Chris Sloan

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Chris Sloan is a curious human with far too many passions and advocations: a long-time aviation journalist, television producer, philanthropist, entrepreneur, photographer, businessman, drone operator, wanderluster, storyteller, and dad. On the side, he runs the webseum of commercial aviation, TheAirchive.net.

Saying Goodbye to Our Little AvGeek, Mr. Awesome

Dear friends and family in the aviation industry: As many of you know Carla, Caleb, and I and our family

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“Airways Magazine” Changes Ownership and Joins Far-Reaching Alliance with Airchive

Dear Readers of Airchive, I remember it like it was yesterday: Twenty years ago I was in a Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Inside United Airlines Network Operations Control

MIAMI — As the world’s largest airline in terms of fleet size (nearly 700 mainline aircraft), number of destinations (360

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Miami To Receive First Non-Stops To Middle East Since 2008 as Qatar Announces Service to Doha

MIAMI — Qatar Airways made the official announcement this morning of nonstop service between Miami and Doha, Qatar. The four

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A History of Boeing’s Everett Plant Part 2: The 747 Crisis and Development of the 767

MIAMI — Welcome to part two of our multi-part epoch on the fascinating history of the Boeing Everett plant. We will

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British Airways Completes True Long-Haul Inaugural Airbus A380 Service

LOS ANGELES — British Airways has completed the inaugural of its first Airbus A380 service on its so called “Red Carpet

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Onboard Report: American Airlines Inaugurates Airbus A319 Service – First Entirely New Type Since 777 in 1999.

DALLAS — A little over 2 years after American Airlines shocked the industry with the  largest order of commercial aircraft in

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Miami Is Boeing’s “Sim City”: Company Relocates Flight Training To Miami from Seattle

MIAMI — Miami is now Boeing’s “Sim City” but Airchive’s home base has always been an aviation hub dating back

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Onboard British Airways’ Airbus A380 First Pre-Inaugural Familiarization Flight

LONDON — On July 4th, British Airways accepted its first of twelve Airbus A380s from Toulouse with a double delivery event,

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Interjet Receives The First Sukhoi SuperJet 100

MIAMI — Mexican LCC Interjet has received the first Superjet 100, at its headquarters in Toluca, Mexico the airline announced.

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