FedEx Retires Last A310
Yesterday marked the end of Airbus A310 operations for FedEx Express, the large freight carrier which has an extensive global network. N808FD made its final journey from the FedEx Memphis hub to Southern California...
Category: Classic Airliners
Two American Airlines MD-80s Donated to Colleges
The last two American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to fly have been donated to colleges by the airline. After retiring the last of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico, in early...
What happened to British Airways DC-10 fleet?
When British Airways merged (some would call it a takeover) with British Caledonian in 1987, it inherited a fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft operated by the airline at its London Gatwick base. While...
Hawker Siddeley HS 748s in Canada
One of the few places you can still see the venerable Hawker Siddeley HS.748 in service in Canada. This British turboprop airliner (also known as the Avro 748 and Bae 748) was once a...
Delta Flight Museum Adds Douglas DC-7B
The Delta Flight Museum at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport has added another historic aircraft to its collection in the form of a retired Douglas DC-7B. This classic piston airliner had been sitting forlorn...
The British Airliner Collection at Duxford
While the Imperial War Museum at Duxford near Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the greatest aviation museums in the world, covering the history of flight from the earliest days through war and conflict to...
The Berlin Airlift Memorial Aircraft at Frankfurt
Hidden away at the entrance to the former Rhein-Main Air Base on the south side of Frankfurt Airport, close to the construction site of the new Terminal 3, is the Berlin Airlift Memorial. This...
The Interesting History of a Classic Boeing 747
Back in 1989 I was a 9 year old kid and we were about to go on a family holiday to Florida from the UK. It was quite early in the age of long-haul...
Take a Trip on a de Havilland Dragon Rapide
I recently ticked another important aircraft off my ‘flown on’ list when I took a scenic flight aboard a de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide. These vintage biplanes are a really important piece of the...
The de Havilland Comet is 70 Years Old. Where Are the Survivors?
27 July 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the first flight of the de Havilland Comet – the world’s first commercial jet airliner. Developed in the years following the Second World War, the Comet...
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