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By Scott Hamilton Katie Ringgold, VP and general manager of the 737 program. Credit: Boeing. Feb. 10, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing’s head of the 737 program yesterday outlined how the company is recovering from six years of crisis, quality control and safety issues and repeated production slowdowns and shutdowns. Katie Ringgold, the Vice President and General Manager, was at the annual Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA) conference in suburban Seattle, said the long road to recovery—which has a few years more to go—has been an “unglamorous” task. “We took time to deeply reflect on our production system. And some…

Aero Linx: International Cessna 180-185 Club The International 180/185 Club is a social organization whose 1200+ members have one thing in common: they all own or have a passion for Cessna Skywagons. Pilots pride themselves in flying these “workhorses” of the sky. These planes have fixed gear and a tailwheel framework. The Skywagons’ unique characteristics require these planes be flown on the ground as well as in the sky.

Very High Frequency (VHF) The frequency band between 30 and 300 MHz. Portions of this band, 108 to 118 MHz, are used for certain NAVAIDs; 118 to 136 MHz are used for civil air/ground voice communications. Other frequencies in this band are used for purposes not related to air traffic control.

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): A New Cure for an Old Woe Developed by Alberta, Canada-based Airworthiness Resources Corporation (arc), the arc Quikex (Quick Exit) is a Transport Canada-Approved Cessna 206 forward cargo door modification. Certified under Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA20-34 and marketed formally as the Split Forward Cargo Door Window, arc’s Quikex modification allows Cessna 206 passengers to quickly and safely disembark the aircraft in emergency situations by opening the airplane’s forward cargo door—regardless of flap position.

Pilot Stated That He Recently Purchased The Airplane Which Had Been Ferried From California To Florida On January 10, 2026, about 1925 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-180, N6516J was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Port St. Lucie, Florida. The pilot and passenger sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, prior to takeoff from Okeechobee County Airport (OBE), Okeechobee, Florida, he “topped off” the fuel tanks with about 40 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel. As the pilot was preparing…

Earlier, I covered how the airspace of El Paso Airport (ELP) was suddenly closed for 10 days, with the explanation being that it’s due to “special security reasons.” Just closing the airspace around a commercial US airport for 10 days with little advance notice is pretty unprecedented, so understandably, many people wondered what was going on. Well, there’s an update — this flight restriction has already been rescinded, and we have more of a sense of why this might’ve been implemented. El Paso airspace closure blamed on cartel drone incursion Restrictions on the airspace around El Paso were lifted just…

By Scott Hamilton JetZero’s Z4 BWB for the Middle of the Market has a larger wingspan than the Boeing 767. JetZero compares its economics against the out-of-production, 1980s designed 767-200ER, not the current generation of wide-body aircraft. Credit: JetZero. Feb. 11, 2026, © Leeham News: JetZero, a start-up company based in Long Beach (CA), is developing a Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft for the so-called Middle of the Market (MOM). MOM is now occupied by the remaining  Boeing 767-300ERs and 757s, the older and current generation Airbus A321 and the forthcoming Boeing 737-10. The older generation Airbus A330s and the current…

Raytheon says it has successfully tested a reusable version of its Coyote counter-drone system for the US Army, aiming at a problem commanders increasingly worry about: how to fight a drone swarm without relying on large numbers expensive interceptors.  Raytheon on February 11, 2026, said its Coyote Block 3 Non-Kinetic (3NK) drone hunter defeated drone swarms during a recent Army demonstration and showed it can be recovered and used again.   Video shared by Raytheon shows what that looks like. The Coyote interceptor launches from its ground support unit and then races past target drones, and the drones tumble out of the sky almost immediately. The aircraft do not collide, and there are no visible explosions. Raytheon said the…

Several weeks ago, EVA Air executives revealed plans to launch flights to a new destination in North America, which will be the carrier’s longest flight to date. I’d like to provide an update, as this new route is now bookable, so we know exactly when it will launch, and what the schedule will be like. EVA Air will start flying to Washington Dulles with 787s As of June 26, 2026, EVA Air intends to launch a new 4x weekly route between Taipei (TPE) and Washington Dulles (IAD). The flight will operate with the following schedule: BR4 Taipei to Washington departing…

Two US pilots of a Gulfstream business jet have been detained in Guinea for nearly six weeks after what they describe as a routine fuel stop that turned into an armed confrontation on the ramp in Conakry.  Fabio Espinal Nunez, 33, of New Jersey, and Brad Schlenker, 63, of Illinois, were operating a Gulfstream IV on a charter flight carrying a Brazilian family from Suriname to Dubai when they landed at Conakry’s Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport to refuel.  Both pilots were met at the aircraft by a large contingent of armed military personnel. Espinal Nunez said roughly 100 soldiers surrounded the airplane, pointing rifles while shouting in French, and that multiple armored vehicles…