Flying Magazine
• Peter Garrison
A routine post-maintenance check flight turned catastrophic for a pair of airline transport pilots, underscoring that stall protection and recognition can be critical even when a flight is intended to be routine. The event highlights the need for preparedness for “unacceptable stall behavior” in line operations.
Reuters
• David Shepardson, Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Boeing has asked the U.S. government to press the European Union for transparency over a €3 billion loan package to Airbus, resurfacing potential trade tensions after the two sides extended a tariff truce over jet subsidies.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Japan Airlines also throws support behind in-development aircraft programme. Gulf Air has signed a letter of intent for an undisclosed number of JetZero’s in-development Z4 blended-wing body aircraft, becoming the type’s first airline customer outside of the USA.
FlightGlobal
• Graham Rapier
By FlightGlobal: Colorado-based start-up reaffirms 2030 target for first flights of the massive planned cargo aircraft. WindRunner, a massive four-engined cargo aircraft concept, is on track for its targeted 2030 date for first certification flights, the start-up's chief executive, Mark Lundstrom, tells FlightGlobal.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was working to help industry deploy air taxis, supersonic airplanes, boost space launches and expand drone operations as it embraces next-generation aviation.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: A high-winged Sherpa is back at Farnborough, 50 years after show debut. De Havilland Canada used the second day of the Farnborough show to reintroduce its Short C-23 Sherpa to the international market, with ambitions of securing orders for an updated variant of the multi-use utility turboprop.
Reuters
By Reuters: Britain's Rolls-Royce needs a decision from the UK government soon on whether it will provide a subsidy to help the engineering company develop a new engine for narrowbody aircraft, said its CEO.
Bloomberg
• Thomas Black
By Bloomberg: The days of the $14 plane ticket from Los Angeles to Los Cabos are over, according to United Airlines Holding Inc.’s top executives. Passengers ought to believe them.
