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Airliner Classics Vol 11 2024 by Airliner World Celebrating History of Commercia
Airliner Classics Vol 11 2024 by Airliner World Celebrating History of Commercial Aviation
Airliner Classics
Volume 11
Celebrating The History of Commercial Aviation
Contents
06 Classic news
Step back in time with the biggest aviation headlines covering every decade from the 1940s to the 2000s
14 Building BOAC
Bob O'Brien recounts British Airways' forerunner, BOAC's formative years and how it played an important role in shaping the UK's airline industry
24 The rock 'n' roll airport
We take a look back at the fascinating history of Gibraltar Airport, famed for its quirky configuration, geographical location and testing final approach
3 0 Viva Espana
Backed by two of Europe's biggest flag carriers, charter airline Viva Air was a success story waiting to happen. We uncover the story of the short-lived airline
3 8 Trouble in paradise
Stephen Skinner examines the events of April 28, 1998, when an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 suffered a critical fuselage failure while cruising at 24,000ft
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Boeing 757 cutaway
Explore the inner workings and brief history of the Boeing
757 through a superb cutaway drawing
46 Yakety-Yak
David Ransted charts the history of Yakovlev's Yak-40 and Yak-42, two Russian trijets that held great promise but ultimately failed to deliver
5 4 Left on the drawing board
We examine three British airliner proposals that were set1
to take the aviation industry by storm, but sadly never got
off the ground
6 2 The Saab 340 story
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the Saab 340 into service with Crossair. Lee Cross uncovers the history of the venerable turboprop and its place in aviation history
72 Race across the world
With its speed and reputation, Concorde was the
perfect candidate for breaking records. We recount the tale of
one such irresistible chance to make it into the history books
78 The lost airline of Atlantis
Andreas Spaeth tells the story of Atlantis, once Germany's second-biggest airline, which survived just four years in competition against Lufthansa
88 The spoils of war (and what the war spoiled) Martin Needham investigates the curious case of Iraqi Airways and its attempts to expand its fleet during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait
94 A Swisstoric fleet
Airliner Classics takes you on a pictorial tour of Swissair's fleet throughout its 71-year history
101 BAC One-Eleven cutaway
In our second cutaway drawing we delve into the inner workings of the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven
104 All points of the compass
Lee Cross charts the long and proud history of Northwest Airlines, once the sixth-largest carrier in the world
If you could be transported back in time to a bygone era of commercial aviation, which era would it be? Some might say the 1950s, with the dawn of the jet age. Others might look to the 1970s, with the introduction of supersonic flight and the world's first wide-bodied aircraft opening up air travel to the masses. Or perhaps it was the 1990s, as air travel boomed, and countless new airlines appeared at airports worldwide. In this latest edition of Airliner Classics, we take you to each of those eras on a journey through the golden age of commercial aviation.
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