Airliner Classics - July 2018

T : The

Britten Norman

Trislander recently

bowed out of UK

service after more than

40 years in operation.

To mark the occasion

we pay tribute to the

three-engined island

hopper on page 24

of this issue.

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Welcome

H

ello and welcome to the latest instalment of the

Airliner Classics series. Compiled by the industry-

renowned team behind Airliner World, this latest

edition turns the clock back once again to bring

you the very best from the golden years of commercial aviation.

This includes the usual eclectic mix of aircraft ranging from

BOAC’s fleet of Canadair Argonauts, Beechcraft’s King Air

turboprop, and Boeing’s ‘Special Performance’ 747SP to the

BAC 1-11 and Britten Norman’s island-hopping Trislander.

We also turn the spotlight on some famous names from the

past including Hugh Kennard’s Invicta and Air Ferry, West

African Airways Corporation and Air California as well as the

varied former-Yugoslavian carriers from which modern-day Air

Serbia can trace its heritage.

This issue also includes a detailed look at the early days of

Qantas - from the Australian carrier’s original First World War-

surplus biplanes to the arrival of four-engined jetliners – and an

overview of Canada’s Wardair, the latter written and illustrated

by a former employee.

We are also pleased to include an article about a very special

pilgrimage to the site of a 1948 DC-3 crash in South Africa,

with exclusive artwork prepared to pay tribute to the crew and

passengers lost that fateful day.

We’ve trawled the archives to illustrate all of the articles,

which pay homage to some of the most important aircraft

and airlines of yesteryear. We hope you enjoy reading them as

much as the team has enjoyed researching and writing them

and that this issue of Airliner Classics helps you re-live the glory

days of air travel.

Stephen Bridgewater,

Editor

EDITORS: Stephen Bridgewater, Craig West

SUB EDITOR: Rebecca Gibbs

ART EDITOR: Steve Donovan

DESIGN: Andy O'Neil

PROOF READERS: Jamie Ewan, Richard Freail

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ADVERTISING PRODUCTION: Johanna Buckley

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MARKETING MANAGER: Shaun Binnington

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR: Ann Saundry

GROUP CEO AND PUBLISHER: Adrian Cox

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Flight of Oman's

immaculate Boeing

747SP-27, A4O-SO,

at Paris/Orly.

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