Potomac Crash—An Accident Decades In The Making?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Release Date: 02/05/2025
What Do Trump Tariffs Mean For Aerospace And Air Travel?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
AeroDynamic Advisory’s Kevin Michaels joins Aviation Week editors to discuss the worrisome implications for the industry.
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Is Airbus Running In Place?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau and Graham Warwick discuss why an Airbus next-generation single-aisle program launch is not imminent despite technological progress.
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NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
What does Boeing’s contract win for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation combat aircraft, the F-47, mean for the struggling aerospace company? Join Aviation Week’s Robert Wall, Steve Trimble and Matt Jouppi as they dissect the announcement.
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What's The Buzz At Verticon?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne at Verticon run the rule over new programs launched by Airbus and Robinson and discuss other highlights from the event, formerly known as Heli-Expo.
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NGAD Is Up, NGAS Is Down & CCAs Are Inbound
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
What's the latest on plans for next-generation U.S. Air Force platforms in the age of DOGE? Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble join Robert Wall to share what they've been hearing. Register to watch the webinar The Future of U.S. Air Mobility Register for Aviation Week's Defense Conference
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The End Of Net Zero 2050 For Airlines
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Less than four years after boldly pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050, IATA appears to be dropping the target. Is the airline industry abandoning sustainability or just acknowledging reality? Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau and Guy Norris discuss.
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Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Boeing's Mike Lombardi joins editors for a deep dive into the B-47, the revolutionary bomber that shaped modern airliner design as we know it. Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can and read key Aviation Week articles related to this episode here: (December 1941) (October 1945) (July 1946) (September 1947) (April 1951) (August 1954)
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Deep Dive Into The Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
As the X-37B graces the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, editors Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi and Guy Norris discuss the unique characteristics of the spaceplane and what its up to as it orbits Earth. Check out the X-37 graphic Guy describes
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Could The U.S. Lose Its Leadership In Space?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
America remains a hotbed of space innovation, but worries mount over China’s rapid advances. AIA's Steve Jordan Tomaszewski joins Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Garrett Reim and Graham Warwick to discuss.
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Aviation Pulls Back From Innovation
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
As Airbus puts hydrogen on the back burner and ATR delays its hybrid-electric turboprop, does the industry have a prayer of meeting its net-zero goals? Joe Anselmo is joined by Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Graham Warwick.
info_outlineThe Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines CRJ-700 with a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk was the worst aviation accident in the U.S. since 2009. Aviation Week's Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Brian Everstine and Christine Boynton discuss potential contributing factors and the consequences for future flight operations around Reagan National Airport.