25 October 2026
Walkaround
Aviation news and fleet brief
What is going on with the aircraft you work on. Every page is a five minute read, and every claim carries at least two independent sources.
Today in aviation
The one or two things worth knowing right now. Each opens in full, with its own sources.
Certification
FAA certifies the Boeing 737 MAX 10
The FAA issued the 737 MAX 10's type certificate on 20 October 2026, clearing Boeing to start building toward 2027 deliveries of its largest single aisle jet.
Certification
FAA set to announce 737 MAX 10 certification, sources say
The FAA is expected to announce certification of Boeing's largest 737 MAX variant today, the last formal step before Boeing can work toward 2027 deliveries of the long delayed jet.
Airworthiness directive
FAA orders stabilizer checks on nearly 2,000 Boeing 737NGs over flutter risk
The FAA now requires freeplay checks of the horizontal stabilizer on nearly 2,000 US registered 737NGs, after pitch oscillation reports the agency says could progress to flutter.
Fleet brief
One page per type, kept current. All 15 types, with photographs and a size comparison.
Changed this week: Boeing 737 NG, Airbus A330 and A330neo, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A380.
Boeing
Airbus
Bombardier
Engines
Most of what goes wrong on a modern airliner goes wrong at the engine. All fourteen families.
CFM International
GE Aerospace
Pratt and Whitney
Rolls-Royce
Technology
The fleet and engine pages track what is happening to the aircraft. These track what is happening to the job. All 9 topics.
On the aircraft
In the factory and the shop
By the numbers
Every figure below is the one published on the page it links to, so you can check it rather than take it.