Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

2/09/1969: The Queen of the Skies Takes Flight

2/06/1919: Deutsche Luft-Reederei Maiden Flight

2/04/1998: Western Pacific Airlines Ends Operations

2/03/2012: Malev Ceases Operations after 66 Years

2/01/1964: Boeing 727 Enters Service With Eastern

1/31/1986: Boeing Acquires De Havilland Canada

1/30/1988: Friendship One's Round-the-world Record

1/29/1966: The Official Opening of Auckland Airport

1/28/1935: First Flight of the Potez 62

1/26/1945: Maiden Flight of the Miles M.57 Aerovan

1/24/1961: Convair 990 Coronado Maiden Flight

1/23/2004: German Carrier Condor Flies Again

Legacy Articles

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

12/31/2006: BWIA Becomes Caribbean Airlines

10/20/2015: Congo Airways Starts Operations

10/24/2012: WOW Air Acquires Rival Iceland Express

10/14/2010: French CCM Rebrands as Air Corsica

10/12/2009: World's First Revenue Gas-to-liquid Fuel Flight

10/13/1930: Junkers Ju 52 Maiden Flight

10/16/1978: Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar's Maiden Flight

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