Aviation Daily Digest — June 2, 2026

# Aviation Daily Digest — June 2, 2026

Your daily 60-second briefing for pilots, drone operators and aviation pros — auto-aggregated from the industry's top sources.

Top stories

• [Delayed Again: Boeing 777X Certification Setback Puts 2027 Deliveries At Risk](https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777x-certification-delay-2027-delivery-risk/) — Simple Flying. The biggest twinjet of all time is still hitting turbulence.
• [Delta Ditching Lie-Flat A321neo First Class? Where Things Stand Now](https://simpleflying.com/delta-ditching-lie-flat-a321neo-first-class/) — Simple Flying. As Delta's first A321neo with new business class seats sits in storage, rumors swirl that the airline may abandon its preferred Safran Vue design.
• [Why The 1st Supersonic Passenger Jet In 30 Years Will Look Nothing Like Concorde](https://simpleflying.com/why-1st-supersonic-passenger-jet-30-years-look-nothing-concorde/) — Simple Flying. Though designed for the same purpose, leaps in technology mean Overture will really differ from Concorde.
• [The Bizarre Reason Boeing Had To Tear Apart Completed 737 MAX Jets Before They Could Be Delivered](https://simpleflying.com/bizzare-reason-boeing-tear-apart-completed-737-max-jets-before-delivered/) — Simple Flying. An in-depth look at the 737 MAX's production challenges.
• [FAA, NTSB clash over ADS-B In mandate after fatal DCA crash](https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/faa-ntsb-ads-b-in-mandate-dca-crash) — AeroTime. A dispute over cockpit collision-warning technology has opened a rift between the FAA and NTSB more than a… The post FAA, NTSB clash over ADS-B In mandate after fatal DCA crash appeared first on AeroTime .
• [5 Hurt As Emirates A380 Wake Turbulence Hits Eurowings A320 Despite Safe Separation](https://simpleflying.com/emirates-a380-wake-turbulence-eurowings-a320-injured/) — Simple Flying. Despite being over seven nautical miles behind an Emirates A380, a Eurowings A320 was caught off guard by unexpected wake turbulence
• [What Airlines Will Actually Do With Their 777X Orders If Boeing Delays Again](https://simpleflying.com/what-airlines-actually-do-777x-order-boeing-delays-again/) — Simple Flying. Despite ongoing delays, there has been little sign that Boeing's 777X customers will abandon the aircraft. That won't change if it's delayed again.
• ["It'll Mess Up Your Head Really Quick": What SR-71 Pilots Saw At The Edge Of Earth's Atmosphere](https://simpleflying.com/what-sr-71-pilots-saw-edge-earth-atmosphere/) — Simple Flying. The SR-71 Blackbird was an incredible Intelligence asset, it was also a mobile stellar observatory, given the right conditions.
• [Why The FAA's Pilot Retirement Age Rule Is Being Challenged Like Never Before](https://simpleflying.com/why-faa-pilot-retirement-age-rule-challenged-never-before/) — Simple Flying. New legislation is gaining bipartisan support in Congress.
• [These Are The Countries The US Has Banned From Buying The F-35](https://simpleflying.com/which-countries-us-banned-buying-f-35-aircraft/) — Simple Flying. The US has rebuffed the requests of at least eight countries to purchase the F-35 stealth fighter.

Pilot community highlights

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