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Check out this cockpit video of a Boeing 747 landing in Tokyo in gusty conditions
While sometimes disparaged as overpaid bus drivers of the sky, anyone with an actual clue knows that pilots…
Awesome! The Fokker 50 returns to Irish skies – Amapola Flyg is starting Dublin to Donegal
The news has arrived, Sweden’s Amapola Flyg will be taking over the Dublin to Donegal Public Service Obligation…
Does anyone remember the double deck Short Solent flying boat?
The Short Solent flying boat was designed by Short Brothers and Harland and first flew on 11 November…
Does anyone remember the German Rohrbach Roland aircraft?
The Rohrbach Roland was a German airliner which first flew on 5 September 1926. It was powered by…
Wow! Amazing film of a Loftleiðir Icelandic flight to New York in 1966
While researching a future article, I came across a wonderful time capsule of a film which is worth…
Does anyone remember the Ukrainian Antonov An-140?
The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop aircraft designed and built in Ukraine to serve regional routes up to…
Does anyone remember the pioneering Consolidated Commodore flying boat?
The Consolidated Commodore flying boat, powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Hornet piston engines, first took…
Does anyone remember the Ilyushin IL-14?
The Ilyushin IL-14 was developed as a replacement for the Lisunov Li-2 (the Soviet licence built version of…
Does anyone remember the quite frankly dangerous Avro Tudor?
The long-range Avro Tudor was Britain’s first pressurised airliner as well as their first airliner with a flight…
Does anyone remember the flying clippers, the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat?
The Sikorsky S-42 flying boat was built by Sikorsky Aircraft to a requirement set out by Pan American…