Also: F-22 Raptor Team Cancels NZ, Innovative Aerosystems Acquires, China Aero-Spy, EFF v Drone TFRs Wow… you have no idea what awaits you all a week from today! The SnF Innovation Preview is a LIVE, intense, rapid-fire news event—possibly the biggest and most comprehensive news event in the aviation world… offering a chosen number of aviation innovators an opportunity to take center stage. Each Innovation presenter will be featured in individual (no more than 4-5 minute) snippets, and will feature exhibitors and vendors with NEW products and programs to announce in 2026. The FAA is investigating reports of corrosion on the forward wing spar attachments of Piper PA-28, PA-32, PA-34, and PA-44 airplanes following multiple discoveries of severe corrosion in a fleet of Piper airplanes. The 2026 airshow season has barely started, yet it has already hit a very big snag: the US Navy’s iconic demonstration team is grounded. The Blue Angels were ordered to stand down just over a month after receiving their annual performance certification as tensions with Iran escalated into security-threatening territory. Though the decision was only recently confirmed, the team’s outlook has been grim since the so-called Operation Epic Fury in late February. All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
