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  • The Switchblade Flying Car Does What No Other Flying Car Can, and You Can Reserve It Now
    by Dave Hartland on December 4, 2025 at 16:55

    The Switchblade Flying Car is back in the headlines, this time for a patent that tackles one of the biggest engineering hurdles in the flying car world.  Redmond, Ore.-based company Samson Sky recently secured its eighth patent, issued 19 November 2025, covering the Switchblade Flying Car’s tail fold and retraction system. In simple terms, the The post The Switchblade Flying Car Does What No Other Flying Car Can, and You Can Reserve It Now appeared first on Avgeekery.

  • Northwest Flight 1482 and Flight 299: A Collision in the Fog That Never Should Have Happened
    by Dave Hartland on December 4, 2025 at 01:23

    Dense fog had settled over Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) on the afternoon of 3 December 1990.  The visibility was dropping by the minute, and the airport surface had become a maze of blurred centerlines, indistinct taxiway edges, and half-invisible signage. Inside that haze, two Northwest Airlines jets found themselves on the same runway The post Northwest Flight 1482 and Flight 299: A Collision in the Fog That Never Should Have Happened appeared first on Avgeekery.

  • Most A320s Now Fixed, But Airbus Flags New Metal Panel Issue Affecting Up To 628 Jets
    by Dave Hartland on December 3, 2025 at 17:19

    Airbus faces a fresh challenge as a new metal panel issue emerges, coming on the heels of its largest-ever mass grounding caused by a recent software problem. Airbus has confirmed that up to 628 A320 family aircraft may require inspections due to a newly discovered supplier quality issue involving metal fuselage panels. The company says The post Most A320s Now Fixed, But Airbus Flags New Metal Panel Issue Affecting Up To 628 Jets appeared first on Avgeekery.

  • JSX ATR 42 Joins Fleet, Announces Controversial Airport as First Destination
    by Dave Hartland on December 2, 2025 at 00:57

    JSX ATR 42 service is set to reshape how the public charter carrier reaches underserved airports. Is this the start of a turboprop comeback in the United States? In an era when turboprops have all but disappeared from the US commercial landscape, JSX is doing something some might have questioned just a few years ago. The post JSX ATR 42 Joins Fleet, Announces Controversial Airport as First Destination appeared first on Avgeekery.

  • Why the Connecticut Air and Space Center Is One of New England’s Best Aviation Museums
    by Robert Waldvogel on November 29, 2025 at 16:04

    Located in Stratford at the Sikorsky Memorial Airport, the Connecticut Air and Space Center was founded by George Gunther in 1998, after the Stratford Army Engine Plant closed.   It currently occupies the research and design hangar where Chance Vought conducted its flight testing between 1944 and 1948.  As one of only a few museums The post Why the Connecticut Air and Space Center Is One of New England’s Best Aviation Museums appeared first on Avgeekery.