A humans-in-the-loop feed for the aviation community. If made by people and flying between the surface and the Kármán Line you'll find it on BluFly. Read the current issue at https://blufly.media/2026/10. (📸 Harris & Ewing | @librarycongress.bsky.social)https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.mediahttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mx5gj2ssh22jMost notable about this @redbull.com event is that coordinator Film Knight was able to overcome the famously conservative Canadian authorities and stage it at all. 🤙🏻 Read @torontotoday.ca's Connor Atkinson. (📸 Bailey McLean | Red Bull Content Pool) | 🛩️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/more-news/paramotor-pilot-cn-tower-50th-anniversary-aerial-stunt-12844524/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0856805 Oct 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5gj2ssh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mx2stjm5sk2xWe're in awe of this work. A new and fascinating story from Jessica Heath writing for @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social news: « Built to Take a Hit: Tiny Flying Robot Is a Step Closer to Flight Beyond the Lab » (📸 Mario Rodriguez | UC Davis) | 🛩️ 📡 🏫 🦅 🥇 | 🔗 https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/built-take-hit-tiny-flying-robot-step-closer-flight-beyond-lab?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0856904 Oct 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2stjm5sk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mwwhbpqbis2tOur ambition almost bested us this month, as we attempted one of our most ambitious undertakings to date. New analytics, charting—all sorts of bells 🔔 and whistles. 😗 In any event, a little late, and without further ado (we've all had enough 'do' for this month), here's the October issue. 💥 | 🛩️ 🥇 https://blufly.media/2026/10/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0853902 Oct 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwhbpqbis2thttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mwquylyur225An excellent story by UNR alumnus Luke Merlino writing for Nevada Today, the official newspaper of @unevadareno.bsky.social. Here at the home office, we're big fans of RC modelling—given it comes remarkably close to flying the real thing—and we think everybody wins in this one. | 🛩️ 📡 🥇 https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2026/rc-plane-field-day/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0842630 Sep 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwquylyur225https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mwlkgllyj22eIn a clever marketing collaboration, @vanityfair.com Italia and Junkers Aircraft recently hosted 'The Fly Experience' during the @venicefilmfestival.bsky.social. The accompanying video is well worth watching for both the sound and scenery. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 📹 🥇 | 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKjMAUU4R8&utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=08424 | 🧵28 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlkgllyj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mwbulq32vs2hOfficial Account Alert 🫆 We haven't done this in a *long* time. However, it's great to see @panasonic.aero here, and using @bsky.app's domain verification. They've been posting for about nine months, but we just stumbled on them. (📸 Panasonic Avionics Corporation) | 🛩️ | 🔗 panasonic.aero | 🧵24 Sep 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbulq32vs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mw4ktj7vts2y« Electra today announced it successfully completed first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport. » A fixed-wing aircraft operating from a heliport. 😳 Press release linked. (📸 Electra) | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 https://electra.aero/news/electra-completes-groundbreaking-flights-using-helicopter-style-instrument-procedures-and-novel-take-off-and-landing-areas-for-its-ultra-short-airplane/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0841822 Sep 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4ktj7vts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mw4hljl55k25If we could turn back the clock thirty years and do it all over again, this would be our dream job: « Factory Test Pilot: Engineering & Training Systems » with Pilatus at their facility in Stans, Switzerland … (📸 PIlatus Aircraft Ltd.) | 🛩️ 🧰 📍 🇨🇭 | 🔗 https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/en/jobs/10189930/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=08497 | 🧵22 Sep 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4hljl55k25https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvzyxmxzgs23With this issue's focus on aerial firefighting, it's a good time to mention the US Forest Service has a 282-page “A History of the USDA Forest Service Aviation Program” in PDF, including its use of the C-23A Sherpa, pictured here at a 2019 event. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fs_media/fs_document/aviation-history.pdf?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0841721 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzyxmxzgs23https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvtek6zerc2jIn the 'whatever happened to …' file, we were tipped off—by a new article by Abby Montanez for @robbreport.com—about the reincarnation of the remains of the once-mighty Handley Page Cricklewood factory as a super high-end condo. (📸 AIX-ARG Archive) | 🛩️ 📍 🇬🇧 🥇 | 🔗 https://robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/london-home-aircraft-factory-wotton-works-1238645232?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=08414 | 🧵18 Sep 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtek6zerc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvqe7zu72c2eThis is exciting: the first two RCAF CT-157 Siskin IIs have arrived in Canada. For those lucky enough to be able to attend Aero Gatineau-Ottawa this weekend, you will be able to see them in person. Full story and many more photos with link. (📸 SkyAlyne) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 https://skyalyne.ca/latest-updates/in-photos-welcome-to-canada-rcaf-ct-157-siskin-ii/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0841317 Sep 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqe7zu72c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvnhijgdnk2mWe always appreciate an elegant, vintage aircraft falling into the loving embrace of an organisation that will treat it with the care and attention it deserves; Adam Estes' great article for Vintage Aviation News … (📸 Cradle of Aviation Museum) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 https://vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-aviation/century-old-curtiss-oriole-returns-to-its-garden-city-birthplace.html?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=08412 | 🧵16 Sep 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnhijgdnk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvl5sajg4s23We are aware of many talented filmmakers within 'eyeshot' of this feed, and for these gifted folks, here's an opportunity to get that dream project off the ground with help from no less than @vimeo.com: details of their 'Short Film Grant' program are linked. | 🛩️ 🎬 🥇 | 🔗 https://vimeo.com/shortfilmgrant/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0841115 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl5sajg4s23https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvje5umuyc2xIt's been a while since we shared an ADVANCE story, but the combination of their elegant paragliders juxtaposed with the arrestingly beautiful scenery of England's Lake District in summer was simply too intoxicating to pass up. (📸 Fly with Andy) | 🛩️ 🪽 📍 🇬🇧 🥇 | 🔗 https://www.advance.swiss/en/stories/lake-district-discovery/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0841015 Sep 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvje5umuyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mvattqtats2iA new and interesting article by @jonathanmoynihan.bsky.social writing for @forcesnews.com about this unique event, along with some context and historical perspective for the participating aircraft. This would have really been something to see firsthand. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇 https://www.forcesnews.com/services/navy/vintage-meets-modern-swordfish-and-seafire-conduct-flypast-over-hms-queen-elizabeth/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0840711 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvattqtats2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mv4ifg3s7c2k« I Flew to Four Pacific Northwest Airports and Didn’t Go Through a Security Check Once » is the catchy title of a recent @hbaskas.bsky.social's mailing list missive about her first-hand experience of SeaPort Airlines and their PC-12s. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 https://stuckattheairport.com/2026/09/08/i-flew-to-four-pacific-northwest-airports-and-didnt-go-through-a-security-check-once/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=08405 | 🧵09 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ifg3s7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mus7e56zgs2u« Stability and control benefits of coupled wing and tail morphing in kestrel wind-hovering flight explored using a robot replica » by M. M. Groves-Raines, S. Watkins, A. Mohamed and S. Windsor published by @royalsociety.org, June 17, 2026. | 🛩️ 📡 🦅 🏫 🥇 | 🔗 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/239/20250930/482127/Stability-and-control-benefits-of-coupled-wing-and/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0840105 Sep 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus7e56zgs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3muq2gi6u7s2lJust out: an excellent article by Richard Snell about the restoration of the National Air & Space Museum's Sikorsky JRS-1, recently moved to the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar for a multi-year project, which the author leads. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚔️ 📍 🇺🇸 🥇 | 🔗 https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/museums-sikorsky-jrs-1-mystery-meatball-roundel/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0840004 Sep 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq2gi6u7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mumztrb4mc24We've followed Electra for a number of years, yet this recent article in MIT News jumped out at us: it's the origin story of the company as an MIT class project involving Chris Courtin, SM ’19, PhD ’24, who is now Electra's Director of Technology Development. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🥇 | 🔗 https://news.mit.edu/2026/electra-aircraft-departs-mit-classroom-and-arrives-at-ohio-factory-0825/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0839903 Sep 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumztrb4mc24https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3muk5llccgc2pWe love milestones achieved ✅ and you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get a jump on the folks at REGENT. They just announced the first 'human-crewed' flight of their Seaglider. More photos/video in today's press release, linked. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📹 🦆 📰 🥇 | 🔗 https://www.regentcraft.com/news/regent-viceroy-seaglider-worlds-first-human-crewed-seaglider-flight/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0839802 Sep 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5llccgc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3muhdrxzhcc2jThe September issue drops. 💥 Managing Editor @terencecgannon.com worries out loud about the backlog on De Havilland 515 'Super Scoopers'. According to his nibs, meeting the demand requires deep contemplation of the lineup outside the Crumbl cookie store and adopting a 'Mossie Mentality'. | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚔️ 🥇 https://blufly.media/2026/09/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0839601 Sep 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhdrxzhcc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3muaxcv5els2gIn a revelation we fear may be better suited to @fesshole.bsky.social, we're officially copping to never having tried @msfsofficial.bsky.social. Not once. But this recent announcement could be just the thing to break that unbroken streak. Mark your calendars for October 13th. | 🛩️ 🖥️ 📅 📹 https://www.flightsimulator.com/national-championship-air-races-coming-on-october-13th-to-msfs-2024/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824829 Aug 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaxcv5els2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mu5momryw22pWith a view forward like this, how can the Junkers A50 Heritage *not* be on our Lottery Wings list? Perfect for floating around summer skies on warm evenings. More about the German UL category under which it is certified, in a new interview with Steven Egeler, Junkers Marketing Manager. | 🛩️ 🥇 https://junkersaircraft.com/en/2026/08/26/a-passion-for-flying-why-junkers-supports-ultralight-aviation/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824728 Aug 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5momryw22phttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mu35mg6xx22cOkay, so we know what we're going to be doing this evening. 🍿 « In this documentary, the MIG-21 takes its final flight after 62 years in the Indian Air Force as retired and active fighter pilots recall its status. » Notably, you can watch in either English or Hindi. (📸 @netflix.com) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🎬 🥇 https://www.netflix.com/title/83106325/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824627 Aug 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu35mg6xx22chttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtzgby4kj22hIt's International Dog Day (and, yes, we're nuts about dogs 🐶 here at the home office) so here's a dog and an airplane from a favourite era of ours. More details with link. Also, gotta get us some of those hats. (📸 The Frank S. 'Luke' Luqueer Photograph Collection) | 🛩️ | 🔗 https://flic.kr/p/nECWSa/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0834726 Aug 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgby4kj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtyv3bwt6k2aAs promised earlier this month, here is the *whole* story of twelve-year-old Konrad Lange's F4H World Championship campaign, as told by his father, Jörg. We can't think of a better way of kicking off BluFly Original ✍🏻 our imprint for brand-new stories making their world debut on BluFly. | 🛩️ 📡 ✍🏻 🥇 https://blufly.media/article/silver-spitfire-summer/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824526 Aug 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyv3bwt6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtw55ts43k22We've often speculated about what it must take to keep @redbull.com's aviation fleet in the air. Now, here's a glimpse inside the maintenance organization behind their helicopters, ably wrought by Jen Nevans for Vertical Magazine. Also links to a related episode of the Vertical Helicast. | 🛩️ 🚁 🎙️ 🥇 https://verticalmag.com/features/how-the-flying-bulls-keep-history-flying/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824425 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw55ts43k22https://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtu4fbxamc2aFrankly, we have been wondering 🤔 and now @ltaresearch.com provides an answer, of sorts, with their new, all-too-short post entitled « What Is Pathfinder 1 Designed to Do? » Cool picture, though. (📸 LTA Research) | 🛩️ 🎈 🥇 | 🔗 https://ltaresearch.com/updates/what-is-pathfinder-1-designed-to-do/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824324 Aug 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu4fbxamc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtouxzlhik2jWe'll cop to posting this mostly for the photo’s aesthetics, but it is noteworthy that Saab is on the early development path for a « future uncrewed combat air system » by rolling out the concept model at the Swedish Armed Forces Air Show. (📸 Saab) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡 📰 🥇 | 🔗 https://news.cision.com/saab/r/saab-showcases-full-scale-uncrewed-aircraft-concept,c4386532?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824122 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtouxzlhik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blufly.media/post/3mtlzdixfqc2zSave that date: the RCAF CT-157 Siskin II (Pilatus PC-21) makes its much-anticipated Canadian debut at AERO Gatineau-Ottawa on September 18–20 at the Gatineau-Ottawa Airport (CYND), achieving yet another significant milestone for this important program. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📅 📍 🇨🇦 🥇 | 🔗 https://skyalyne.ca/latest-updates/come-see-the-first-two-rcaf-ct-157-siskin-ii-pilatus-pc-21-at-aero-gatineau-ottawa/?utm_source=blufly.media&utm_campaign=0824021 Aug 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:wtlegj4qixzhkjoh2pduzm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlzdixfqc2z