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Tri Jet Tuesday - TU154
Announced in the spring of 1966 the TU154 was intended to replace the TU104, IL18 and AN10 on Aeroflots medium to long sectors.


Tri Jet Tuesday - Boeing 727
Once the worlds most produced jet airliner until its stable mate the 737 surpassed it and the first to break the 1000 sales barrier, the B72


Tri Jet Tuesday - MD11
Developed from the DC10, the MD11 was updated, re engined and stretched to seat up to 405


Tri Jet Tuesday - Yak 40/42
Designed to replace increasingly obsolete turboprop aircraft such as the IL12 and Lisunov Li2 the Yak 40 is a 24-32 seat pressurised trijet


Skiathos, Short, narrow but absolutely wonderful!
Ever wondered what the underside of a modern jetliner looks like up close and personal? I visited the Greek island of Skiathos, sometimes ni


Cairns - Connecting the World with the Great Barrier Reef
Marketed as Connecting the World with the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns International Airport has invested heavily since its acquisition by Nor


BA001 - Not just a flight number
Generally speaking when you book a flight the number allocated doesn’t really register, it is pretty much irrelevant until the day of travel


Taking Wings Again - The TWA Hotel at JFK
On May 28, 1962 TWA opened their new Terminal at the then named New York Idlewild airport to great media attention. Nearly 57 years to the d


A farewell to British Airways 'Queen of the Skies'
Following a not unsurprising, but equally devastating to some, announcement that BAs 747s will not fly the companies passengers again here i


An Evening at EMA
The combination of an increase in cargo traffic at this already busy freight hub, the longest day of the year meaning late evening light...


Brussels Airport fights back.
March 22, 2016 was a terrible moment in the history of Brussels airport (LFBO / EBBR). Breakfast time at this busy central European airport


Itinéraries à grand cabaret. The A380 convoy
February 28th saw the very last convoy of A380 sections pass through the French countryside. The story below recounts my experience of this
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