Tim de Vries

July 17, 2026 10:06 UTC — The Qantas A350-1000ULR has begun ultra-long-range flight tests for Project Sunrise, including a 22-hour Toulouse to Melbourne mission on July 24.

July 17, 2026 09:47 UTC — Catalina II flying boat wins its first customer: Pan Am startup PAAS signs a letter of intent for up to 46 turboprop amphibious Clipper aircraft.

The Boeing 757-200 registered N757AF sat in a fenced-off corner of Stewart International Airport in New York for nearly three years. Weeds grew around the landing gear. The black fuselage with its gold “TRUMP” lettering gathered grime. While it waited, its owner was being flown around the world on a different aircraft: a Boeing VC-25A,

Eastern Airlines Flight 401 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport on the evening of December 29, 1972, bound for Miami International Airport. The aircraft was a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, one of the most technologically advanced widebody jets in commercial service, delivered to Eastern Airlines less than a year earlier. Captain Robert Loft, a veteran with

United Airlines Flight 173 departed Denver on the afternoon of December 28, 1978, bound for Portland, Oregon. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, registration N8082U, carrying 181 passengers and a crew of eight under the command of Captain Malburn McBroom, a veteran pilot with more than 27,000 flight hours. First Officer Rodrick Beebe and

Most celebrities board their private jet the way other people catch a taxi. Angelina Jolie had a different idea. In 2004, watching aircraft with her young son Maddox at a small English airfield, she made a decision: she would learn to fly. She earned her private pilot’s license, added an instrument rating and a helicopter

The Kurt Russell private jet story starts with an important correction: there is no reliable public record tying him to a specific current business jet, tail number, or Gulfstream-style fleet. That makes him different from celebrity owners whose aircraft registrations are tracked by enthusiasts and climate accounts. Russell’s aviation story is quieter, harder to reduce

An empty leg flight is a private jet sector that an operator needs to fly without paying passengers, usually because a charter client booked a one-way trip and the aircraft needs to reposition to its next departure or home base. Rather than fly the sector empty, operators list it at a significant discount, sometimes a

The empty leg market is not uniform throughout the year. Deal volume rises and falls with charter demand, and charter demand follows predictable seasonal patterns driven by leisure travel, business cycles, and recurring major events. If you know when the market peaks, you can time your search to find more options and better availability. This

When Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Al-Nassr in January 2023, his private jet became as essential as his boots. The flight from Riyadh to Lisbon covers roughly 3,600 nautical miles, spanning three time zones and crossing the breadth of the Middle East and Mediterranean. His Gulfstream G200, the aircraft that served him through his Real Madrid