Spotting news for aircraft enthusiasts
We’ve got a new resource for you which will help anyone spotting in Europe to locate and log hundreds of retired and preserved airliner and military transport aircraft which are no longer flying. Preserved...
Today is a special milestone for Austrian Airlines as the carrier celebrates its 60th birthday. On 31 March 1958, a red-and-white Vickers Viscount aircraft, OE-LAD, took off bearing the new airline’s name on a...
Once so common, the chance to watch a classic Boeing 727 aircraft in action are now fairly limited. According to our Last Chance to Fly book, the only opportunities to fly on a 727...
The Queen of the Skies, Jumbo Jet, Lump or whatever else you wish to call the Boeing 747 is sadly turning into a dying breed… which is a strange thing to say considering the...
This year marks 15 years since Concorde was retired. Can you believe it’s been that long? We recently put together this guide on where you can still see Concorde today, as most of the...
We’ve received this picture of the rare Douglas DC-9-21 operated by Skydive Perris which shows it possibly being prepared for flight again after a long period of being grounded. This is a unique aircraft,...
There are so many lost airlines which we remember from the past, or from looking at old picture books of airports in days gone by. Many airlines are still household names to most of...
The NAMC YS-11 was a turboprop airliner developed in Japan by the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. It first flew in 1962 and remained in service with airlines in the Philippines until the late 2000s. The...
In 2009 we released one of our most popular book titles, Last Chance to Fly, which detailed how aviation enthusiasts can fly on rare and historic airliners around the world before they disappear from...
The Musee de l’air et de l’espace, or the Paris Le Bourget Air and Space Museum, is one of France’s premier aviation museums, set in its most historic airport close to the city and...
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