Classic Jetliners: The Fokker F28 Fellowship
You might know this plane, especially since the Philippine Air Force uses it too—the Fokker F28 Fellowship. After the commercial success of the Fokker F27 Friendship, a turboprop regional airliner,…
Classic Jetliners: The BAe 146 / Avro RJ
The BAe 146 by British Aerospace and its successor, the Avro RJ, had a good run in the Philippines. Airlines like Asian Spirit, Skyjet, and Royal Air flew these planes.…
Classic Jetliners: The Vickers VC-10
In the 1960s, the market for regional jets was a crowded field with multiple manufacturers in the game. You had big names like the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, the BAC One-Eleven,…
Classic Jetliners: The McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the most renowned trijet widebody aircraft in history, stands out as an intriguing commercial aircraft I've had the pleasure to observe. Although it carries a history…
Classic Jetliners: The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
Trijets have always captured my imagination, tracing back to my childhood when I received a children's book about airplanes. One of the pages presented a comparison between two types of…
Classic Jetliners: The Tupolev Tu-144
Pose the question about the earliest and quickest commercial passenger aircraft, and you'll find many pointing towards the Concorde as the answer. The reality, however, may come as a surprise.…
Classic Jetliners: The Aerospatiale – BAC Concorde
The era when the Aerospatiale - BAC Concorde first graced the skies was truly a remarkable period in aviation history. This supersonic airliner, the lone one of its kind, marked…
Classic Jetliners: The Hawker Siddeley Trident
The world of aviation in the mid-20th century saw the arrival of the Hawker Siddeley Trident, a British trijet airliner that made its first flight in 1962 and began its…
Classic Jetliners: The Convair 990 Coronado
As a child of the 80s and 90s, one of my fondest memories was playing with Trump Cards (shoutout to fellow 80s and 90s kids!) One of my card sets…
Classic Jetliners: The Tupolev Tu-104
In the 1950s, amid the race for dominance in the commercial aviation sector, the Soviet Union sought to outpace Western nations by achieving groundbreaking milestones in aviation. Among their goals…