EP60 – 777x Certification Issues; GE & Safran Open Rotor Engine? Plus, Archer & Wisk Fight Heats Up

Textron announced the acquisition of Pipistrel, who is working on interesting electric cargo plane designs, the Nuuva series. Does this move make sense for

Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows Russia to nationalize planes, effectively keeping the planes and breaking the ownership contracts. We also discuss Boeing

Allen and Dan discuss the Netflix documentary about Boeing – did it accurately represent the facts in the 737 MAX crashes? Plus, they discuss

A Joby Aviation S4 crashed – Will They Still Be Able to Certify? Plus, DARPA is pushing the limits with an unmanned Black Hawk

Tom Warner, a lightning researcher, flew the T28 Storm Penetrating aircraft into thunderstorms in the hopes of gathering data and learning more about lightning

Natilus is pitching the idea of remotely-piloted cargo aircraft, hoping to disrupt the industry and reduce issues with pilot shortages and current jet designs.

Airbus mentioned the possibility of building their own engines for a future fleet of hydrogen planes–will they really forgo Pratt & Whitney, GE or

Fedex is asking the FAA to put anti-missile lasers on their cargo planes – is this necessary? The Qatar v Airbus fight continues, with

Plus, Ehang gets an order from AirX in Japan, the Airbus and Qatar Airways fight continues to heat up, the 5G rollout in America