Flying Colors: Braniff’s 727-227 Advanceds
Harding Lawrence had taken over the leadership of Braniff in 1965 and changed not only the airline but also the […]
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The Last Jellybeans: Braniff’s First 727-227s
By the end of the 1960s the dynamic leadership of Harding Lawrence had turned Braniff from a little known Texan
Buckskin: The Tragic End of Mohawk Airlines
Mohawk Airlines has always been one of my favourite airlines. It achieved a lot with little and its Indian head
Air America: Total Tristars
One Air America is well known as the CIA’s own private airline and was of course immortalised in a rather
Candid About the Camber: Aeroflot’s IL-86 Airbus
The Ilyushin IL-86 ‘Camber’ encapsulates a big chunk of what was wrong with the Soviet Union, but also some of
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Republic Airlines Pt1: 1979-1984 Bigger Is Better?
There have been few more torrid times in aviation in the USA than the 1980s. Deregulation had brought competition and
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Republic Airlines Pt2: 1984-1986 – Wolf to Northwest
The first five years of Republic Airlines existence had not been kind. This was largely due to the disastrous Hughes
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Czech Camels: CSA (and Alitalia) Tu-104s
The Tupolev Tu-104 was an impressive achievement that made the West stand up and take notice of Soviet engineering capability,
Tapestry A320s: Air 2000 Airbuses
The UK charter airline scene at the dawn of the 1990s was dominated by the BAC One-Eleven, Boeing 737-200 and
Unijet’s Airline: Leisure International
The UK charter market has always been volatile, with economic downturns and upticks providing opportunity and disaster. During the 1990s
Mistakes On A Plane: B-HNO Goes PACIIC
Cathay has had a torrid time of it in the past 5 years hit by storms on several fronts that
Scots in Manchester: Loganair in the 1980s
2022 marks the 60th anniversary of ‘Scotland’s Airline’ Loganair. The 1980s would see its survival assured by new ownership and