Avro Canada Jetliner: How the World's First Jet Airliner Almost Came From Ontario
31 Oct 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Had it not been for the demise of the CF-105 Arrow the C102 Jetliner would have been the greatest missed opportunity in Canadian aviation history.
20 Years Ago Today, the Concorde Supersonic Airliner Bid Its Final Farewell
24 Oct 2023, 18:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Concorde made its final flight from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport across the Atlantic to London's Heathrow Airport twenty years ago today.
Sports Car in the Sky: How the Boeing 757 Became the Most Overpowered Airliner Ever Built
2 Sep 2023, 02:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a global crisis nearly brought the airline industry to its knees, such a special breed of jet liek the 757could have easily gone extinct.
Honey, I Shrunk the 747: The Story of the Boeing 747SP
13 Jun 2023, 22:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, only a handful of 747SPs remain in service with global cargo carriers. So if you look up in the sky one day and see one, know it's very special.
How and Why Mitsubishi's Aircraft Division Failed Even Worse Than Its Auto Brand
5 Jun 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To those who know Mitsubishi for building mediocre cars, it's interesting to see how the company's auto brand lives on while its airliner division perishes
Spirit Airlines: How a Lowly Trucking Company Got Its Wings for Better or Worse
3 Mar 2023, 21:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Founded in 1964 as Clippert Trucking Company by a Michigan native Ned Homfeld, what would become Spirit Airlines started with simple intentions.
Tupolev Tu-116: A Soviet Luxury VIP Airliner That Started Life as a Nuclear Bomber
21 Feb 2023, 00:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Seriously? An airliner fashioned out of the same airframe as a nuclear-capable bomber? That's the most Soviet thing we've heard in a long time
Dornier Do X: The Largest, Most Luxurious Way to Fly 100 Years Ago
17 Aug 2022, 01:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Do X's proportions are eerily similar to modern widebody jet airliners. the Do-X's width matches that of a modern Boeing 767-300 to within inches
Instead of Recycling Vintage Airliners, Why Not Turn Them Into RVs?
24 Jul 2022, 04:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Especially when it comes to iconic classic airplanes of history, there are better ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle than selling them for scrap
Flying on Pan Am Used to Be Amazingly Luxurious, Kick the Hell Out of Modern Airlines
10 Jul 2022, 06:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For those of you born after the downfall of Pan Am as America's premier airline, it was like a the perfect blend of flight experience and a worldwide network.
Pokémon "Pokéjets": Limited Edition Boeing Jetliners That Make You Wanna Catch 'Em All
26 Apr 2022, 22:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With an HQ only a short bullet-train trip away from Nintendo's, it makes sense that the two parties had the wherewithal to make this partnership happen