Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Release Date: 03/06/2025
The End Of NASA As We Know It?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
As the White House pulls Jared Isaacman’s nomination, it wants to cut the space agency’s budget back to pre-Apollo levels. Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz and Graham Warwick discuss what it means.
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Behind The Curtain With Boeing’s CEO
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Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week. Thank you to our sponsor GE Aerospace. Learn how the company and its partners are defining flight for today and the future
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What's In, What's Out At The Pentagon
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Aviation Week's Robert Wall, Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.
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Navigating Next Steps For U.S. ATC
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Aviation Week's Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick and Bill Carey break down the current state of the U.S. air traffic control system and analyze what it will take to push modernization forward.
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What We Saw Inside JetZero
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Will JetZero's blended-wing body passenger jet become a reality? Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris and Steve Trimble weigh in following their visit to the startup's facility in Long Beach, California.
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ULA CEO Tory Bruno On Navigating The Space Race
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United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno discusses launch campaign details, the future of Vulcan and the National Security Space Launch program market.
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What You Can Expect From The F/A-XX Decision
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The U.S. Navy appears poised to pick either Boeing or Northrop Grumman to develop its next-generation combat aircraft, the F/A-XX. Listen in as Aviation Week's Robert Wall, Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble discuss what's at stake.
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What Tariffs Mean For Boeing, Airbus And Comac
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Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno and Jens Flottau are joined by Wall Street analyst Scott Mikus to break down how global trade turmoil affects OEMs.
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Spatial Awareness—Live From The 40th Space Symposium
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Editors at the 40th Space Symposium discuss everything from threats to NASA's science missions to the Golden Dome air-defense concept.
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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.
info_outlineBoeing'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 explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles related to this episode here:
- “The Northrop ‘All Wing’ Airplane”, by Jack Northrop (December 1941)
- Nazi Jet-Bats Which Never Took Wing (October 1945)
- Supersonic Plane and Jet Bombers Revealed by Army Air Forces (July 1946)
- Boeing Stratojet Bomber Heralds Transonic Combat (September 1947)
- What Has Been Learned Flying the B-47 (April 1951)
- Exclusive Report: 707 Designed for Low-Coast Operation (August 1954)