Aviation Blog - Page 21

The Cooper vane locks a Boeing 727’s rear airstair in flight. D.B. Cooper’s 1971 jump and five 1972 copycats pushed the FAA to seal the exit.

Kylie Jenner’s private jet is a Bombardier Global 7500, N810KJ. Flight data from her St. Tropez vlog trip, plus specs, interior, cost and emissions.

What color are runway lights? White edges, an amber caution zone, green thresholds, red ends and blue taxiways, decoded from the FAA standard.

Pearl Harbor planes on both sides of December 7, 1941: the 350 Japanese aircraft that attacked, and the few US fighters that managed to get airborne.

The Taiwan Air Force fleet in 2026, every aircraft the ROCAF flies, from 138 upgraded F-16V fighters to the first Block 70 jets, with verified numbers.

Will Concorde ever fly again? Almost certainly not, and the reason is not money or spare parts. It is a type certificate Airbus surrendered in 2003.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin have owned a Boeing 767 (N2767), a 757, Gulfstreams and a fighter jet. Full specs, tail numbers, the NASA deal and the airship.

Frankfurt Airport malaria has infected eight people and killed three since July 2026. None of them caught it abroad. Here is how a mosquito flew in.

US fighter jets retired since 2000 number just three: the F-14, the F-117 and the AV-8B Harrier. Three more types are scheduled to go by 2030.

NetJets flies 868 aircraft as of August 2026, more than Southwest Airlines, 28 years after Warren Buffett bought the company for $725 million.