Team

Howard Hardee, Editor

Howard Hardee is an award-winning journalist who has worked as a writer, reporter, and editor for 15 years, most recently spending four years with FlightGlobal covering aerospace. Before that, he had long stints writing about forestry, science, music, and politics. He oversees LNA’s group of professional writers and editorial content. He may be reached at hhardee@leehamnews.com.

Bjorn Fehrm, Aeronautical and Economic Analyst

Bjorn Fehrm joined Leeham News and Analysis as Aeronautical and Economic analyst. He focuses on evaluating technical and aircraft-economic reporting, which is rarely seen among aviation writers. He has a background as an aeronautical engineer and fighter pilot from the Swedish Air Force, where he flew the Draken and worked on the Viggen and Gripen programs. After leaving the Air Force, he worked at SAAB with the Gripen program in the area of countermeasures.

Fehrm is the developer and expert on Leeham Company’s Aircraft Model, which enables a complete performance analysis of aircraft from aerodynamic data to cost of operation. Fehrm holds four worldwide patents in Aeronautics/High technology. He was one of four aviation journalists to be afforded the opportunity to fly the Airbus A350-900 and provide a pilot’s report. In addition, he has flown the CS300/A220-300 as one of three aviation journalists. His stories may be read here, here, here and here. Fehrm may be reached at bjorn (at) leeham.net.

Scott Hamilton, Editor-At-Large

Scott Hamilton is the founder of Leeham News and Analysis. He was Editor from February 2008 until July 1, 2026, when Howard Hardee was named Editor. Having spent more than three decades in the aviation news industry, he was named Best Aerospace Journalist of the Year in 2009 in the Regional Airline Category and served on the Board of Directors for Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance from 2010 to 2013.

Before creating LNA, Hamilton co-founded Linkraven Ltd. in 1989. Linkraven published the internationally distributed Commercial Aviation Report and Commercial Aviation Value Report; and organized conferences in Asia, Europe, and the Americas under the Commercial Aviation Events banner.

Tom Blackwood is an aviation journalist with a long resume, including contributor to Airliner World, AIR International, Airports International, Arabian Aerospace, and Farnborough International News Network. For LNA, Batchelor covers European suppliers and backstops Bjorn Fehrm for Airbus coverage. His email is tom (at) staging-leehamnews.kinsta.cloud

Karl Sinclair, Finance Editor

Karl Sinclair specializes in LNA’s financial coverage, providing in-depth analysis of the earnings and financial results of key companies in the aerospace sector.

Chris Sloan is a long-time aviation journalist, senior editor, and analyst, with publications including Air Transport World, Aviation Week, Flight Global, Airliner World, Airways, and CNN. Sloan is known for his strong access and on-the-spot coverage of major industry events and executives. His unique fascination with “firsts” and “lasts” finds him covering inaugural routes and flights onboard the A380, A350, 787, A220, 747-8I, as well as the last DC-10, and U.S. scheduled operations of the MD-80. Sloan is curator and webmaster of TheAirchive.Net – The hub of the history of Air Transport. He is also an Emmy Award-winning television producer and entrepreneur who owns 2C Media, a major production company and entertainment agency. His philanthropic efforts are a significant portion of his life, as co-founder of Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation. When not on the road, Sloan resides with his son and wife in Miami and Key West, Florida.