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Autonomous Hybrid Aircraft Aims for Flight Tests Beginning in Fall 2025 Joby Aviation and L3Harris Technologies recently announced a new collaboration to develop a hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that targets military applications. The aircraft will be powered by a gas turbine-electric hybrid system and designed for low-altitude missions, with the flexibility to operate either with a pilot on board or fully autonomously.

Ground Clutter A pattern produced on the radar scope by ground returns which may degrade other radar returns in the affected area. The effect of ground clutter is minimized by the use of moving target indicator (MTI) circuits in the radar equipment resulting in a radar presentation which displays only targets which are in motion.

Aero Linx: The Formation and Safety Team (FAST) The Formation and Safety Team (FAST) is a worldwide, educational organization dedicated to teaching safe formation flying in Warbirds which are former military aircraft. FAST is comprised of seventeen signatory organizations whose mission is to support education in the safe and responsible restoration, maintenance and operation of their members’ aircraft.

As The Nose Of The Airplane Came Down, The Propeller Struck The Runway; The Airplane Slid For Several Feet On July 20, 2025, about 1545 central daylight time, a Questair Venture airplane, N53TL, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the pilot, he extended his landing gear over Fisk during the approach to the airport. The pilot confirmed that he had three green lights illuminated on his instrument panel…

We’re Everywhere… Thanks To You! Even with the vast resources and incredibly far-reaching scope of the Aero-News Network, every now and then a story that should be reported on slips through our fingers. There’s a lot of news out there, and sometimes we just don’t get to all of it. Fortunately for us, we realized early on we couldn’t be everywhere at once — curse the laws of physics! — so we came up with the idea of News-Spies. Just as the title suggests, a News-Spy is a reader who notices a news item — be it in the newspaper,…

Two years ago, I got to experience the world’s longest flight, Singapore Airlines’ route between Singapore and New York. It was a big item to cross off my AvGeek to-do list and the experience itself was a blast. Since then I’ve been wondering how I could ever top that flight. In the end, there was only one way: flying the route in the opposite direction (which has a longer average time aloft) and in more style. After biding my time for a while and snagging a lucky booking, I got the chance. When I flew from Singapore to NYC in…

The American Express Centurion Lounge is one of the premier airport lounge networks in the world. There are 26 lounges globally, with 15 of those being located in the United States. These are the most exclusive lounges offered to American Express cardholders, and as such, these are some of the highest quality lounges you’ll find at an airport. American Express opened its first Centurion Lounge in 2013, at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS ), known then as McCarran International Airport. It was the first credit card provider to open its own exclusive brand of airport lounges, and the list continues…

U.S. Space Force Prepares For First NSSL Launch With ULA Vulcan Rocket | Aviation Week Network https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg Skip to main content Vivienne Machi August 11, 2025 A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket rolls from the Government Vertical Integration Facility to the launchpad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance After a decade of development, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is poised to join SpaceX’s Falcon fleet in launching the country’s highest priority national security space missions. The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch the first National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission…

Boeing and Qatar Airways Announce Historic Order for up to 210 Widebody Airplanes- Ceremonial signing witnessed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump and His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Amir of the State of Qatar- Agreement for 130 787 Dreamliners and 30 777X airplanes sets a record as the largest widebody order for Boeing, the largest order for 787 Dreamliners and Qatar Airways’ largest-ever order- Order will support nearly 400,000 jobs in the U.S.DOHA, Qatar, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Qatar Airways and Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the carrier will purchase up to 210 widebody jets, which…

Let’s be honest: window seat views are the best part of flying. We try to include plenty of photos in our stories. But did you know we have a YouTube channel with videos of some great inflight moments? We’ve got takeoff views! We’ve got landing views! We even let some new airport terminals get a moment in the limelight. All in all we’ve got plenty to keep an AvGeek like you entertained. In this story we’re compiling some of the more recent highlights from our channel. Those include an upper-deck A380 takeoff in Australia, views from both ends of the…