Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

5/13/1970: 'Buffalo Joe' McBryan Founds Buffalo Airways

5/12/1982: Braniff International Airways is Grounded

5/11/1934: the Douglas DC-2 Takes Flight for the First Time

5/08/2008: Isle of Man-based Euromanx Ceases Operations

4/24/1966: The Jet-Age Arrives at Washington National

3/10/2004: Hong Kong's HK Express is Founded

3/06/1970: BEA Airtours Operates Maiden Flight

3/05/1923: Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation Is Founded

3/03/2012: Continental, United Airlines Merger Completed

3/02/1969: Concorde Takes to the Skies

3/01/1986: Trans World Airlines, Ozark Announce Merger

2/28/2008: Boston-Maine Airways Grounded

Legacy Articles

1/12/1935: Earhart's First Hawaii Solo Flight

1/11/1989: AASI Jetcruzer 450 First Flight

1/09/1962: Maiden Flight of the Hawker Siddeley Trident

1/05/1955: Transbrasil Is Founded

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

4/29/1988: The Prototype Boeing 747-400 Takes Flight

4/28/1958: Aer Lingus Operates Maiden Transatlantic Flight

12/21/1945: Ethiopian Airlines Is Founded post-liberation

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