Ultimate DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/MD-95 Guide
Unlike the 707 and DC-10 guides, this one will go in chronological order. Roughly. It’s the easiest way I think, due to how various features were introduced. Also, due to how many times it will … Read more
Ultimate DC-10/MD-11 Guide
Well, the variants of the DC-10 family have such overlapping “minor” features that it’s very difficult to define any particular series by a particular set of features (asides from the really obvious ones like presence … Read more
The inimitable Tupe: life and times of the Tu-154
In 1972, Britain’s BOAC was running a tv commercial which boasted that the airline’s passengers “arrived not knowing they had flown.” At the same time, over in the USSR, an airliner was entering service whose … Read more
Ultimate Boeing 707 Guide
Important note: For this article, I will be referring to each and every variant in as complete a designation as possible. Thus “707-120” MEANS 707-120, and -120 only. Not the -120B, not the extended family … Read more
“Little Amy” – Air Marshall Islands’ DC-8
In 1986, the Marshall Islands, after almost four decades under the administration of the U.S. as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, gained its independence, with Majuro as the capital. It … Read more