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Israel-based electric aircraft developer AIR said it has surpassed $1 billion in orders, driven by orders for its AIR ONE personal eVTOL aircraft and its AIR Cargo heavy-lift unmanned aircraft, according to a company announcement. The company said the total includes “more than 3,300 customers on a wait list” for aircraft, with some of them having already placed deposits. The company said the $1 billion figure includes 3,290 AIR ONE personal aircraft orders and more than 25 AIR Cargo heavy-lift UAS orders. AIR said two cargo aircraft have already been delivered and that it expects to produce and deliver more…

Also: World’s ‘Ugliest Aircraft’, Airplane-Helicopter Traffic Changes, 737 MAX Class Action, Spirit Heads for ‘un-Bankruptcy?’ AOPA is stepping back from the abyss… and serious changes are afoot… but the big question is whether or not that will help them out of the huge hole they dug for themselves in the preceding weeks. AOPA has confirmed that Luke Wippler has been elected as the new Chairman of the AOPA Board of Trustees. Outgoing Chair Jim Hauslein is on his way out. Permanently. NAA has announced that Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Team is the recipient of the 2025 Robert J.…

During The Takeoff They Heard A Loud Bang Right After Rotation On March 7, 2026, about 1323 central standard time, a Piper PA-12, N2511M, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Lockhart, Texas. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that the airplane had about 25 gallons of fuel on board and the weight of the airplane was about 1,700 pounds. His student was on his last day of tailwheel endorsement training, and they were conducting…

Russian aviation blogger Pavel Koshkin was killed when the Alto NG aircraft he was flying crashed near Kolomna, southeast of Moscow, in an incident that Russian news outlet Mediazona reported may have involved a case of mistaken identity by Russian air defenses. According to Mediazona, the aircraft went down on March 20, 2026, near the bank of the Oka River, killing two people on board. Russia’s emergency ministry confirmed the crash, while Rosaviatsiya, the country’s civil aviation authority, opened an investigation but had not announced a preliminary cause as of March 26. Mediazona identified Koshkin, 39, as the pilot of…

Navi AI has launched publicly with more than $6 million in funding as it looks to expand its AI-powered pilot training platform across US flight schools and into military training, the company announced. The San Francisco-based AI startup said United Airlines Ventures, BVVC, New Vista Capital, Raptor Group and I2BF participated in the funding, along with a $1.27 million SBIR Phase II contract from the US Department of War. The company said its platform is already commercially operational and is deploying in spring 2026 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and other flight training institutions. Navi said it quietly founded the company…

Airbus has demonstrated a concept in which diverse aerial and ground assets share a common data picture during a wildfire response, allowing water-dropping aircraft to receive precise targeting information in near real time. The company announced the results of the trial on March 26, 2026, saying it marked a significant step toward reducing the gap between fire detection and suppression. The exercise took place at the Garrigues military camp outside Nîmes, in southern France, and was developed in partnership with French departmental fire services and Entente Valabre, a public body under the French Ministry of the Interior responsible for evaluating…

Lufthansa is planning on radically changing its service concept in first class in the coming days (at least that’s what’s claimed), and we now have a sense of what kind of updates we could see to dining onboard… Project FOX is launching in Lufthansa first class on March 29 We know that Lufthansa is currently trying to improve its long haul passenger experience. While many people are familiar with the Allegris concept, which is the introduction of new cabins on long haul flights, that’s not all that’s changing. Lufthansa also plans to soon roll out what has internally been referred…

A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet was involved in a near miss after being targeted by an apparent Iranian MANPADS system during a low altitude strafing run with the 20 mm M61 cannon. Videos emerged online on Mar. 26, 2026, show a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet targeted by an apparent Iranian MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems). The videos, geolocated near the port of Chabahar in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province, show a near-miss from multiple points of view. The Videos According to the videos, reportedly captured on Mar. 25, the Super Hornet was conducting a strafing run with its…

South Korea has rolled out the first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae fighter jet, completing a major production milestone for the country’s flagship domestic combat aircraft program. The rollout took place on March 25 at Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) facilities at Sacheon Airport. The aircraft will now enter acceptance testing, including ground and flight trials, before being handed over to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). Delivery is expected in the second half of 2026. The event marks the culmination of a production sequence that began with the formal launch of mass manufacturing in July 2024. Final assembly of the aircraft…

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