Soviet-Era Airliners When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted Soviet-built airliners that could be deemed o...

Land Rover Series III The Series III Land Rover, an updated Series IIA, was launched in 1971 and offered an amalgamation of cosmetic and engineeri...

Seattle Stratotanker Veterans: Boeing KC-135 Variants The first KC-135A was rolled out on July 18, 1956 – nearly 70 years ago – and, amazingly, hal...

B-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...

Russian Air Power Russia has an extensive history of domestic military aircraft manufacture and a vast array of air power at its disposal. Despite ...

British Midland Airways British Midland Airways existed under different identities for more than 70 years, during which time it grew from a flying ...

707: Boeing’s First Jetliner The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought America into the ‘Jet Age’ of the late 1950s and created...

Travis Air Force Base: The USAF’s Transport Superbase in Action Travis Air Force Base, situated in Fairfield, California, is the “Gateway to the Pa...

125: The Jet Dragon That Roared The 125 was originally conceived in the 1960s. Initially, the response in Europe to a business jet was lukewarm, bu...

Iran Air: Flying the Homa The first Iranian airline was started in 1924 by German Hugo Junkers. When the Junkers company closed in 1936, Iranian mi...

RAF Transport Aircraft From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food and ammunition in the Mesopotamian desert...

German Starfighters: The Story in Colour, Introduction and Units The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era...

Japan’s Railways: Hokkaido to Chubu Japan’s first railway opened between Tokyo and Yokohama in 1872. Its railways were nationalised in the early 19...

Railways in Northern Lincolnshire: Four Decades of Change Set against the contrasting rural and industrial scenery of northern Lincolnshire, this b...

Irish Railways: The Last 60 Years By the end of the 1950s, steam had already mostly disappeared from passenger work in the Republic of Ireland, yet...

Airliners of the 1990s The 1990s brought many important developments for the aviation world. The early jetliners now hauled cargo, and the new wid...

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines is one of the world’s longest serving and most successful carriers. With a fleet of more than 900 aircraft serving ...

Bradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years and Jubilee Celebrations Bradford trolleybuses were the first and the last of their kind in the UK – introdu...

London Bus Routes One by One: 301–969 In times of old, the numbers 300–499 were restricted to the green buses of the London Transport Country Area,...

Airbus A400M Atlas The Airbus A400M is a medium-lift turboprop military transport aircraft currently in service with the air forces of France, Germ...

El Al The history of El Al, the Israeli national flag carrier, dates back to September 1948, when a former Israeli Air Force C-54B-15-DO Skymaster ...

Republic F-105 Thunderchief: Operations in Southeast Asia When the Air War against North Vietnam began in earnest on March 2, 1965, the United Stat...

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Loved by most associated personnel and enthusiasts alike, the C-141 Starlifter, quite simply, looked right and was right....

Douglas DC-3 NOTE: Previously published as Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3. Although many early aircraft were designed to carry passen...