Airbus' A321XLR is Coming To Dunk on Boeing All Over Again in 2024, Deliveries Begin Soon
8 Aug 2023, 17:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If nothing else, as Boeing's reputation in the civil airliner space continues to tumble, Airbus, as well as other manufacturers like Embraer, grow stronger.
It’s Time To Admit It, the Ingenuity Mars-Copter Is the Greatest Aircraft To Ever Fly
13 Jun 2023, 00:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By just about every conceivable metric, Ingenuity is the embodiment of every achievement made in aeronautical engineering made by pioneers the world over
Boeing T7 Red Hawk: The USAF's New Advanced Trainer Jet Stuck in Development Purgatory
8 Jun 2023, 14:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As of June 2023, The Boeing-Saab T-7A's tentative introductory date has been pushed back to February 2025 and not a moment sooner
How and Why Mitsubishi's Aircraft Division Failed Even Worse Than Its Auto Brand
5 Jun 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To those who know Mitsubishi for building mediocre cars, it's interesting to see how the company's auto brand lives on while its airliner division perishes
IAIO Qaher-313: The Story of Iran's Dank Meme Stealth Fighter That Can't Fly
1 Jun 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / At this stage, it's hard to tell whether Iran will retire its fleet of American jet fighters before its first stealth plane even makes its first flight.
UAC: How Russia Frankensteined Its Aviation Sector into a Single Massive Company
28 May 2023, 02:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For all their innumerable humanitarian transgressions, the Soviets managed to field some of the most skilled and ambitious aerospace firms in the world.
Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate: Russia’s Own F-35 Rival or Kremlin Vaporware?
14 May 2023, 01:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / what do you think? Will the Su-75 even make it off the ground at all? Or is it destined to remain a mock-up due to a lack of cash?
A-10 vs T-14 Armata: Can America's Favorite Attack Plane Destroy the New Russian MBT?
1 May 2023, 22:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Both the A-10 and the T-14's abilities are so often subject to hyperbole and exaggeration. But what would happen if they faced off against each other?
This Wankel-Powered RQ-7 Shadow UAV Is an RX-7 With Wings, Hangs in a Museum
20 Apr 2023, 19:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First commissioned in the late 1980s and first flown in 1991, the RQ-7 Shadow was designed to replace the canceled Alliant RQ-6 Outrider as well as the RQ-2
Lyte Aviation SkyBus: A 40 Seater eVTOL Concept With Huge Potential
24 Mar 2023, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With a projected range in the vicinity of 1,000 km (540 NM) and a projected top speed of 186 mph (300 kph), the SkyBus means business.
MQ-9 Reaper: The American Drone That Just Took a Russian Jet to the Face
16 Mar 2023, 16:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's look at the life of the U.S. Air Force's favorite drone. As you'll find, it was only a matter of time before the thing found itself in some bother.
The FA/18 Super Hornet's Days Are Numbered, Here's Why It's Not the End of the World
7 Mar 2023, 20:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's incredibly sad when a pin-up poster darling vehicle retires. But come on now, no airplane can fly forever. Not the F-15, not the F-22, and not the F/A-18.
Spirit Airlines: How a Lowly Trucking Company Got Its Wings for Better or Worse
3 Mar 2023, 21:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Founded in 1964 as Clippert Trucking Company by a Michigan native Ned Homfeld, what would become Spirit Airlines started with simple intentions.
2022 Was a Banner Year for Embraer, Brought the Fight to Airbus and Boeing
21 Feb 2023, 21:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why Embraer laid its own claim to the airliner market, we need to know the remarkable story behind its origin.
This Couple Flew Cross Country on America's Most Hated Regional Jet, Not a Fun Experience
11 Feb 2023, 03:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With only 12 inches of shoulder room to work with, Jeb's quick to note you'd better know your travel companion pretty well if you're flying this jet.
Airbus A320neo: The European Twin-Engine Airliner That Dunked All Over Boeing
5 Feb 2023, 19:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As far as narrow-body, single-aisle airliners, the true book-end to Boeing's unrivaled dominance came in the form of one plane; the Airbus A320neo.