5 November 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.
Changed this week: Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 777 and 777X, Boeing 767, Airbus A320ceo family, Embraer E-Jet E2, Embraer E-Jet E1, Airbus A350.
Airworthiness directive
FAA orders 787 fuel tank sealant inspections over missing production records
The FAA has ordered inspections of center wing fuel tank sealant on about 60 Boeing 787s after Boeing could not produce records showing the work was checked when the aircraft were built.
MRO and supply chain
Airbus and Air France-KLM launch a joint venture for A350 component support
Airbus and Air France-KLM have pooled their A350 spare parts and repair operations into a single venture that already covers more than five hundred aircraft.
Program and production
Boeing 737 rate 52 slips to 2027 as backlog tops $745 billion
Boeing's third quarter results confirmed a record $745 billion backlog, but shares fell about 10 percent after the company pushed its next 737 production step, rate 52, into the second half of 2027.
Fleet brief
One page per type, kept current. All 15 types, with photographs and a size comparison.
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.