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 […]
Airlines of USA
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
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
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
Air Florida Across the Atlantic: Palm DC-10s
Air Florida was, thanks to its President Ed Acker, one of the darlings of the first years of deregulation and
Acker’s Gamble: Air Florida 1979-1982
With deregulation of the airlines in the USA the expectation was that an intrastate airline like Air Florida would be
Con Job: Braniff Mk III
The third incarnation of Braniff International is as good a reason as you are ever likely to find for letting
Desert Sun: Fokker 70s in the America West
In the early 90s, just prior to the Regional jet revolution, Fokker’s line of twinjets were rather squeezed in at
Eastern Cross the Atlantic: New Mark 10s
Towards the end of the 1970s Eastern Airlines was in a period of cautious expansion and with deregulation upon the
National Goes International: MIA-LHR 1970
During the regulated era of US aviation the realm of long-haul international flights was primarily the domain of Pan Am
Three Swallows Pt2: Go Getters Go Ozark
During its first 20 years of operation Ozark had fulfilled exactly the promise that the local service airlines had been
Three Swallows Pt1: Get Up & Go Ozark
Ozark was St Louis’s hometown airline and as with many of the local service airlines was a true pioneer of