Lee Cross

Assistant Editor - Airliner World. Contributor and former deputy editor at Airways.

Latest Articles

2/27/1995: Denver Stapleton Airport's Final Flight

2/25/1920: World's First Air Traffic Control Tower

2/24/1957: World's First Commercial Trans-polar Flight

2/23/1934: Lockheed Model 10 Electra Maiden Flight

Propfan Power: Evolution of the Unducted Fan Engine

2/22/1993: McDonnell Douglas MD-90 Maiden Flight

2/21/1971: ANA Spreads Its International Wings

2/19/1982: Maiden Flight of the Boeing 757

​​2/18/1956: Finnair Flies to Moscow after World War II

2/17/2005: Central Japan International Airport Opens

2/16/2019: UK Regional Carrier flybmi Ends Ops

2/15/1946: Maiden Flight of the Douglas DC-6

Legacy Articles

11/12/1998: First Flight of Commuter Airline Shuttle America

11/09/1980: Dan-Air Operates Last Comet Flight

11/11/1983: The CASA/IPTN CN-235 Maiden Flight

11/08/2020: The Final Flight out of Berlin Tegel Airport

11/07/2001: Sabena Makes Its Last Flight

11/05/1991: Russian Carrier Transaero Begins Operations

11/01/1979: Jersey European Airways Commences Operations

11/03/1993: Trans World Airlines Emerges from First Bankruptcy

A global review of commercial flight in its 31st year
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