Assistant Editor - Airliner World. Contributor and former deputy editor at Airways.
Today, in 1982, the prototype Boeing 757 (N757A) took to the skies for the first time from Renton Municipal Airport.
Today, in 1956, Finnair became the first Western airline to begin commercial flights to Moscow after World War II.
Today, in 2005, Chubu Centrair (Central Japan) International Airport officially opened.
Today, in 2019, UK regional operator flybmi filed for "unavoidable" administration and ceased operations.
Today, in 1946, The Douglas DC-6 took to the skies for the first time in Long Beach, California.
Despite being billed as the 'Advanced Turbo Prop', the BAe ATP was the wrong aircraft at the wrong time.
Today, in 2006, Channel Island-based Rockhopper was rebranded as Blue Islands.
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