Airliner World Magazine August 2020 Vorige editie

The August edition of Airliner World is a summer holiday special. We let you jet off on your much-needed holiday in style. Our first destination is the Bahamas where we explore rare, but often overlooked types. We then take a trip back in time to spot colourful European holiday carriers in Menorca before we analyse a former Spanish charter airline’s sole surviving Convair CV-990. To top off our holiday-themed issue, we chart the history of one of the UK’s former much-loved charter firms. Elsewhere, we deliver alternative articles as we look at Landor’s livery legacy and get technical with TP Aerospace.

Meanwhile, we investigate the latest stories from the coronavirus-hit aviation industry. This includes an exclusive chat by Airliner World’s Gordon Smith with one of Aer Lingus’ captains who described the logistics and rewards of operating PPE flights. Additionally, we examine how operators around the globe have responded to the global storage of jets – whether through maintenance, inspection and cleaning to keep them airworthy. Finally, we say a fond farewell to the venerable ‘Mad Dog’ as Delta Air Lines retired its remaining long-serving examples – an early casualty of the pandemic.

Finally, we bring you our comprehensive coverage of worldwide news along with our regular sections of commercial aircraft acquisitions, historic aviation, up-to-date accident reports and MRO. During this month’s aviation training, we get a one-off perspective from a New Zealand-based pilot cadet on how he got into the industry and how COVID-19 has affected his training.