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Progress Continues on First Production Lear Restoration

Nonprofit group looks to return the Lear 23 back to airworthy status

Fuselage of Lear 23-003 under restoration

Spike Aerospace: FAA Supersonic NPRM Steps Toward New Era

Rule is performance-based, encouraging innovation, company maintains

Regulations and Government

Spike Aerospace S-512

Radia Adds Partners for WindRunner Supersized Cargo Lifter

Military use cases could include carrying half a dozen Chinook helicopters

Radia WindRunner

Signature Plots AAM Strategy with UrbanV and Electra

Private aviation terminal operator could develop vertiports with partners

Electra EL9 Ultra Short aircraft with Signature Aviation

Videos

Blackshape Unveils Plans for Hybrid-electric ePrime Two-seat Aircraft

It may have a future as an uncrewed surveillance platform.

Blackshape ePrime mockup at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

How Daher’s Kodiak 900 Aircraft Got Involved in Las Vegas Police Car Chases

Daher shows the Las Vegas Police Department how a Kodiak 900 can beat a helicopter.

Daher Kodiak 900 with surveillance hardware installed

Aura Aero Builds Aircraft Family of Two-seat Trainers and Regional Airliners

It already has one aircraft certified with EASA, and two more on the way.

Rendering of Aura Aero family of aircraft in flight

Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller Piston Twin Aircraft Gets the VIP Interior Touch

Less expensive than a turboprop, the P2012 VIP is a niche within a niche.

Tecnam P2012 VIP at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

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NATO To Order Up to 10 Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft

Confirmed selection of Saab’s system announced at NATO’s Ankara summit

New Pilots To Train in Rotax-powered Cirrus TRAC10

Third seat enables observer pilot to participate in training flights

Cirrus TRAC10 training airplane

Embraer’s Q2 Deliveries Strongest in 16 Years

The OEM is well on its way to meeting its target output

Embraer Praetor 600

SkyDrive Builds Its Case for SD-05 eVTOL Certification

Wingless multicopter shapes certification strategy

SkyDrive SD-05 eVTOL aircraft

Korean Leasing Group Signs For eViator Electric Aircraft

Nine-passenger commuter could support new regional routes in Asia

MD Aircraft MDA1 eViator with Solyu

Gulfstream G800 Goes the Distance on Record Flights

To date, Gulfstream aircraft have achieved 815 speed records fleet-wide

Gulfstream G800 logs more record flights

Flagship Ultra-Long-Range Private Jets: Gulfstream G700, Bombardier Global 8000, & Dassault Falcon 10X

Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, and Airbus offer luxurious means of traveling the globe.

Gulfstream G700 at NBAA-BACE 2025

Ukraine Orders First 16 Saab Gripen E Fighters

Donated Swedish C/D variants in 2027 will precede delivery of new-build fighters

Gripen E airborne over Sweden

AIN Appoints New Editor for Leeham News and Analysis

Appointment marks next chapter for respected commercial aviation news source

Howard Hardee

AIN Roundtable—Managing Supply Chain through Overheated Demand

Surging demand across all sectors is unprecedented

Round Table July 2026

Embraer Praetor 500E Gets Nods from FAA, EASA, and ANAC

Deliveries of the upgraded twinjet are expected to begin in 2029

Embraer Praetor 500E

Toyota and Joby Start eVTOL Manufacturing Joint Venture

Toyota will be the majority owner of the production company

Joby and Toyota fly eVTOL aircraft

PC-6 Crashes in France, Killing Pilot and 10 Skydivers

French BEA investigators are probing the June 28 accident

Special Olympics Airlift Returns 800 Athletes Home

About 130 aircraft volunteered for Textron Aviation’s mission to transport athletes from games

The Special Olympics Airlift, held every four years, returned hundreds of athletes home from St. Paul aboard donated business jets, turboprops, and a Boeing 777.

GAMA Pushes for Industry Recognition in EC Strategy

Industry group submits policy white paper in response to EC call for evidence

Regulations and Government

Daher Aircraft TBM980

Flexjet Takes Its First G500, Boosting Gulfstream Fleet

G500s will eventually replace 32 in-service G450s at the fractional operator

Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Gulfstream G500

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