Fear of Landing

On the 7th of June 2026, a Gulfstream G200 crashed at La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, killing both pilots. The twin-engine business jet, registered in the US as N318JF, was owned by Aibonito Aviation, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  It had arrived

Last week I sat down with Sid for the Sit Down With Sid podcast, and he let me ramble on about MH370 for two straight hours. We talked about the forensic data, the limits of radar, why the Ocean Infinity search came up empty, and why the “pilot did it” narrative is on shakier ground than Netflix would have you believe.

It was a proper conversation, no script, ...

On the 21st of May 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal convicted Airbus and Air France of involuntary manslaughter for their roles in the crash of Air France flight 447, ruling that both companies were “solely and entirely responsible” for the deaths of all 228 people on board.

This verdict reverses a 2023 acquittal.

The court found that Airbus had underestimated kn...

The blue New Mexico sky goes on forever on the morning of the airshow, decorated by only a few wisps of high altitude cloud. We could not have asked for better weather. We drive around the airbase: a huge sprawling complex with a school, a library, a flying club… everything you might expect from a small town. I get the impression that a family could arrive on base and not hav...

“The Vampire was the first jet to land on a moving aircraft carrier deliberately.”

This quote from Airshow Luke, our MC at the Legacy of Liberty airshow, made me almost lose sight of the jet. Not because I doubted the claim. The DH-100 Vampire was one of the first single-engine jets and so it made sense that it could have been the first to land on an a...