This newsletter publishes lab notes, primers and project announcements from Contrails.org on how aircraft contrails affect the climate and how they can be avoided. Readers get technical explanations, order-of-magnitude estimates and updates on contrail forecasting and avoidance trials.

Gillian Brockell publishes investigative reporting on US deportation and ICE removal flights, tracking aircraft, contracts and third-country removals with flight data and sourced reporting. Readers get detailed, documented updates on how the government's deportation air operations are run and who profits from them.

Memoir-style stories from a former flight attendant's life from 2008 to 2014, covering layover romances, family travel mishaps and how airline work actually functions. Readers get gossipy, humorous behind-the-scenes storytelling with some practical insight into airline scheduling.

A retired-style airline captain writes practical explainers on flying: current airspace risks over the Middle East, why cruise altitudes are what they are, and detailed incident analyses. Readers get plain-language pilot perspective on what happens in the cockpit and how to travel more calmly.