Saha Airlines Boeing 707 landing at Tehran-Mehrabad in 2011. Saha Airlines is the last commercial operator of the 707. Date Place Carrier Equipment Phase/ Casualties 15/8/1959 Calverton, New York, United States American Airlines 707-123 (N7514A) Training flight; 5 killed 19/10/1959 Northeast of Arlington, Washington Braniff International Airways 707-227 Training flight; 4 killed 4…
With the launch of the Jet Age with its 707-100 series, Boeing soon found itself at a competitive disadvantage with Douglas, who already had an established world-wide network of agents, representatives and salesmen to market its DC-8 jet. To counter this, according to Ron Davies in Pan Am-An Airline and Its Aircraft, Boeing produced what it…
Prior to the fall off Dacca in Dec 1971, I flew as a passenger from Lahore to Karachi on a scheduled Fokker F-27 flight stopping enroute at Multan. I had taken this feeder flight for ease in getting a seat and also a familiarity with the crew. I was a F-27 co-pilot in those days.…
I started flying the Fokker F-27 on 15 September 1969 as First Officer. Between this date and end of October 1970, I did 51 trips to the Northern Areas from Rawalpindi, comprising 25 trips to Skardu and 26 to Gilgit with the following ten captains, of whom only five are alive now. From the…
The ATR 42 is a twin-turboprop, short-haul regional airliner built in France and Italy by ATR (Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de transport régional). ATR models have their final assembly in Toulouse, and share resources and technology with Airbus. The name “42” comes from the aircraft’s standard seating, which varies from 40 to 52.…
At 1919:48 local time on a cool summer’s evening, American Airlines Flight 96 lifted off from runway zero three right (03R) at Detroit’s Metropolitan Airport. The date was 11 June 1972. Flight 96 was a DC-10 (Series 10) scheduled service from Detroit to Buffalo and was lightly loaded with only 56 passengers and 11 crew.…
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