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Contents
6 Wa rd a i r
From Fox Moth to Airbus A
16 West African Airways
Commercial links with the colonies
24 Trislander
BN’s Three-Engined Island Hopper
30 Boeing 747SP
Boeing’s Special Performance Jumbo
36 Mercury Air Disaster
A very personal visit to the crash site
40 BOAC Argonauts
A stopgap with staying power
53 American One-Elevens
BAC 1-11s in US service
60 Air California
Winning the West with style
70 Hugh Kennard
Britain’s forgotten aviation entrepreneur
78 King of the Air
Beechcraft’s King Air turboprop
84 The Balkan's Airline
Air Serbia’s Yugoslavian Roots
92 The Flying Kangaroo
Charting the early years of Australia's flag
carrier, Qantas.
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4 AIRLINER Classics 2018