Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

1/14/1976: British Airways Receives Its First Concorde

1/11/1989: AASI Jetcruzer 450 First Flight

1/09/1962: Hawker Siddeley Trident Maiden Flight

1/05/1955: Concórdia-based Transbrasil Is Founded

1/04/1964: First Papal Visit to Use a Commercial Airliner

1/03/1981: Pan Am Retires the Boeing 707

1/01/1922: World's First Airline Uniforms

12/31/2006: BWIA Becomes Caribbean Airlines

12/27/2014: Qantas Retires Its Last Passenger Boeing 767

12/25/2011: VietJet Air Operates Its Maiden Flight

12/24/1905: Aviator Howard Hughes is Born

12/22/1976: Maiden Flight of the Ilyushin Il-86

Legacy Articles

7/29/1963: Maiden Flight of the Tupolev TU-134

8/01/1997: Boeing, McDonnell Douglas Finalize Merger

7/16/1948: Maiden Flight of the Vickers Viscount

7/10/1947: Maiden Flight of the Airspeed Ambassador

7/06/1998: Hong Kong's Iconic Kai Tak Airport Closes

7/07/1990: PGA Portugalia Airlines Commences Operations

7/05/1942: Maiden Flight of the Avro York

7/04/1997: First Flight of the ERJ-135

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