Airliner Classics - July 2018

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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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