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Curbside Classics Archives
Runway Classic Archive
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![(first posted 3/17/2017) When the RAF needed to go supersonic to meet the threat of Soviet long distance bombers, it did it in style. The English Electric Lightning looked like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/b1f6b5731242efebba24b61730f1bf03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Classic: 1960 English Electric Lightning – Two Everests in Three Minutes")
Rampside Classic: 1960 English Electric Lightning – Two Everests in Three Minutes
Posted on August 25, 2023 | 27 Comments(first posted 3/17/2017) When the RAF needed to go supersonic to meet the threat of Soviet long distance bombers, it did it in style. The English Electric Lightning looked like […] -
![(first posted 8/3/2017) After the disappointment of the pioneering Comet, how was the British aircraft industry to compete with the Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8? The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/00-GARVC_VC10_goldenSB-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aviation Classic: 1962 Vickers VC-10 – A Great Step Backwards In Aviation")
Aviation Classic: 1962 Vickers VC-10 – A Great Step Backwards In Aviation
Posted on August 3, 2023 | 72 Comments(first posted 8/3/2017) After the disappointment of the pioneering Comet, how was the British aircraft industry to compete with the Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8? The […] -
![(first posted 9/25/2016) The first jetliner in the world wasn’t a Boeing or a McDonnell Douglas. It was a government sponsored project, conceived in war to serve a post-war Empire. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC06214.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aviation Classic: De Havilland Comet – Britain Pushes Aviation Boundaries, Maybe A Bit Too Far")
Aviation Classic: De Havilland Comet – Britain Pushes Aviation Boundaries, Maybe A Bit Too Far
Posted on September 25, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 9/25/2016) The first jetliner in the world wasn’t a Boeing or a McDonnell Douglas. It was a government sponsored project, conceived in war to serve a post-war Empire. […] -
![(first posted 5/8/2016) We all know the significance of the Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster. All these great aircraft were powered by the immortal Rolls-Royce Merlin engine; brilliantly engineered and superbly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/01-feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Classic – 1943 De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito – The Wooden Wonder That Rewrote The Rulebook")
Rampside Classic – 1943 De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito – The Wooden Wonder That Rewrote The Rulebook
Posted on May 8, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 5/8/2016) We all know the significance of the Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster. All these great aircraft were powered by the immortal Rolls-Royce Merlin engine; brilliantly engineered and superbly […] -
![(first posted 12/11/2014) A perfect summer day at O’Hare airport, watching the takeoffs on 14R/22L. Douglas DC-8, DC-9, DC-10, Boeing 727 and 737, and a few other oldies. What’s your […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/United-Air-LInes-DC-8-61.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Runway Classics Video – O’Hare, August 26, 1979")
Runway Classics Video – O’Hare, August 26, 1979
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 107 Comments(first posted 12/11/2014) A perfect summer day at O’Hare airport, watching the takeoffs on 14R/22L. Douglas DC-8, DC-9, DC-10, Boeing 727 and 737, and a few other oldies. What’s your […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2015) 75 (update: 80) years ago this summer, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe were engaged in the first battle fought exclusively in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hurricane-spitfire-dover-cliffs1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aviation History: 1940 Hawker Hurricane And Supermarine Spitfire – The Planes of “the Few”")
Aviation History: 1940 Hawker Hurricane And Supermarine Spitfire – The Planes of “the Few”
Posted on September 18, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted 7/23/2015) 75 (update: 80) years ago this summer, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe were engaged in the first battle fought exclusively in the […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2014. This happened 60 years ago today, so here it is again) I awoke before dawn on August 27, 1960, bursting with nervous anticipation. This was to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DC-8-swiss-air-in-air-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Autobiography/Aviation History: Douglas DC-8 – The Trip of a Lifetime")
Autobiography/Aviation History: Douglas DC-8 – The Trip of a Lifetime
Posted on August 27, 2020 | 88 Comments(first posted 12/22/2014. This happened 60 years ago today, so here it is again) I awoke before dawn on August 27, 1960, bursting with nervous anticipation. This was to be […] -
![At the end of WW2, when the United States refused to share in the nuclear secrets that had enabled the USA to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to such effect, Britain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vulcan-558-011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aviation History: 1960 Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 – The Empire’s Last Stand")
Aviation History: 1960 Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 – The Empire’s Last Stand
Posted on September 15, 2015 | 47 CommentsAt the end of WW2, when the United States refused to share in the nuclear secrets that had enabled the USA to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to such effect, Britain […] -
![After being in storage from 1973 to 1991, former TWA Convair 880 N807J is awakened again for the first time in 18 years, to begin her journey from Mojave, CA. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Runway Classic Video: The Mighty Convair 880 Takes Off Again")
Runway Classic Video: The Mighty Convair 880 Takes Off Again
Posted on February 20, 2015 | 45 CommentsAfter being in storage from 1973 to 1991, former TWA Convair 880 N807J is awakened again for the first time in 18 years, to begin her journey from Mojave, CA. […] -
![One of the pleasures in contributing to CC is dong the research for a feature, and discovering something like this. Just as Paul Niedermeyer found the fascinating Rampside Classic Boeing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bristol-freighter.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Outtake – Silver City Airways Bristol Type 170 Freighter")
Rampside Outtake – Silver City Airways Bristol Type 170 Freighter
Posted on January 21, 2015 | 36 CommentsOne of the pleasures in contributing to CC is dong the research for a feature, and discovering something like this. Just as Paul Niedermeyer found the fascinating Rampside Classic Boeing […]
