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After all the delay finally Boeing let her have first flight. Now will Boeing going to still move forward with longer range 777-8 or as some rumours say, more dense 777-10.

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To clear up, this is not first flight of the type, but more first flight of production plane. This is first flight from first Lufthansa owned 777-9 as launch customer.

put a couple of racks under each wing for things that go bang ands decent search radar you never know it could make a very respectable medium range MPA

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put a couple of racks under each wing for things that go bang ands decent search radar you never know it could make a very respectable medium range MPA

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It is remarkable that this chinese company didn't choose for the AVIC AG600, designed and built by the chinese themselves and with more capacity. Maybe they have problems with getting the Ukrainian engines, but china should be able to copy/reverse engineer (like they normally do) these turboprops,.

Orders of two Globaleye by unknown Middle East client.

I think unlikely to be more for the UAE. They already have five, which should be plenty. Saudi Arabia's looking for an E-3 replacements, & has some SAAB 2000 Erieye in service, so that's a possibility. Two seems a small number considering its size, though.

The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that seats on around 453 Boeing 737 MAX jets registered in the US may require inspections in case they were incorrectly installed and needed to be fixed.

If not corrected, the seats could injure passengers and crew members during an emergency landing or block the aisle and slow an evacuation, the agency said.

FAA says seats on Boeing 737 MAX jets may need inspections - Companies - The Jakarta Post

And this Ryanair Boeing needs some new tyres.
Premature braking caused multiple-tyre burst as Ryanair 737 Max landed with anti-skid inoperative

First MC/MS-21-310, the import substitution version of MC-21 making first flight. With this eventough couple years late, Russia now has 3 Airliners with Import Substitutions parts. TU-214, SSJ-100 and MC-21 import substitution version in progress to become Russia main airliners for years to come.

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First MC/MS-21-310, the import substitution version of MC-21 making first flight. With this eventough couple years late, Russia now has 3 Airliners with Import Substitutions parts. TU-214, SSJ-100 and MC-21 import substitution version in progress to become Russia main airliners for years to come.

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I expected the Tu-214 will be the quickest one developed, having Russian engines and the most Russian systems from the beginning, compared to the MS-21 and SSJ-100. But until now the start of serial production of the fully Russianized version goes as quickly as the N219.



Something else, two new piston engine trainers got recently their first flights.

The Spectra PV-10 Tango is a light-engine, four-seat trainer aircraft designed for basic pilot training in civil and general aviation and it recently took off for the first time with a domestic APD-520 "Lider" piston engine, developed by S7 Group specialists.
https://en.topwar.ru/286290-rossijs...-seat,begin late this year or early next year.



And on 26-6-2026, the B-100C has successfully completed its maiden flight.

The name sounds confusingly like the KAI KC-100 and it looks very similar to the PZL-130, but the B-100C is a two-seat, all-metal tandem piston engine driven aircraft, made by the Swiss-German aircraft manufacturer Kaelin Aero Technologies.

B-100C makes maiden flight - Pilot

B-100C successfully completes maiden flight – Kaelin Aero reaches major milestone in the B-100C flight test program | Airframer

Kaelin Aero's B-100C Trainer Makes First Flight - AvBrief.com