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Mexicana's JATO-Equipped Boeing 727-200s

Mexicana operated a unique variant of the Boeing 727-200 that had JATO provisions to allow full payload operations out of high elevation airports like…

Nov 12, 2022 •

SERA: Making the Grumman S-2 Tracker Flyable

Single Engine Rudder Assist was an automatic system that made the short-coupled Tracker flyable in a single-engine situation.

Nov 11, 2022 •

The Mountain Master: Frontier's Convair 580s

The outstanding high altitude performance of the Convair 580 in Frontier service led to it being nicknamed "The Mountain Master"

Nov 10, 2022 •

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NEW VARIANT OF CONCERN: AY.3

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DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINE

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The Boeing 777 Worst Case Rejected Take-Off Test: Dallas/Fort Worth

The worst case scenario in a rejected take off scenario for the Boeing 777 belonged to British Airways- a hot day at DFW, fully loaded for London.

Nov 9, 2022 •

What Does the Boom Overture Supersonic Airliner Design Have That Will Change Historical Paradigms?

We posed this question to aviation journalist Jon Ostrower given that the history of commercial airliner development has not favored designs with…

Nov 5, 2022 •

Minoru Yamasaki and Lambert St. Louis Airport

Yamasaki's 1955 design for the Lambert terminal changed the visual vocabulary of what an airport should look like.

Nov 1, 2022 •

Air Canada's Rapidair Shuttle Services

Launched in 1972 to link Toronto and Montreal, Air Canada's Rapidair now includes Ottawa. Rapidair was where Air Canada debuted their Boeing 727s.

Oct 31, 2022 •

The Gatwick-Heathrow Airlink 1978-1986

Though rivals, British Airways and British Caledonian worked with the British Airports Authority to operate a scheduled helicopter service between the…

Oct 30, 2022 •

The RBS Express: The Trains of the Strategic Air Command

For ten years, SAC used radar bomb scoring equipment mounted on trains to create a constantly changing set of practice targets for its bomber crews.

Oct 28, 2022 •

Air Oregon: Filling the Gap, 1977-1982

Air Oregon was one of a number of airlines that filled the gap left when bigger airlines dropped services to smaller communities after deregulation.

Oct 27, 2022 •

Ramblings of a Free-Range Primary Care Physician

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Ramblings of a Free-Range Primary Care Physician

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