Mini "Chinook" : Tiny tandem-rotor copter could one day be your ride to work

• https://newatlas.com/aircraft/x-control-janus-1-vtol-helicopter/
• https://youtu.be/k3YdgunqnhI
• https://www.x-controlsystem.com/

Flight delays persist as government shutdown leads to air traffic controller shortages

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/flight-delays-persist-as-government-shutdown-leads-to-air-traffic-controller-shortages/

First civil trial over 737 Max crash in Ethiopia begins, as Boeing settles three more lawsuits

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/first-civil-trial-over-737-max-crash-in-ethiopia-begins-even-as-boeing-settles-three-more-lawsuits/

B-21 Raider Plan Could See Second Pilot Replaced with WSO

https://theaviationist.com/2025/11/04/b-21-raider-second-pilot-wso/

The Netherlands Transferred 18 F-16s to Romania for the Price of a Single Euro

https://theaviationist.com/2025/11/05/rnlaf-18-f-16s-transfer-romania/

Clean Aviation lays out goals for next project call as RISE engine waits for TAKE OFF clearance

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/clean-aviation-lays-out-goals-for-next-project-call-as-rise-engine-waits-for-take-off-clearance/165138.article

British Airways seeks ‘double-whammy win’ from targeted SAF use to prevent contrail formation

https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/british-airways-seeks-double-whammy-win-from-targeted-saf-use-to-prevent-contrail-formation/165157.article

Airbus builds towards final destructive tests on Wing of Tomorrow demonstrator

https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-builds-towards-final-destructive-tests-on-wing-of-tomorrow-demonstrator/165160.article

Airbus advances on critical fuel cell technology milestones for ZEROe programme

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/airbus-advances-on-critical-fuel-cell-technology-milestones-for-zeroe-programme/165168.article

Russian Military Transport Plane Linked to Wagner Group Lands in Venezuela Amid Rising Tensions

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/11/russian-military-transport-plane-linked-to-wagner-group-lands-in-venezuela-amid-rising-tensions/

General Atomics Unveils Gambit 6 Combat Drone with Advanced Air-to-Ground Capabilities

https://www.ga.com/new-ga-asi-gambit-6-ucav-adds-air-to-ground-operations-for-international-cca

Bombardier Global 8000, World’s Fastest Business Jet, Awarded Transport Canada Type Certification

• https://bombardier.com/en/media/news/bombardier-global-8000-worlds-fastest-business-jet-awarded-transport-canada-type
• https://bombardier.com/en/media/news/bombardier-global-8000-worlds-fastest-and-longest-range-four-zone-business-jet-now-sets

Portugal Seeks Competition Between U.S. and European Jets for F-16 Replacement

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/11/portugal-seeks-competition-between-u-s-and-european-jets-for-f-16-replacement/

Belgian airspace lockdown: Brussels, Charleroi and Liège airports temporarily closed after multiple drone sightings

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/drones/belgian-airspace-lockdown-brussels-charleroi-and-liege-airports-temporarily-closed-after-multiple-drone-sightings/

Drone incident above Belgium: economic damage likely runs into millions

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/drones/incident-above-belgium-economic-damage-likely-runs-into-millions/

Brussels Airport closed after drones spotted over airfield — flights diverting

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/brussels-airport-bru/closed-after-drones-spotted-over-airfield-flights-diverting/

SAF is no ‘silver bullet’, says ex-Productivity Commissioner

Paul Lindwall, who presided over the Productivity Commission's 2019 Economic Regulation of Airports inquiry, has cast doubt on SAF's environmental credentials, calling it in an op-ed in the Australian Financial Review "an expensive, inefficient distraction from viable alternatives".

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/11/saf-is-no-silver-bullet-says-ex-productivity-commissioner/

A ‘Crazy’ Tesla Flying Car is Coming

Musk Claims the Tech Could Be Unveiled Within a Couple of Months Elon Musk is once again promising the impossible…this time, in the form of a Tesla that flies

https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=6F6A1F43-DE6E-4578-8B34-245C2930F130

Ukrainian fighter pilot says the Gripen is the only fighter in the world for which he'd sell his soul

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-pilot-gripen-is-only-jet-id-sell-soul-for-2025-10?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Defense%20Flash%20%E2%80%94%C2%A0November%204%202025