Aviation Daily Digest — September 28, 2026

# Aviation Daily Digest — September 28, 2026

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

Top stories

• The Lockheed Spyplane That Briefly Made More Liquid Hydrogen Than Anywhere Else In America — Simple Flying. The CL-400 was one of the most ambitious spy planes ever designed to replace the U-2, although it made a bigger impact on space travel.
• IndiGo A321 suffers tail strike during second landing attempt in Bengaluru — AeroTime. An IndiGo Airbus A321 operating a flight from Guwahati (GAU) to Bengaluru (BLR) suffered a tail strike during… The post IndiGo A321 suffers tail strike during second landing attempt in Bengaluru appeared first on AeroTi…
• Why The Country That 1st Flew A 6th-Gen Fighter May Now Be A Decade Behind — Simple Flying. A closer look at the global race to fly the ultimate stealth fighter.
• The Forgotten 1960s Quad-Prop Tiltrotor That Foreshadowed The V-22 Osprey By 40 Years — Simple Flying. Both Bell and Curtiss-Wright built demonstrator tiltrotors in the 1950s and 60s, but Curtiss's tiltrotors are now mostly lost to history.
• British Airways Is Cutting Airbus A380 Service On 7 Routes To Build The World's Largest Business-Class Cabin — Simple Flying. A380 routes will be slashed temporarily by British Airways as it carries out an ambitious retrofit program.
• Boeing Spent $67 Million Of Its Own Money Building A Stealth Jet On Beech King Air Landing Gear — Simple Flying. The story of Boeing's test jet that never left Area 51.
• Southwest & United Airlines Won’t Accept New Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft With Affected Software — Simple Flying. Southwest and United reject new Boeing 737 MAX jets with affected software as the FAA investigates a VNAV glitch threatening deliveries.
• The Aircraft Qatar Airways Designed Qsuite Next Gen Around Will Not Be The One To Fly It 1st — Simple Flying. Designed for the delayed Boeing 777-9, Qatar's Qsuite Next Gen will launch on a different airplane.
• What Are The Benefits Of Flying Delta Air Lines' Premium Select? — Simple Flying. The SkyTeam carrier's premium economy product offers many perks for passengers.
• The Boeing 737 Feature That Quietly Disappeared From Newer Aircraft — Simple Flying. Boeing no longer produces 737s with retractable landing lights.

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