Mit der Bestellung über 20 Boeing 707 und 25 Douglas DC-8 öffnete Pan American am 13.10.1955 die Tür ins Düsenzeitalter und setzte gleichzeitig ihre Konkurrenten und die beiden größten amerikanischen Flugzeughersteller unter Druck, diesen Weg zu gehen. Bei Lufthansa – die selbst erst wenige Monate zuvor den Flugbetrieb nach zehnContinue Reading
Sixty years ago on 12.09.1960 with N90702 one of the first-ever build Douglas DC-6 made a fuel-stop at Frankfurt while on ferry from the United States to Jordan. This aircraft – number four of the DC-6 production line – was one of ca 90 examples of that type operated byContinue Reading
Production list SE-210 Caravelle (updated 11.03.2020) Continue Reading
A gallery of b/w photos taken at Frankfurt between 1955 and 1962, when Frankfurt airport was dominated by propliners of Lockheed, Douglas, Bristol or Vickers etc. and the first jet airliners at the doorstep of the beginning of jetage. All photos marked as copyright protected „Collection Ralf Drews |Continue Reading
On February 9, 1969 for the first time the prototype of the world largest passenger plane made its way to the sky and opened a new category in air travel and transportation. More than fifty years later, many of the the Boeing 747 are still in service with airlines aroundContinue Reading