Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
The world's largest electric plane takes flight
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (209+ words) Published Aug 16, 2026 1:00 PM EDT The world’s largest, fully battery-powered jet officially completed its maiden flight. The successful test run marks a noteworthy step forward for long-awaited electric aircraft and battery technology broadly, but don’t expect to book a fully battery-powered…...
Coast flight school flies high
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (1041+ words) Published 9:03 am Sunday, August 16, 2026 By Jay Corella/For the Observer At Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton, airplanes of all shapes and sizes take off from the airstrip, from helicopters, private jets and even small propeller craft. However, sometimes it’s somebody’s…...
Sea King helicopters handed to Ukraine years ago now sit beside interceptor drones, and the job they ended up doing was never planned
12+ hour, 39+ min ago (1020+ words) Home - Military & Defense - Sea King helicopters handed to Ukraine years ago now sit beside interceptor drones, and the job they ended up doing was never planned A British-operated Sea King helicopter at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 carried something few visitors…...
The Largest Electric Aircraft Ever Just Flew on $5 of Electricity
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (257+ words) Swedish startup Heart Aerospace spent $5 on electricity to fly its 106-foot X1 over New York as jet fuel costs near $152 a barrel A 106-foot wingspan and four megawatt-class motors — built entirely to prove a point. Heart Aerospace calls the X1 the world’s…...
$5 worth of electricity: Heart Aerospace X1 takes first fully electric flight
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (493+ words) Notebookcheck Heart Aerospace has successfully put its all-electric X1 prototype plane in the air for the first time as part of the aircraft's maiden flight. The aircraft is eventually intended to operate primarily in kerosene-electric mode on regional routes. The aircraft…...
Fate of Snowbirds’ Tutor jets still up in the air
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (441+ words) The Snowbirds’ CT-114 Tutor fleet retires in less than two months, but where the historic jets will go remains undecided. According to the Department of National Defence, a plan for the “responsible development” of the aircraft is in the works....
The Custer Channel Wing Explained
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (614+ words) by Max Grünwald | Aug 16, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments That single observation became a forty-year obsession. Custer called his principle ‘aerophysics’, and in 1929 he received a United States patent for a wing built around a semicircular channel — a half-barrel duct…...
New Galeon 420 FLY joins flybridge range
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (390+ words) Boating New Zealand New Galeon 420 FLY joins flybridge range Galeon has added a new 420 FLY to its flybridge range. The Polish builder unveiled the new model on 30 July 2026, positioning it as an update built on the proven Galeon 400 FLY rather…...
The Focke-Wulf Fw 61: First Helicopter
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (377+ words) by Max Grünwald | Aug 16, 2026 | Aviation World, History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments That woman was Hanna Reitsch, and the machine was the Focke-Wulf Fw 61. What the crowd was watching was not a stunt in the ordinary sense. It was the first…...
Len Neale keeps his childhood aviation dream flying
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (212+ words) ozarab.media According to ABC News, central Queensland pilot Len Neale has built an aircraft and restored a historic Queensland plane, continuing a passion that began in childhood. The 74-year-old Biloela resident, a former power-station tradesman, flies weekly and is…...