Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

12/11/1996: Oasis International Ceases Operations

12/10/1958: First Jet-Powered US Domestic Flight

12/08/1964: United Caravelle's First US Auto Landing

12/07/2011: Virgin Australia Absorbs V Australia

12/06/1957: Lockheed L-188 Electra Maiden Flight

12/04/1991: The Last Flight of Pan Am Takes Off

12/03/1985: ATR-42 Enters Service With Air Littoral

12/02/1939: LaGuardia Airport Begins Operations

11/30/1986: Maiden Flight of the Fokker 100

11/29/1953: American Introduces the Douglas DC-7

11/27/1992: Dan-Air Merges into British Airways

11/26/2003: Concorde Makes Her Last Flight

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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