Content Archive: July 2026

Aircraft

GE Aerospace Saab 340B Hybrid-Electric Test Bed Aircraft Flies at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow

GE Aerospace claims this aircraft has completed the first hybrid-electric flights above 30,000 feet.
GE Aerospace Saab 340B hybrid-electric aircraft flying at Farnborough Airshow 2026
Rotorcraft

UK Joint Aviation Command Chinook Helicopter Flying Display at Farnborough Airshow 2026

Watch the agility of this massive dual-rotor helicopter.
UK Joint Aviation Command Chinook Helicopter at Farnborough Airshow 2026
Aircraft

Tecnam Teases Details of Next Aircraft Program

Few details are available but the airplane will be powered by a Continental diesel engine
Tecnam Rivale
Aircraft

Bombardier Challenger 3500 Reaches 200th Delivery

Challenger 300/350 family successor was introduced in September 2021
Bombardier Challenger 3500
Operations

Argus: Business Aviation Traffic Booms Globally in 1H26

Activity in North America at strongest level in four years
U.S.-based aircraft management, fractional ownership, jet cards, and charter services operator Airshare is equipping its fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s with the Gogo Galileo HDX system
Aircraft

Daher Breaks Ground on TBM/Kodiak Final-assembly Line

New facility is co-located with company's aerostructures manufacturing plant in Stuart
Daher at Oshkosh
ATC

Modern Skies Coalition Urges $20B More for ATC Upgrades

Funds would build on $12.5 billion approved last year
Controllers work inside a control tower
Aircraft

Inside the Bombardier Global 8000 Flying Debut & Defense Strategy at FIA 2026

How the Global 8000 made it into the flying display and how it fits into the defense portfolio
Bombardier Global 8000 taking off at Farnborough International Airshow 2026
Training and Workforce

Airbus Helicopters Opens UK Training Academy

Oxford center trains pilots, maintenance technicians, and managers
Airbus Helicopters Oxford, UK training academy
Engines

FAA’s Rocheleau Admits Unleaded Avgas Timeline May Slip

Deadline of Dec. 31, 2030 may have to be moved if a suitable fuel isn't available
FAA deputy administrator Chris Rocheleau