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A Rafale M was spotted with a pod for 68 mm laser-guided rockets, first unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2025 as a cost-effective solution against drones and asymmetric threats. A French Navy (Marine Nationale) Rafale M was spotted with at least one Thales 68 mm rocket pod installed under its port (left-side) wing. The photo would confirm that the French military has finally put in motion a long reported plan to give the jet a cost-effective capability against Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and asymmetric threats. The image was first posted by Jean-Luc Cardey on Facebook on Apr. 16, 2026,…

Korean Air has wrapped up a 42-month renovation of its lounges at Incheon International Airport (ICN) Terminal 2, finishing with the opening of its redesigned First Class and Prestige Class West lounges on April 16 and April 17, 2026, respectively.  The project cost KRW 110 billion (approximately US$76 million) and more than doubles the airline’s total lounge space at the terminal.  The expansion comes as Korean Air prepares for increased passenger traffic following its planned integration with Asiana Airlines. Korean Air’s lounge space at Incheon has grown from 5,105 square meters to 12,270 square meters.  Seating capacity has jumped from…

Resume Normal Speed Used by ATC to advise a pilot to resume an aircraft’s normal operating speed. It is issued to terminate a speed adjustment where no published speed restrictions apply. It does not delete speed restrictions in published procedures of upcoming segments of flight. This does not relieve the pilot of those speed restrictions that are applicable to 14 CFR Section 91.117.

"…I’m going to stray North of direct route to dodge some WX in OK." Source: Part of a text from Spirit SE-1 Boss, Steve Wood, describing his strategy for flying all the way from Grand Junction, CO, over the mountains and trying to avoid a lot of forecast weather enroute. Steve is due to arrive in Lakeland, for SUN n FUN 2026 in the next couple of days, where a LOT of people have been awaiting a chance to see this highly-touted design. Steve has also been invited to be a part of the MOSAIC Day event this Thursday, in…

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): Flying Aid And Emergency Airlift In Papua New Guinea Rex Alexander made a journey out to the Seaplane Base at AirVenture ‘23, checking out the newest Samaritan Aviation response aircraft. Mark Palm heads up Samaritan’s operations, using a fleet of backcountry-ready Cessna 206s. He brought their newest addition to the fleet, sporting all the modifications it needed to safely make it through the nonprofit’s missions flying aid and responding to emergencies in Papua New Guinea. The Samaritan team hops between 120 villages, turning a 3-day trip to the hospital into a 1-hour flight aboard their float-equipped…

Pilot Reported To The Air Traffic Controller That He Had A Door That Had “Popped Open,” Analysis: Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported to the air traffic controller that he had a door that had “popped open,” and the controller cleared the flight to return for landing. A review of ADS-B data and surveillance video revealed that, while the airplane was on the base leg for the approach back to the departure airport, it entered a steep, nose-down descent while rolling to the right, consistent with an aerodynamic stall/spin. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both of the airplane’s…

Aero Linx: SUN ‘n FUN 2026 LIVE Innovation Preview You DO NOT want to miss this year’s Innovation Preview… there are a number of outstanding, if not startling, announcements in the works for you all this year. The SnF LIVE Innovation Preview is scheduled to start at 1600ET, Monday, April 13th — where nearly two dozen exhibitors will unveil major announcements, new products, and forward-looking initiatives, providing a concentrated opportunity to gather content, conduct interviews, and show off headline-making news before the show even opens. For those of you onsite, the event is located in the SnF Pavilion, right next…

Vertical Aerospace has achieved what its CEO Stuart Simpson described as the “most significant technical milestone” in its history after the air taxi developer became the first outside the US to execute a piloted two-way transition flight. On 14 April 2026, at its spiritual home at Cotswold Airport (GBA), Chief Test Pilot Simon Davies successfully switched Vertical Aerospace’s electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from helicopter mode to plane mode and back again. Only Joby Aviation has achieved this feat before and is an essential part of what makes electric air taxis possible with eVTOL aircraft requiring the capability…

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Ursa Major said on April 16, 2026, that its Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive flights, including multiple launches at sustained hypersonic speeds. The Berthoud, Colorado-based company said the flights were conducted with Stratolaunch, whose Talon-A test vehicle has now flown at least twice above Mach 5 and been recovered both times.The milestone ties the propulsion supplier more closely to the Pentagon’s push for reusable high-speed rocket systems.Talon-A is Stratolaunch’s reusable hypersonic test vehicle, designed to fly at Mach 5 or faster and give US defense customers a way to test payloads and technologies in real hypersonic flight.…