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From TWA to Southwest: The Real Airlines in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
This Heatwarming Thanksgiving Classic Movie Is Also An Avgeek Time CapsuleEvery Thanksgiving, millions of Americans settle down after a turkey dinner for a holiday tradition. They laugh as Neal Page (Steve Martin) and Del Griffith (John Candy) suffer through...
Lufthansa’s 100th Anniversary Livery Might Be the Best Looking Livery Yet
Lufthansa's 100th Anniversary Livery Joins a Growing List of Stunning Centennial Paint JobsAre we quietly entering a golden age of airline liveries? With American Airlines debuting its retro-styled Boeing 787 and Delta Air Lines preparing for its own centennial...
D.B. Cooper: The Boeing 727 Legend Born on a Stormy Thanksgiving Eve
On a gloomy Thanksgiving Eve in 1971, a man in a black suit, thin raincoat, and clip-on tie paid $20 in cash for a one-way ticket. He walked onto a Boeing 727, took his seat near the back of...
Fly the Friendly Skies: When United Air Lines Entered the Jet Age
United Air Lines officially entered the jet age on 18 September 1959, when Flight 800—a Douglas DC-8—departed San Francisco for New York at 0830 local time.It would have been the first scheduled DC-8 flight in the world had...
Movie Star Aircraft: The Top Gun P-51 Mustang in Top Gun: Maverick
The Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.In this storyThe Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.Back Before...
The Supermarine Spitfire: Engineers kept improving Britain’s best fighter
Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireHighlights of our Supermarine Spitfire story:Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireThose Wonderful Wings...
The Bearcat: The Last and the Best of Grumman’s Propeller Driven Cats
Developed to Operate from Escort Carrier Decks, the F8F Bearcat Barely Missed the Action in World War IIOn 23 June 1943, a meeting took...