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Hello everyone. I’m David H. Stringer, your History Editor. Welcome to the 309th issue of Airways magazine. I’d like to express my gratitude to you, our readers, who have made it possible for this periodical to continue publishing for nearly 29 years now! And I’d like to convey my appreciation to those of you who are interested in the history of the people, the companies, and the aircraft that have contributed to the development of commercial aviation—an industry barely a century old. If you’re like me, you enjoy the stories of how airlines developed and the personalities behind the companies. You’re curious as to why a carrier chose one type of aircraft over another for its fleet. And you wonder why scheduled airline service to smaller cities in the USA was so…

Hi, Airways, I have been a subscriber for years, as well as an airline enthusiast ever since I was a little boy. I just wanted to express the enjoyment of my over 20 years as a subscriber. Just a quick suggestion for you. For a future article, it may be interesting to focus on Westchester County Airport, New York. Even though this is basically a regional airport, to me, it has been one of the best secrets for travelers in the New York area as an alternate to Newark, LaGuardia, and Kennedy. It still has a nice observation deck. Although it is interior only, you’re still able to get some great pictures of the runway operations directly in front of you, as well as of the gate operations. Please don’t forget that the new…

ON THE COVER The year was 1961, and Trans Caribbean Airways was about to take delivery of its first Douglas DC-8-51. N8780R is seen flying over the coast of California in a photo session before delivery. PHOTO DAC VIA PROCTOR/LIVESEY/THOMAS COLLECTION airwaysmag Reports have surfaced about the possibility of the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer, Antonov, working towards developing a second An-225. An article from Flug Revue states that the airframe is at the Antonov plant in Sviatoshyn, near Kyiv. PHOTO: Lorenzo Giacobbo (@avgeek_soch)⁠ OUR MOST VIEWED VIDEO Stay up to date with the latest news and stories, visiting airwaysmag.com, and our social media outlets on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.…

1 MSC AIR CARGO (ATLAS AIR) BOEING 777F N707GT MSN 67992 · LN 1727 MSC Mediterranean Shipping took its first step into the air cargo industry when its operating partner Atlas Air took (5Y) delivery of a Boeing 777-200 freighter. Delivered as part of a long-term ACMI agreement between the parties, the aircraft is the first of four new 777-200Fs that 5Y will operate for MSC. 2 JETBLUE AIRBUS A320-232 N775JB MSN 3800 JetBlue (B6) has revealed a revised ‘Vets In Blue’ special livery on one of its Airbus A320-200s. The livery, dedicated to retired US military service personnel, features a brighter blue paint color and a bold yellow ribbon going all the way to the aircraft’s tail. And, on the rear section of the fuselage, the message ‘JetBlue Honors Our Veterans’. 3 JETLINES AIRBUS A320-214(WL) TC-DCD (C-GCJK) MSN 5995 Canadian…

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT Madrid, Spain PHOTOGRAPHER: ADRIAN NOWAKOWSKI HOMETOWN: MADRID, SPAIN SOCIAL MEDIA: @ANWAVIATION HOW DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH AVIATION? My first contact with commercial aviation happened back in 2007 when I first moved to my actual home, which is located one mile off Madrid’s Runway 36R. I loved spending all nights listening to the transatlantic departures out of Madrid, including legendary aircraft such as the Iberia A340 or the Cubana IL-96. Until, one day, I managed to buy my first DSLR camera ten years later and started recording all the different aircraft that came by, and slowly fell in love with aviation trying to learn all I could about airlines, airports and routes. I can surely say that, once you enter this world, there is no way for you to get out from it…

The following is an excerpt of “Boeing 747 – Memories of the Jumbo Jet”, written by aviation journalists Andreas Spaeth and Geoffrey Thomas. The book is a visual homage to the Queen of the Skies, with 272 glossy pages packed with over 300 photos and illustrations, many of them rarely seen before from Boeing’s and many airlines’ archives. For more information, visit https://www.delius-books.de/english.html, https://flightcon.net/product/747-memories/ or the usual outlets. The retail price is about US$40/€49.95. All photos via Delius Fine Books. The moment the Boeing 747 was conceived happened in 1965 in Alaska, on a yacht called The Wild Goose, chartered from actor John Wayne. The two most powerful men in aviation at the time, Boeing boss William “Bill” Allen and Pan Am’s founder Juan Trippe, both in their mid-60s at the time, made…