Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

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

2/27/1995: Denver Stapleton Airport's Final Flight

2/25/1920: World's First Air Traffic Control Tower

2/24/1957: World's First Commercial Trans-polar Flight

2/23/1934: Lockheed Model 10 Electra Maiden Flight

Propfan Power: Evolution of the Unducted Fan Engine

Legacy Articles

10/11/1970: Maiden Flight of Boeing 747-200

10/19/2010: Hamburg International Ceases Operations

10/08/1998: Gardermoen Replaces Oslo Fornebu Airport

10/07/1933: Flag Carrier Air France Is Born

10/06/1959: Charter Carrier Spantax Is Founded

10/05/1951: First Flight of the Convair CV-340

Easy Come, Easy Go: The History of Go Fly

1/31/1986: Boeing Finalizes Purchase of De Havilland Canada

A global review of commercial flight in its 31st year
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