The Star Ariel – Another BSAA Disappearance
Shortly after the disappearance of the Star Tiger, another BSAA Tudor mysteriously vanished – the Star Ariel. Some aircraft gain
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Avro 691 Lancastrian – The Very First Jet Airliner
Which was the first jet airliner to make an international flight? The Avro 961 Lancastrian. You might think that would
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Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – Explosive Decompression
The Boeing 737 is arguably one of the safest aircraft ever made. However, accidents do happen as in the case
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Fw 200 Condor – The Airliner that went to War
German aviation designer Kurt Tank is best known for the fighters he created for Focke-Wulf, but he was also responsible
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Bristol Type 167 Brabazon – The First True Jumbo
In September 1949, just over four years after the end of World War Two, the first flight of a stunning
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Airbus A380 – The Boeing 747 Nemesis
The Airbus A380 was the first serious competitor to Boeing’s iconoclastic 747 series, which dominated commercial air travel in the
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SR.45 Princess – The Largest Metal Flying Boat Ever Built
A product of the optimism of post-World War Two Britain, the Saunders-Roe Princess, the largest metal flying boat ever created,
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Junkers G.38 – Germany’s Enormous Transport
The Junkers G.38 was a large four-engined transport aircraft that was first flown in the late 1920s. Initially constructed to
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