High Country: Chinese 757s in the Himalayas
The Boeing 757 is renowned for having some grunt, which is one of the reasons it has gained a second […]
Soviet Airbuses in China: Xinjiang’s IL-86s
Even when it was first put into service the Soviet IL-86 was hardly a picture of modernity or efficiency, so
Earning Their Wings: Eastern 757s
Eastern struggled through the deregulation era, even prior to the Lorenzo led Texas Air takeover, however one of the few
Lan Tens: DC-10s in Chile
The 1980s were a time of crisis and transition at Chile’s national airline Lan Chile. During that period the airline
The First Flying Dream: Gutelman’s TEA
Prior to European Open Skies several airlines attempted to get around restrictive regulations by creating a Pan-European airline grouping, albeit
TACA: El Centromericano One-Elevens
TACA had a complicated series of owners throughout its history, however these rarely stopped it from achieving and it was
The 757 Story Pt2: Engines & Sales
By the time the design of the new Boeing 757 was finalized in 1979 it was clear it would be
The 757 Story Pt1: From 727-300, to 7N7, to 757
The Boeing 727-200 Advanced was spectacularly successful during the 1970s but although orders were flooding in Boeing didn’t rest on
Constant Crisis: AVENSA 1994-2004
Nowadays Venezuela is in a sorry state, wracked by economic collapse, hyper-inflation and a dictatorial regime. The pathway to this
Eastern A300s: A Marriage Made In Heaven
By the 1970s it had been years since the US majors had bought any foreign aircraft and the new Airbus
Big Fokkers: An F100 Wishlist
Production of the F100 in 1:400 scale has been rather lopsided with only a small variety of models made focusing
Killed by Debt: Air Florida 1982-1984
The loss of Ed Acker to Air Florida’s greatest rival Pan Am in September 1981 was undoubtedly a serious blow