Airliner Classics - July 2018

On March 14, Sir Hubert Walker accepted the first example from Sir Frederick Handley Page at the manufacturer’s Radlett airfield ...

VR-NAD crashed en route from Enugu to Calabar with the loss of the four crew and nine passengers. Structural failure had caused ...

Nigerian and Gold Coast governments that initially amounted to around one-third of its revenue, but as the airline strengthened ...

Even with f ive doors three on the right and two on the left of the aircraft - access to the cabin could be restricted. The tai ...

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Islander prototype. Development was completed by mid 1970 and the aircraft first flew from the Britten-Norman factory at Bembrid ...

At just over 49ft long and with a wingspan of almost 53ft, the aircraft was never going to win any beauty contests in the tradit ...

Appropriately registered Trislander G-R LON carried this bright pink version of the Royal London sponsored livery for a period. ...

Retirement In April 2013 Aurigny announced that it would start proceedings to replace the remaining Trislanders in its fleet. Mu ...

W hen its revolutionary Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ entered service in early 1970, Boeing found itself with the largest passenger- ca ...

The first prototype 747SP about to depart Kabul on Noember 18, 1975 destined for Bombay. The 2,330 mile f light to India took 4 ...

well and Boeing realised it needed to act quickly to ensure it didn’t lose market share. The task was handed to Joe Sutter, who ...

Boeing to request an airliner that could operate on ‘long and thin’ routes. These were to destinations beyond the range of the L ...

former fourth prototype) was popular with passengers and airlines alike and over the coming months and years it would both estab ...

between Los Angeles and Boston as well as international connections to Paris. The two TWA aeroplanes were later sold to American ...

Mercury Airways Disaster When a Mercury Airways DC-3 struck a mountain en route from Durban to Johannesburg on May 15, 1948 all ...

F or Commander Jacob N Smith, accomplished South African Air Force pilot and holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the 90-mi ...

mother’s older sister Paula was one of the cabin crew on that flight. Armed only with a copy of the article, I recently set out ...

The vegetation on this level of the mountain is mainly grass, long and silky, growing thickly in between the slabs and outgrowth ...

Stay i n g Power Ordered as a stopgap to provide much needed capacity, BOAC’s Argonauts displayed a fortitude and endurance over ...