The Commuter Airlines of Long Island MacArthur Airport

Introduction: Although commuter airline operations, conducted by a variety of almost-exclusively turboprop aircraft that accommodated between 19 and 50 passengers,augmented Long Island MacArthur Airport’s six-and-a-half decade scheduled service history, they were integral to its development as a regional airfield, providing both origin-and-destination and connecting, major-carrier aligned, two-letter code share links […]

Aircraft Acrylic Window Refurbishment

Aircraft windshields, enclosures and windows. Repairs are more manageable when they are repairs to plastic windshields, enclosures, and windows in non-pressurized aircraft. For pressurized aircraft, replace or repair plastic windows in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendation. When acrylic aircraft windshields and side windows are damaged, they are usually replaced, unless […]

A History of Convair 880 and 990 Aircraft Accidents

Although the Convair 880’s and 990’s accident history can be considered extensive, especially in ratio to the number that entered service, several aspects should be considered. In the 15-year period between 1960, the type’s year of service entry, to 1974, there were seven fatal mishaps. Four included the CV-990A, whose […]

Air Charter and Wet Lease Aircraft Leasing

The final chapter in the Airbus A310 story. The production line remains technically open but the aircraft has been largely superseded, such is the march of progress. The final manoeuvres are sad and on the wrong side of profitability. Cameroon Airlines wet lease an A310-300 from Air Plus Comet in […]