Long-Haul Reality

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Autonomous Barge Reaches Next Phase As US Army MH-47G Chinook Completes Historic Deck Landing

Autonomous Barge Reaches Next Phase As US Army MH-47G Chinook Completes Historic Deck Landing

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

How Many 737 MAX Jets Boeing Builds Per Month In 2026: The Real Production Rate

How Many 737 MAX Jets Boeing Builds Per Month In 2026: The Real Production Rate

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

6 Largest US Naval Air Stations By Land Area And The Missions Behind Them

6 Largest US Naval Air Stations By Land Area And The Missions Behind Them

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

JetBlue Opens BlueFirst Bookings for 30+ Routes as $249 Introductory Fares Launch Ahead of December 8 Debut

JetBlue Opens BlueFirst Bookings for 30+ Routes as $249 Introductory Fares Launch Ahead of December 8 Debut

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Lufthansa Adds 7 International Nonstop Routes, Including Returns to Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo Narita

Lufthansa Adds 7 International Nonstop Routes, Including Returns to Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo Narita

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

American Airlines Confirms First-Ever Miami–Barcelona Link as Venezuela's Third US Gateway Opens in 2027

American Airlines Confirms First-Ever Miami–Barcelona Link as Venezuela’s Third US Gateway Opens in 2027

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

FAA Certification Nears for Boeing 737 MAX 10, but Airlines Balk at Flawed FMC Software

FAA Certification Nears for Boeing 737 MAX 10, but Airlines Balk at Flawed FMC Software

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

FBI Arrests Unruly Passenger After Singapore Airlines A350 Aborts Transpacific Flight and Returns to San Francisco

FBI Arrests Unruly Passenger After Singapore Airlines A350 Aborts Transpacific Flight and Returns to San Francisco

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Air Canada Restores Toronto–Louisville Flights After 25-Year Absence, With April 2027 Launch

Air Canada Restores Toronto–Louisville Flights After 25-Year Absence, With April 2027 Launch

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Delta Air Lines Confirms Daily Nonstop Boston–Reykjavík Boeing 757-200 Service for 2027 Summer Season

Delta Air Lines Confirms Daily Nonstop Boston–Reykjavík Boeing 757-200 Service for 2027 Summer Season

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

TSA Abruptly Freezes Nationwide Gateside Expansion, Leaving 301 Airports and Thousands of Travelers in Limbo

TSA Abruptly Freezes Nationwide Gateside Expansion, Leaving 301 Airports and Thousands of Travelers in Limbo

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

Smoking Trash Can Prompts American Airlines Boeing 737 to Declare Mayday and Return to O'Hare Within 26 Minutes

Smoking Trash Can Prompts American Airlines Boeing 737 to Declare Mayday and Return to O’Hare Within 26 Minutes

Wiley Stickney

October 17, 2026

American Airlines' Brisbane Bet: How 51 Flagship Suites Turned the Carrier's Longest Flight Into a Profit Engine

American Airlines’ Brisbane Bet: How 51 Flagship Suites Turned the Carrier’s Longest Flight Into a Profit Engine

Wiley Stickney

October 15, 2026

American Airlines Axes 4 Long-Haul Nonstop Routes: Brisbane, Doha, Paris, and Zurich Cuts Explained

American Airlines Axes 4 Long-Haul Nonstop Routes: Brisbane, Doha, Paris, and Zurich Cuts Explained

Wiley Stickney

Boeing 777 Freighter: The Unstoppable Cargo Workhorse Airlines Can't Replace

October 19, 2026

Aircraft

Boeing 777 Freighter: The Unstoppable Cargo Workhorse Airlines Can’t Replace

Wiley Stickney

The Boeing 777 Freighter has quietly become one of the most consequential commercial aircraft programs of the modern era, a widebody hauler that turned a passenger airliner’s DNA into the backbone of intercontinental air cargo. Built with the same fuselage cross-section and length as the 777-200LR, the 777F was never a stripped-out airliner hurriedly converted … Read more

Navy Pilot to Airline Captain: The Delta, United & American Transition Playbook

October 19, 2026

Guide

Navy Pilot to Airline Captain: The Delta, United & American Transition Playbook

Wiley Stickney

100% Bonus Depreciation Returns in 2025: How the US Tax Change Is Fueling Private Jet Sales

October 19, 2026

Jets

100% Bonus Depreciation Returns in 2025: How the US Tax Change Is Fueling Private Jet Sales

Wiley Stickney

October 19, 2026

Aircraft

Airbus A220 Cabin: 5 Features That Make the Five-Abreast Jet Feel Different Onboard

Wiley Stickney

Beechcraft Bonanza: The Plane That Stayed in Production Since 1947

October 19, 2026

Aircraft

Beechcraft Bonanza: The Plane That Stayed in Production Since 1947

Wiley Stickney

How the Cessna 172 Skyhawk Became the Most-Produced Aircraft in History

October 19, 2026

Aircraft

How the Cessna 172 Skyhawk Became the Most-Produced Aircraft in History

Wiley Stickney

Why the A-10 Warthog's Role in the F-15E Rescue Made the Air Force Rewrite Its Retirement Plan

October 19, 2026

AircraftMilitary

Why the A-10 Warthog’s Role in the F-15E Rescue Made the Air Force Rewrite Its Retirement Plan

Wiley Stickney

Airbus A380's 575-Tonne Maximum Weight And The Airport Infrastructure Crisis It Created

October 19, 2026

Aircraft

Airbus A380’s 575-Tonne Maximum Weight And The Airport Infrastructure Crisis It Created

Wiley Stickney

Emirates Boeing 777 Grounded Overnight in Delhi: Bird Strike Damages Nose Cone and Delays EK517 by 17 Hours

October 19, 2026

News

Emirates Boeing 777 Grounded Overnight in Delhi: Bird Strike Damages Nose Cone and Delays EK517 by 17 Hours

Wiley Stickney

Delta to Suspend JFK–Orange County Service on November 29, Leaving American Airlines as the Sole Carrier With Lie-Flat Business Class to SNA

October 19, 2026

News

Delta to Suspend JFK–Orange County Service on November 29, Leaving American Airlines as the Sole Carrier With Lie-Flat Business Class to SNA

Wiley Stickney

Virgin Atlantic Begins 14-Hour Nonstop Heathrow–Phuket Flights Today at 3:45 PM

October 19, 2026

News

Virgin Atlantic Begins 14-Hour Nonstop Heathrow–Phuket Flights Today at 3:45 PM

Wiley Stickney

Austrian Airlines A320 From Tel Aviv Diverted to Sofia Under MiG-29 Fighter Escort After Bomb Threat

October 19, 2026

News

Austrian Airlines A320 From Tel Aviv Diverted to Sofia Under MiG-29 Fighter Escort After Bomb Threat

Wiley Stickney

Two Runways Closed at Harry Reid International After Dassault Falcon 50 Aborts Takeoff and Hits Perimeter Fence

October 19, 2026

News

Two Runways Closed at Harry Reid International After Dassault Falcon 50 Aborts Takeoff and Hits Perimeter Fence

Wiley Stickney

Chicago O’Hare Unearths 50-Ton Boulder Beneath Airfield, Opens Public Vote to Name It

October 19, 2026

News

Chicago O’Hare Unearths 50-Ton Boulder Beneath Airfield, Opens Public Vote to Name It

Wiley Stickney

Green Parrot-Like Bird Sparks Chaos in Chicago O’Hare Terminal 5, Biting Passengers for Hours

October 19, 2026

News

Green Parrot-Like Bird Sparks Chaos in Chicago O’Hare Terminal 5, Biting Passengers for Hours

Wiley Stickney

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Says American Airlines Firing Felt Like “Betrayal” and Made Him a Better Leader

October 19, 2026

News

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Says American Airlines Firing Felt Like “Betrayal” and Made Him a Better Leader

Wiley Stickney

American Eagle CRJ900 Makes Emergency Return to St. Louis After Cabin Fills With Haze and Oxygen Masks Deploy

October 19, 2026

News

American Eagle CRJ900 Makes Emergency Return to St. Louis After Cabin Fills With Haze and Oxygen Masks Deploy

Wiley Stickney

Breeze Airways Drops Denver and Montrose: Full Destination List, Route Data and What It Means for Travelers

October 17, 2026

Guide

Breeze Airways Drops Denver and Montrose: Full Destination List, Route Data and What It Means for Travelers

Wiley Stickney

Delta Air Lines' Route Cuts: Eight Destinations Dropped From the Network

October 17, 2026

Guide

Delta Air Lines’ Route Cuts: 8 Destinations Dropped From the Network

Wiley Stickney

British Airways' A380 Problem: Why 12 Superjumbos Only Serve Seven Destinations From Heathrow

October 17, 2026

Guide

British Airways’ A380 Problem: Why 12 Superjumbos Only Serve Seven Destinations From Heathrow

Wiley Stickney

The Last Wide Business Class Seats On A Boeing 747: Where To Book Them In 2026

October 17, 2026

Guide

The Last Wide Business Class Seats On A Boeing 747: Where To Book Them In 2026

Wiley Stickney

WestJet's Europe Cuts: Four Boeing 737 MAX Routes Gone From Canada

October 17, 2026

Guide

WestJet’s Europe Cuts: Four Boeing 737 MAX Routes Gone From Canada

Wiley Stickney

The World's Largest Airline Loyalty Programs by Disclosed Membership: 130 Million Flyers and the Ecosystems Behind Them

October 17, 2026

Guide

The World’s Largest Airline Loyalty Programs by Disclosed Membership: 130 Million Flyers and the Ecosystems Behind Them

Wiley Stickney

The C-17 Production Restart: Why Boeing Is Weighing a Second Life for the Globemaster III Line

October 17, 2026

Military

The C-17 Production Restart: Why Boeing Is Weighing a Second Life for the Globemaster III Line

Wiley Stickney

Known Combat Drones By Country: How The World's Largest Air Forces Compare

October 17, 2026

DronesMilitary

Known Combat Drones By Country: How The World’s Largest Air Forces Compare In Reusable Strike Fleets And Industrial Drone Output

Wiley Stickney

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