Jet Research

09/06/2026

Ole’ Smokey rolling in hot!

08/15/2026

Another day, another rabbit out of the hat 🐇✈️

A customer’s A320 delivery out of Dothan, AL hit a snag today — the MRO ran out of engine oil and their backup truck from Miami broke down. We found 5 cases of it half a mile from our own office and got it there. Also cranked out two sets of owner plates same day — one for this aircraft, one for the next in line — last-minute order and all.

All done and delivered by 4:30 PM. That’s Jet Research — 30 years of figuring it out.

07/31/2026

We are a proud sponsor of our local youth aviation programs.

A huge THANK YOU to Jet Research for generously supporting the Ron Alexander Youth Aviation Program!

Your generosity is helping young people discover aviation, build confidence, develop technical skills, and prepare for incredible careers.

We couldn't do it without community partners like you.

Blue skies and sincere thanks.

07/11/2026

Interesting 🤔

BOOM! ICE just dropped six Boeing 737s to haul illegal invaders out of our country around the clock. No more excuses, no more games. The radical left's open border invasion is getting crushed under America First enforcement. Criminals who broke our laws and stole our resources are finally being shown the door.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin is delivering exactly what patriots demanded, tripling deportation numbers and promising even more. This is real leadership putting American citizens first after years of Democrat betrayal and two-tiered justice. The swamp is losing its grip on our sovereignty.

Woke globalists and their radical allies are melting down because their replacement scheme is collapsing. They wanted cheap labor and future voters at the expense of our safety and culture. Now the American people are taking back control through strong borders and law and order.

Trump's vision is alive and winning. Mass deportations are not just talk anymore, they are happening at scale with the right equipment and the right fighters in charge. Every plane loaded sends a clear message to the world that America belongs to Americans again.

Real Americans stand strong behind this fight to secure our nation and restore our greatness. Support these warriors crushing the invasion and demand even more action until every illegal is gone. Let's finish the job and keep America First forever!

07/10/2026

Shocking and frightening mid air cabin window blowout! Both the inner and outer panes blown out in flight and the passenger in the window seat nearly completely sucked out of the aircraft. His wife hung on to his legs to keep him from completely leaving the plane.

They suspect that an uncontained engine failure may have shattered the window.

A Ryanair plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Greece on Friday after a window on the Boeing 737 dislodged soon after takeoff.

06/14/2026

Yesterday marked one year since Air India Flight 171 — a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner — crashed 32 seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 260 people. The deadliest air disaster in a decade. The first fatal hull loss of a 787 since the type entered service in 2011.

A year later, there’s still no final report.

Here’s what we do know — and a question worth asking:

In December 2018, the FAA issued Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin SAIB NM-18-33, flagging that fuel control switch locking mechanisms on certain Boeing models — including the 787-8 with the exact part number fitted to this aircraft — could disengage, allowing the switch to move to CUTOFF without the required lift action. The FAA’s determination at the time: not an unsafe condition. No Airworthiness Directive was issued. India’s DGCA adopts mandatory modifications based on ADs from the State of Design — but with no AD ever issued, there was nothing mandatory for anyone to adopt. The SAIB remained advisory. Air India, per their own submissions to investigators, never acted on it.

Now look at what the NTSB uncovered last month at the public hearing into the UPS MD-11F crash in Louisville — where an engine and pylon separated on takeoff in November 2025, killing 15 people. Investigators found at least 10 prior instances of aft pylon bearing fractures dating back to 2002. Boeing’s own 2007 Safety Review Board had concluded that bearing failure could cause aft pylon lug damage. Service documents in 2008 and 2011 addressed the issue — but replacement was recommended, not mandated. No AD was issued. At the NTSB hearing, Boeing admitted the bearing should have been classified as a Principal Structural Element during original certification, and that their Continuing Operational Safety program failed to catch it.

Two accidents. Two different aircraft types. In both cases, a known risk existed. In both cases, the response stopped short of a mandatory Airworthiness Directive.

So the question has to be asked: is the FAA’s threshold for elevating a known issue to mandatory action set in the right place — and who reviews that determination when the outcome is this?

📎 Air India / SAIB: https://jetwhine.com/2025/07/the-mystery-deepens-around-air-india-171-crash/
📎 UPS MD-11 / NTSB hearing: https://www.airdatanews.com/ntsb-questions-why-earlier-md-11-pylon-failures-did-not-prevent-fatal-ups-crash/
📎 AI171 one year: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/air-india-787-crash-report-delayed-fuel-cutoff-questions

Indian investigators are expected to delay the final Air India Flight 171 crash report as fuel cutoff questions and engine analysis remain unresolved.

06/09/2026

We’ve shared Boom Supersonic’s progress on here before — this week, the bigger supersonic picture got even more interesting.

On June 5, NASA’s X-59 broke the sound barrier for the first time, reaching Mach 1.1 at 43,400 feet out of Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft — built by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works — flew for 81 minutes and is specifically engineered to fly supersonic while producing a noise level roughly equivalent to a car door closing at ground level.

That’s the piece that matters for where Boom is headed. Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator already hit Mach 1.1 back in January 2025. But the X-59 is the aircraft that generates the community noise data that goes directly to the FAA and international regulators — data needed to rewrite the rules on civil supersonic flight over land. The Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act passed the House in December 2025 to start that process.

Two different programs, same mission. The regulatory and technical pieces are finally moving in the same direction.

NASA official release: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-first-supersonic-flight/

Boom Supersonic: https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1

XB-1 goes Mach 1 — the world's first independently developed supersonic jet.

05/31/2026

Boeing gets approval to increase production on the MAX line allowing them to get to 47 per month.

Boeing has hit another regulatory milestone in its effort to increase MAX production, paving the way to build 47 planes per month this summer.

05/29/2026

Have at it!

04/28/2026

unveils a magnificent new paint job for the 250th year celebration! Well done!