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1 week ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record set by Paul Larsen on Vestas Sailrocket II in 2009. That boat posted an average of 75.31 mph over 500 meters, or 547 yards. But it was good enough to surpass the top speeds recorded of the world’s fastest racing sailboats.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michael Verdon
The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record set by Paul Larsen on Vestas Sailrocket II in 2009. That boat posted an average of 75.31 mph over 500 meters, or 547 yards. But it was good enough to surpass the top speeds recorded of the world’s fastest racing sailboats.
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2 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
Bombardier’s Global 8000 took another step toward certification last weekend after the first production aircraft completed its successful inaugural flight. The world’s fastest civilian aircraft since the Concorde, the new plane replaces the Global 7500. The first production 8000 took off from Bombardier’s Aircraft Assembly Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, executing a series of tests before landing.
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3 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
The America’s Cup has found a new home in Naples, Italy, for the 38th edition starting in the spring and summer of 2027. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made the announcement that Naples would be hosting the event after it was determined that Barcelona, where the Cup happened last time, didn’t have the resources to hold it again. Cup defender Emirates Team New Zealand also eliminated the team’s homeport of Auckland, which hosted both the 2000 and 2021 America’s Cup.
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3 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michael Verdon
The America’s Cup has found a new home in Naples, Italy, for the 38th edition starting in the spring and summer of 2027. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made the announcement that Naples would be hosting the event after it was determined that Barcelona, where the Cup happened last time, didn’t have the resources to hold it again. Cup defender Emirates Team New Zealand also eliminated the team’s homeport of Auckland, which hosted both the 2000 and 2021 America’s Cup.
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4 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
Want to see how an aersopace CEO would rather spend his time, instead of pouring over spreadsheets and market forecasts? Jetson chief executive Stéphan D’haene took on two other members of the company’s C-Suite in a first, one-person eVTOL race. The Jetson is a single-person electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for non-pilots, being built in Italy’s Tuscany region.
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4 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
Morgan Freeman wasn’t quite sure about whether the world’s first certified flying car will really take off in the real word. Freeman, along with two-time Oscar winner John Travolta, presented Slovakia-based Klein Vision with a Special Recognition Award for Engineering Excellence at last month’s 2025 Living Legends of Aviation Gala Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event recognizes advances in flight, exploration, and personal air mobility. But Freeman wasn’t buying it, at least not initially.
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1 month ago | 
robbreportmonaco.com | Michael Verdon
Even in the rarefied world of private jets, records matter. Gulfstream just announced that it has achieved 700 city-pair records with its flagship G700 on a flight from Taipei to Miami. The flight lasted 14 hours and 38 minutes at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.87. The G700 and 700th flight make good bookends, representing the 50-year anniversary of Gulfstream’s first city-pair record, set in 1975 by the Gulfstream GII. That early Gulfstream flew from St. John’s, Antigua, to Dakar, Senegal.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Michael Verdon
Boom’s recent supersonic tests included an experimental sharkskin-like material that makes the aircraft smoother and therefore more efficient. Developed by Micro Tau in Australia, the riblet-skinned material reduces drag, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions. Last fall, Boom applied patches of the material during testing of its experimental XB-1 to its underbelly. The material is a film with microscopic grooves or riblets on the surface.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Michael Verdon
Boom’s recent supersonic tests included an experimental sharkskin-like material that makes the aircraft smoother and therefore more efficient. Developed by Micro Tau in Australia, the riblet-skinned material reduces drag, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions. Last fall, Boom applied patches of the material during testing of its experimental XB-1 to its underbelly. The material is a film with microscopic grooves or riblets on the surface.
