The history of

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  • IAS Cargo Airlines, 245, 262
  • IATA, 53–4, 56, 58, 106, 127–8, 172–5, 182, 184–6, 204–6, 208–12, 220, 228–30, 238, 240, 242–7, 249–50, 254, 256–7, 260–2, 267, 270, 282, 284–8, 290–92, 294–95, 327, 330, 353, 359, 389
  • ICAN, 55, 58, 170
  • ICAO, 171–5, 188, 217, 221–2, 228–9, 231, 240, 246, 258, 282, 285, 287, 296, 298, 300, 305, 311, 352, 361, 371, 375, 377–8, 384,
  • ICAOC, 321
  • ICC, 67, 206, 284, 352
  • ICRC, 146, 150, 302
  • ILO, 174
  • IMF, 286
  • IML, 277
  • Imperial Aeronautical Association 50
  • Imperial Airways, 46, 85–6, 88, 92, 97–9
  • Indian A.L., 348
  • Instone Air Line, 46,
  • International Airfreight, 131
  • IPC, 362, 367
  • IPEC, 280
  • Isler, Major, 45
  • ISO, 219
  • Itoh EMI31, 51
  • Itoh, 50
  • IUV,242
  • Jackson, Mr, 214
  • Jacquard, 16
  • Jansen, Jean-Peter, 347
  • Japan Airlines, 226, 260, 291, 343, 347, 350–51
  • Jeannel, Dr, 15
  • Jeffries, Dr John, 12
  • JFK, New York, 373–4, 384
  • Junkers, Hugo, 32
  • Junkers: 33, 39, 63, 74, 81, 102, 129, 130, 134; F.VII – 89; F13 – 105, 107, 129, 131, 133, 141; G24 – 105; G31 – 129, 134; G34 – 105; Ju 10 – 34; Ju 46 – 17, 118; Ju 52 – 34, 107, 108, 111, 129, 139, 149, 151, 154; Ju 52–3m – 152, 155; Ju 90 – 130; W33 – 109, 129, 139, 140; 33 – 134
  • Kai Chek, Chang, 158, 160
  • Kai Tak, Hong Kong, 88, 376–7
  • Kalinin, Constantin, 140
  • Kalinin, Mikhail I., 156
  • Kalitta Air, 339,
  • Kalitta, Connie, 339
  • Kamov, Nicolas, 298
  • Kaspar, Joseph, 102
  • Kawanishi H6-K2-L, 163
  • Kawanishi H8K, 163
  • Keay, Bernard, 338
  • Kennedy, Edward, 292
  • Kennedy, John F., 231, 176, 178
  • Khors Aircompany, 339
  • Kieley, John, 115
  • Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, 339
  • Kjartansson, Thor, 339
  • KLM, 47–8, 53–4, 58, 89–1, 94, 100, 126–8, 144–5, 169, 182, 185–6, 207, 216, 222, 253, 260–2, 280, 289, 307, 327, 343–4, 350, 352, 362, 375, 379
  • Klondike Airways. 131
  • Klumpp, Helmuth, 252
  • KNILM, 89, 91
  • Koniev, General, 155
  • Koppen, G. A., 89
  • Korean Air, 307–8, 347, 351
  • Korean Airlines, 226, 323, 343
  • Korean War, 195, 197–98,
  • Kruger, Mike, 339
  • Kühne, Klaus Michael, 356
  • La Citta di Firenze, 15
  • La Guardia, New York 373,
  • Labouchère, René, 102
  • Lacaze, Emile, 16
  • LACES, 289
  • LAL, 71, 73
  • Lambie, Jack, 116
  • Lan Chile, 343–44, 348, 384
  • Lancastrian Aircraft Corporation, 196
  • LARA, 48
  • Laté: 25 – 75; 26 – 75; 28 – 81, 82; 300 – 82, 83; 301 – 83; 521, 122; 522 – 122
  • Latécoère, Pierre-Georges, 43, 69, 71, 74, 76
  • LATI, 144
  • Laurentide Air Services, 131
  • Le Mouel, Joseph-Jean, 174
  • Lebaudy, 18
  • Lefèvre, René, 95
  • Lemoine, Émile, 17
  • Leopold, King, 94
  • LEP, 128
  • Leviathan, 116
  • Levien Cecil J., 133
  • Liberator, 161, 165, 166, 183, 184, 185
  • Liège, Belgium, 284, 332, 339, 370, 372, 375, 378–9
  • Lignes Aériennes Latécoère, 34, 46, 71, 73–4, 126
  • Lilienthal, Otto, 20–1
  • Lindbergh, Charles A., 64
  • Lioré 213, 128
  • Lioré et Olivier 198
  • Lisunov Li2, 140, 296
  • Lockheed C-5A Galaxy – 190, 199, 200, 301, 305; Electra – 68, 116, 217, 261, 281, 311, 319, 338, 339; Hudson – 165; L-1049, 212; L-1049G – 190, 211, 212; L-1649 – 212; Lodestar – 165, 166; Orion – 137
  • Lockheed: 14, 163, 249, 250; 1011 – 249, 340; Constellation – 160, 188; C-130 Hercules – 190, 194, 199, 201, 237, 302, 305, 311, 334, 337, 338, 339, 345; C-141 Starlifter – 199, 201
  • London Gatwick, 373, 379
  • London Heathrow, 372–3, 375, 379,
  • London Stansted, 315, 338, 365, 372–3, 379
  • Loraine, Captain A. C., 162
  • Los Angeles International, L.A. 276, 373
  • LOT, 182
  • Loubry, Roger, 183
  • Lowe, Thaddeus, 14
  • Lufthansa Cargo, 240, 309, 347, 351, 384
  • Lufthansa, 74, 77, 80–3, 121, 126, 129, 182, 216, 219, 226, 232, 240, 246, 250, 252–3, 258, 260, 262–3, 268, 281, 290, 342, 347, 350–1, 359, 384
  • Luftschiffe, 19
  • Luther, Hans, 74
  • Luton, London, 280, 366
  • Luxembourg Airport, 332, 342, 373, 379
  • Lyautey, General, 69, 71
  • Lynden Air Cargo, 345, 348, 305
  • Mac Robertson–Miller Aviation, 181
  • MAC, 197–8, 200, 339
  • MacLaren, Don, 34
  • MacLean, Malcolm, 219
  • Malayasia, 348
  • Malkin, Richard, 180
  • Malmo Aviation, 280
  • Mandel, Monsieur G., 112
  • Mangin, Gabriel, 16
  • Martin M-30, 125
  • Martin, Knok, 48
  • Martinair, 252–3, 255, 262, 309, 330, 339, 343
  • MATS, 197–8,
  • MAWB, 205
  • MCA, 339
  • McCrindle, Major J. R., 41
  • McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) MD-11, 308
  • Meeson, Philip, 338
  • Meiji, Emperor, 50
  • Mermoz, Jean, 43, 45, 69, 73–6, 81–3, 92
  • Merril, Dick, 116
  • Messerschmitt 323 Gigant, 153
  • Meynié, Guy, 366
  • Mil, Mikhail, 298
  • Mil-26, 299
  • Mitchel Billy, 160
  • Mitsubishi KI-57, 162
  • Montgolfier, Etienne, 10, 13
  • Montgolfier, Joseph, 10, 13, 18
  • Montgolfière, 10, 12
  • Mook, Gill, 309
  • Moré, Marcel, 75
  • Morehouse Max, 23–4, 26
  • Mory, Nicolas Toussaint, 355
  • Mosher, Sam, 179
  • Mountain Air Cargo, 310
  • MSAS, 355–6
  • Muroyama, Mr, 51
  • Musik, Ed, 123–4, 136
  • NACA, 28,
  • Nagaoka, General, 50
  • Narita, Tokyo, 373–4,
  • NAT, 64–5,
  • NATS, 160, 197
  • NC211 Cormoran, 190
  • Neptune, 15
  • Newark, New York, 345, 373–4
  • Nimitz, Admiral, 143, 161
  • Nippon Cargo, 348
  • Nixon, President Richard, 198, 240, 242
  • NNR, 356
  • Noguès, Maurice, 91–2, 102
  • Nord 2501 Noratlas, 190, 194
  • Nordair, 225
  • Norden, Arthur, 186
  • Norden, Raymond, 186
  • North Sea Aerial, 46,
  • North West Airways, 64
  • Northcliffe, Lord, 25, 114
  • Northern Air Service, 131,
  • Northern Trans–Pacific, 125
  • NSFC, 179–80
  • NVOCC, 357
  • Oakland, 345, 372–3
  • OECD, 241, 352
  • Ontario, L.A., 318, 373,
  • OPEC, 256
  • Orly, Paris, 216, 290, 372–3
  • Ostend, Belgium, 373
  • Ottensooser, Capt Louis–Jacques 183
  • Ovington, Earle, 28
  • Pacific Air Transport, 64,
  • Pan American Airways 64, 68–9, 74, 114, 120–1, 122–4, 136,145–6, 158, 211, 240, 323, 355
  • Pandair, 246
  • Papanin, Ivan B., 142
  • Papillon, Dr, 14
  • Parmalee, Philip O., 22–3
  • Patin, Lazare, 365
  • Patricia Airways, 131
  • Paulus, General, 154, 164
  • PDU, 250
  • Pearl Harbor, 67, 158, 176, 179,
  • Peck, Brian, 50
  • Peking Government Air Company, 50
  • Pénaud, Alphonse, 20
  • Pennsylvania Central Airlines, 176
  • Pentz, Hermann, 26
  • Péquet, Henri, 26–7
  • Piedmont Triad International Airport 345
  • Pierron, Louis, 40
  • Pirath, Karl, 106
  • Pitt., William, 12
  • Plesman, Albert, 54, 169
  • Poe, Edgar, 13
  • Poincaré, Raymond, 58–9
  • Polar Air Cargo, 340, 342, 346
  • Polikarpov U2, 157
  • Polikarpov, Nikolai, 140
  • Potez: 25 A2 – 76; Cams 161 – 122; R34 – 114
  • Praeger Otto, 28, 60–2, 71
  • Prescott, Robert William, 178–0
  • PTT, 29, 40, 95, 100–1, 117, 223, 235, 237, 366
  • Pudong, Shanghai, 378
  • Qantas Empire Airways, 88
  • Quebecair, 225
  • Quigley, Pilot H. S., 117
  • RAF 85, 163–5, 166, 196
  • Rampont, Germain, 15
  • Raytheon Beech 1900, 310
  • REA 135, 271
  • Read, Lt Cdr, 114
  • Reeve, Robert, 137
  • Régie Air Afrique, 95
  • RFS 260,
  • Richard Wallace, 16
  • Rickenbaker Air–Industrial Park, 371
  • Riddle Airways, 214
  • Righi, Prof, 38
  • Rio Airways, 280
  • Rispal, Jean, 268, 347
  • Riyan, 166
  • Roissy–Charles de Gaulle, Paris, 332, 351, 363–4, 373, 375, 377–9
  • Rome Fiumicino Airport, 232
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 66–8, 121, 128, 131–32, 137, 157–8, 161, 164, 170, 179
  • Roosevelt, Mrs Eleanor, 122
  • Rose, Peter J., 356
  • Roy, Mrs J. C., 342
  • Royal Norwegian Air Transport, 163
  • RTK 175, 228–29, 230, 297, 300, 302, 308, 321, 334, 347, 361, 387
  • Ruth, Miss Helen, 179
  • Sabena, 290
  • Saga Air Transport, 355
  • Salmson 2A2, 33, 69, 71
  • Salmson, 33
  • San Francisco, U.S.A., 373
  • San Jose, 373
  • Santos Dumont No 6, 18
  • Sao Paulo, 373
  • Sato, Yozo, 50
  • Saudia, 268
  • Savoia Marchetti S83, 144
  • Savoia S55, 75
  • Schildhauer, Lt, 116
  • Schiphol, Amsterdam, 375, 378–9
  • Schröder, J. Martin, 343, 389
  • Schweitzer, Dr Albert, 223–24
  • Scott, Major, 114
  • Second Iraq War, 338
  • Second World War, 55, 58, 68, 83, 120, 126, 140, 144, 150–1, 154, 160–3, 175, 196–8, 245, 292, 305, 355, 363
  • Shanghai A.L., 348
  • Shaughnessy, Edward, 62
  • Shiers, W. H., 84
  • Shimada, Takeo, 51
  • Short: Belfast C1 – 192, 338; Empire Flying Boat – 98; S8 Calcutta, 85, 87, 94; S17 Scipio – 94; S23 – 97, 122; S23C – 98, 120; S26 – 120; 330 – 310 ; 360 – 310; Sunderland – 196
  • SIA Cargo, 351
  • Siege of Paris, 14–6, 18, 30, 146
  • Sikorsky: 176; S40 – 124, 125; S42 – 124
  • Silver City Airways, 227
  • Singapore Airlines, 308, 347, 351, 384
  • Skyways Ltd, 196
  • Slick Airways, 180,198, 214
  • Slick, Earl F., 180
  • Slim, Gen William, 164
  • Smith, Del, 338
  • Smith, Fred, 240, 255, 272–5, 307, 386
  • Smith, Keith, 84
  • Smith, Kingsford, 88
  • Smith, Maj–Gen, 159
  • Smith, Ross, 84
  • Société Air Bleu, 113
  • South African Airways, 184
  • Southern Air Transport, 259
  • Southwest A.L, 348
  • Spad: XI – 32; 13 – 50
  • SPCA 218, 95
  • Stanley, Frank, 131
  • Steenackers, François Frédéric, 18
  • Stocks, Alan, 338
  • Straits Airfreight Express, 181–2
  • Swiss Air, 128, 376
  • Swiss Transvalair, 262
  • Taipei Airport, Taiwan, 375
  • Tampa/St Petersburg, 26
  • Tchuikov, Gen, 154
  • Thai Airways, 348
  • The Europort de Vatry, 371
  • The Flying Tiger Line, 178, 180
  • The Gulf Coast Airline, 50
  • Titan Airways, 338
  • TNT Airways, 344, 370
  • Tornado, 83
  • Toudic, Bernard, 355
  • Tradewinds Airways, 245
  • Trans Air, 225
  • Trans Canada Airlines, 132, 225
  • Trans Mediterranean Airways, 267
  • Transafrik International, 339
  • Transall C–160, 190, 193, 236, 237, 302
  • Transamerica, 259
  • Transbrazil, 348
  • Transmeridian Air Cargo, 262–3
  • Treaty of Versailles, 46, 110
  • Trippe, Juan, 64, 69, 122–5, 272
  • Tudhope, J. H., 117,
  • Tumansky, Capt, 139
  • Tunner, Gen William H., 196–97
  • Tupolev ANT-9 – 137; 104 – 137, 211; 144 – 139, 255; Tu-204 – 364, 370
  • Tupolev, Andrei, 140
  • Turkmenistan Airways, 339
  • United Airlines 64, 66–7, 160, 175–76, 178, 191, 219, 249, 259, 280, 308
  • UPS Airlines 344, 346
  • US Airways 348
  • Vachet, Paul, 74
  • Van Den Vondel, Joost, 185
  • Van der Hoop, Thomassen a Thuessink, 89
  • Vanier, Raymond, 72, 112, 234,
  • Varig 340, 343, 348
  • Varney, Walter T., 64,
  • VASP 348
  • Védrines, Jules, 24,
  • Vega Airlines 339
  • Vickers: Vanguard – 217; Vernon – 86; Victoria – 86, 87; Vimy – 34, 84, 85, 93, 114, 115, 135; Warwick – 166; Wellington – 165
  • Victor, Paul Emile, 17, 183,
  • Vietnam War, 198–9, 266, 272, 320
  • Villa, Pancho, 36,
  • Virgin 348
  • Vitoria International Airport, Spain, 373
  • Volare Aircompany 339
  • Volga–Dnepr Airlines 302, 334
  • Von Gablenz, Baron, 120
  • von Hiddesen, Ferdinand, 29
  • Von Marwil, A. R., 37
  • Von Stephan, Heinrich, 18, 55,
  • Von Studnitz, Jobst, 117
  • Von Weichs, Gen, 154
  • Von Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand, 18–9
  • Waller, Ken, 95
  • Webber, Michael J., 301
  • Weiler, Paul Louis, 122
  • Weismann, Capt Eugene, 182–83
  • Wells, Henry, 14,
  • Wells, Hugh, 123
  • West Air 310
  • Western Air Express 135
  • Western Airlines 160
  • Western Airlines Cargo 270
  • Western Australian Airways 52
  • Westland Wessex, 119
  • Wibault 283T, 81
  • Williamson, Gen F. H., 28, 106
  • Wilmington, Ohio,, 371
  • Wilson, J. W., 355
  • Wilson, President Woodrow., 28, 60
  • Windham, Walter, 26
  • Winston, Keith, 148, 159,
  • Wise, John, 13–4
  • Wolfert, Doctor, 18
  • World Airways 339
  • Wright Model B, 21, 23
  • Wright, Milton, 22
  • Wright, Orville, 21–3
  • Wright, Wilbur, 20–3
  • Wronsky, Maj Martin, 57
  • Xiamen A.L. 348
  • Yalta Conference, 195
  • Yom Kippur War 199, 256
  • Yon, Gabriel, 16
  • Yukon Airways 131
  • Zeppelin, 29, 35, 36, 42, 47, 75, 77, 80, 120, 355
  • Zindl, Ernst, 129
  • Zumwinkel, Klaus, 370
  • AATC, 375, 377
  • ABA, 106, 128
  • Abeles, Sir Peter, 280, 389
  • ABX Air, 309
  • ACAI, 320
  • ACMI, 338–9, 346–7, 349
  • ACN, 58–9
  • Ader, Clément, 20
  • AEG, 42,
  • Aeromexico, 351
  • Aéroport de Paris 375
  • AFF, 206
  • African International Airways, 338
  • AIB, 204
  • Air Afrique, 95, 209, 218, 264
  • Air Atlanta, 347, 373
  • Air Atlantique, 311, 319, 337–8
  • Air Beef, 181
  • Air Bleu, 110, 112–3
  • Air China, 194, 343, 348
  • Air de Cologne, 281
  • Air Ecosse, 366, 360
  • Air Express, 126–8, 134–7, 175–6, 180, 246, 271, 276, 320, 355, 370
  • Air Foyle, 280, 302, 312, 334, 339, 347, 369
  • Air France Transatlantique, 122
  • Air France, 75, 81–3, 92, 110, 113, 122, 126–8, 131, 182–4, 206–7, 209, 212, 223–6, 234, 237, 240, 244–6, 249–50, 252–7, 260–2, 268, 270, 280–1, 290–1, 303, 308, 347–8, 349–52, 359, 363–4, 377, 379–80, 382
  • Air India, 222
  • Air Sofia, 334–5, 339
  • Air Transportation Association of America, 176
  • Airborne Express, 371
  • Airbus: A300 – 254, 255; A300B2 – 254; A300B4 – 309; A300-C4-203 – 254; A300-600ST – 303; A300-600F – 254, 303, 309, 345, 346, 349, 386; A310 – 255; A310-200 – 255, 309, 349; A310-200F – 345; A310-300 – 349
  • Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd, 46
  • Airflight Ltd, 196
  • Airports
  • Alaska Airlines, 270, 305
  • Alcock, Captain John, 114–5
  • Alitalia, 182, 219, 232, 289–90, 338, 343, 348, 351
  • Allan, G. V., 88
  • Alliance Airport 371
  • Althen, Wilhelm, 347
  • American Airlines, 64, 67–8, 159–60, 171, 175–6, 178, 181, 191, 198, 219, 231, 249–50, 258–9, 270, 273, 308, 349, 351, 359, 364
  • American Airways, 66–7,
  • American Civil War, 14
  • American Express Company, 14, 270
  • American Saturn Airways, 262
  • Ames, Charles, 63
  • Antonov Airlines, 300, 311, 334, 339
  • Antonov Airtrack, 335
  • Antonov: An-10 – 296; An-12 – 190, 194, 296, 335, 339; An-12B – 296; An-26 – 190; An-32 – 339; An-124 Ruslan – 298, 300, 302, 311, 334, 335, 336; An-124-100 – 311, 335, 336; An-124-300 – 311; An-22 – 296, 335; An-225 Mryia – 311, 335; ANT-6 – 142
  • Arado Ar232, 152, 153
  • Armistice, 32, 34, 39–40, 42, 45–6, 53, 101, 234
  • Armstrong Whitworth: Albemarle – 164, 166; Atalanta – 94
  • Arnold, General, 158
  • ARS, 260
  • ASA Aeroservices, 222
  • ASF, 303
  • ASG, 370
  • Asian Air, 308
  • Aston, James, 159
  • Astrid, Queen, 94
  • ASYS, 364
  • ATAF, 206, 209
  • ATC, 158–160, 180, 197
  • ATI, 310, 339, 348
  • Atlanta, U.S.A.
  • Atlantic Airlines, 311, 318, 338–9
  • Atlas Air, 222, 308, 346–7
  • Australian Aerial Services Ltd, 52
  • Australian National Airways, 86, 181
  • Avro: 51; 10 Faith – 86; Lancaster – 196; Lancastrian – 196; York – 164, 166, 168, 196, 267
  • BAe: 146 – 280, 339, 389; 146QT – 282, 310, 338, 370; 146-200 QC & QT – 338; 748, 338
  • Balabuev, Piotr, 334
  • Balair, 128, 264
  • Ball, Albert, 34
  • Bar Harbour Airlines, 280
  • Baracca, Francesco, 34
  • Barton, Gordon, 280
  • BAT, 65
  • Batkin, I. P., 155
  • Bazaine, Marshal, 14–5
  • BEA, 182, 184, 207, 261,
  • Bennett, J. M., 84
  • Benoist type X1V, 26
  • Berlin Blockade, 195, 197,
  • BGD, 134
  • Billund, Denmark, 373
  • Black, Hugo Lafayette, 67
  • Blackburn Beverley, 190
  • Blanchard, Jean–Pierre, 12, 18
  • Blankenburg, Joachim, 120
  • Blériot, Louis 20–2, 82,
  • Blériot: 24, 28, 30; X1 – 22; 5190, 82
  • Bloch: 120 – 95; 220 – 112, 113
  • Blue Label Air, 277
  • Bluebird Cargo, 339
  • Blythe, Gordon, 181
  • BOAC, 182
  • Bodin, Jean, 380
  • Boeing Air Transport, 65, 135
  • Boeing, William E., 49, 65, 125
  • Boeing:: B1 – 49; C-97 – Stratocruiser, 303; 40A – 63, 64, 65; 247, 68; 307 Stratoliner – 160; 314 – 121, 122, 123, 125; 707 – 211, 248, 250, 253, 283; 707-20 – 211, 216; 707-320 – 216; 707C – 198; 707F – 191; 727 – 217, 283, 349; 727-100 – 274, 283, 345; 727-200 – 232, 345; 727QC – 218; 737, 217, 232, 258, 338, 349; 737-300F – 338; 737QC – 218, 232, 280; 747 – 240, 248; 747F – 190, 191, 200, 250, 251, 253, 308, 346; 747-200 – 339, 349; 747-400ERF – 308; 747-400F – 240, 349; 747 Combi – 260; 757, 277, 349; 757SF – 310; 757-200F/TF – 346, 370; 767 – 349; 767F – 309; 777ERF – 386
  • Bond Aero Services Ltd, 196
  • Boston–Maine Airways, 310
  • Boudier, Marc, 347
  • Bouilloux–Laffont, Marcel, 74, 122,
  • Bournemouth Airport, 338
  • Brancker, Sir Sefton, 52–3
  • Bréguet, Louis 48
  • Bréguet:14 – 71, 91; 14 A2 – 48, 71, 73; 14 B2 – 34; 19, 75; 763 “Two–deck” – 189, 190, 192
  • Briand, Aristide 58
  • Bristol: 170 Freighter – 181, 182, 183, 189, 190, 192, 227; Bombay – 165, 168; Britannia – 214
  • British Air Cargo, 262, 342
  • British Airways, 162, 182, 240, 255, 260, 289, 310, 344, 351, 379
  • British European Airways, 214, 260–1
  • British South American Airways Corporation, 196
  • Brown, Lieutenant Arthur Whitten, 114–5
  • Brown, Walter F., 64, 66–7
  • Bruno, Harry, 136
  • Brussels National, Belgium, 284–5, 367, 372, 379
  • BSA, 349, 357
  • Burbank Airport, 212
  • Burleson, Albert S., 28, 60–1
  • Burnett, David, 351
  • Bush, George, 345
  • Byrd, Richard E., 114–5
  • CAB, 67, 170, 172, 176, 178, 180, 186, 206
  • Caille, Roger, 280
  • CAM,64,
  • Cams: 37 – 116; 53 – 91, 92; 161 – 122
  • Canadair, 214
  • Canadair: CL-44 – 190, 214, 220; CL-44D – 214, 217
  • Canadian Airways, 131
  • Canadian Pacific Airlines, 225
  • CAO, 254
  • Caproni: 38; 32 – 34; CA3 – 151
  • CARE, 302
  • Cargo 2000, 284, 360
  • Cargolux Airline, 262, 308, 339, 342–3
  • CARIT, AS 302
  • CART, 288–9
  • Carvair, 190, 191, 193, 227
  • CASS, 354–5
  • Cathay Pacific, 290–1, 308, 330, 343, 348, 370, 384–5
  • Caudron, Auguste, 13
  • Caudron: balloon – 13; Goéland – 96, 97, 112, 113; Simoun – 95, 96, 97, 112, 113
  • Caudron-Renault, 113
  • Cayley, Sir George, 20
  • CCS, 291
  • Cederström, Baron Karl, 25, 30
  • CEPM, 234, 237
  • Cessna: 180 – 225; 208B – 310
  • CGEA, 71, 74
  • Chamberlain, Clarence, 116
  • Chancel, General, 12
  • Chanute, Octave, 21
  • Chateauroux–Déols, 371
  • Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, 373, 375, 377–8
  • Chennault, Claire L., 161, 179
  • Cherry Red Airline, 131
  • China Airlines, 308, 321, 343
  • China Eastern, 348
  • China National Airways, 179
  • China S.W, 348
  • Chowdry Michael, 346
  • Christ, Madame, 382
  • Churchill, Winston, 158
  • CIDNA, 82, 120
  • CITEJA, 58
  • Clarkair, 222
  • CNAC, 125, 161,
  • CNS, 353
  • Cobham, Alan, 85, 93, 110
  • Cody, Bill, 270
  • Cold War, 180, 195, 197–8
  • Colding, Johann Peter, 13
  • Cologne, 232, 277, 280, 374
  • Colonial Air Transport 64, 122, 135,
  • Combard, Jean, 183
  • Commercial Airways, 131
  • Compagnie Air Transport, 183
  • Compagnie Nationale Air France, 183, 206,
  • Continental Airlines, 258
  • Convair 580, 260, 278
  • Coolidge, President, 123
  • Cot, Pierre Donatien, 256
  • Coutinho, Gago, 75
  • Couzinet, 70, 82
  • CRAF, 197–8, 304
  • CSA, 182
  • Curtiss Metropolitan Airplane Company, 136
  • Curtiss: 26, 29, 48, 136; Condor – 130, 131; C-46 – 160, 168, 177, 179, 180, 190, 217; C-46A – 160; C-64 Commando – 161; JN4 – 36, 50; JN4-D – 60; NC4 – 114; P–40s – 176; Seagull – 51
  • D’Argenson, Marquis, 9, 11, 20
  • D’Aubigny, M., 38,
  • d’Aymery, Antoine, 262
  • da Vinci, Leonardo, 20
  • Dagnaux, Jean, 95
  • Daimler Airways, 46
  • Daimler, Gottlieb, 18
  • Dal Mistro, Lt Achille, 28
  • Dal Piaz, John, 116
  • Daley, Ed, 339
  • Dallas, U.S.A., 339, 373–4,
  • DAM1, 65
  • Danish Air Transport, 310
  • Dart Herald, 232, 338
  • Dartois, Carmille, 16
  • DAS, 342
  • Dassault–Bréguet, Marcel, 273
  • Daurat, Didier, 61, 71, 110, 234
  • de Bergerac, Cyrano, 11
  • De Chamousset, M., 271
  • De Gaulle, General, 183,
  • de Gusmao, Father Bartolomeo Lourenço, 10
  • de Haene, Jean–Luc, 284
  • De Havilland: 214; 66 Hercules – 85, 94; DH4 – 33, 39, 40, 49, 61; DH9 – 85; DH9A – 41; DH10 – 85; DH37 – 133; DH86 – 129; DH88 – 94, 95; DH106 Comet – 211; Mosquito – 163
  • de Houthulst, Coppens, 34
  • de Médici, Queen Marie, 185
  • de Nordeck, General Coffinières, 14
  • De Pinedo, General, 75
  • de Rozier, Pilâtre, 10
  • De Saint–Simon, Hubert, 359
  • de Terzi, Father Francesco Lana, 10
  • de Voyer, René Louis, 11
  • Decaux, Madame, 115
  • DELAG, 19, 35, 47, 77,
  • Delta Airlines, 180, 258, 270
  • Delva, Daniel, 358
  • Demougeot, Lt L., 116
  • Deutsche Lufthansa, 57–8, 73–4, 76–7, 81–2, 102, 106, 110, 120–1, 126–8, 134, 145, 148, 150
  • Dewoitine, Emile, 92
  • Dewoitine: 332 – 90; 338 – 92, 113
  • DHL Airways, 370
  • DHL, 106, 269, 275, 277, 284, 305, 307–8, 310, 338, 344, 346–7, 349, 355–6, 367, 370, 372, 378, 348
  • Dickinson, Charles, 64
  • DLR, 42, 45
  • DNATA, 375
  • DOD, 198
  • Dornier: 39, 103; Do 18 – 80, 119, 120; Do 26 – 80, 126; Do J WAL – 79, 141; Komet – 139
  • DOT, 293
  • Douglas, McDonald, 309
  • Douglas: C-47 Dakota – 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 166, 178, 190, 198, 199; C-54 Skymaster – 159, 160, 178, 198, 199, 225; C-124 Globemaster – 190, 199, 203; M2 – 65; M4 – 65; DC-2 – 68, 91, 94; DC-3 – 140, 151, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 176, 177, 178, 182, 185, 190, 196, 198, 225, 226, 232, 234, 236, 237, 296, 311, 338; DC-4 – 151, 157, 159, 183, 185, 186, 189, 191, 196, 198, 217, 224, 225, 227, 237, 238, 267; DC-6 – 189, 191, 212, 217, 220, 267, 305, 311, 338; DC-6B – 232; DC-7 – 211, 212; DC-8 – 211, 216, 257, 260, 263, 265, 266, 276, 283, 309, 339; DC-8F Jet Trader – 216, 217, 259, 260; DC-8-50 – 217; DC-8-54F – 338; DC-8-55, 216, 265, 266; DC-8-60 – 217, 220, 258; DC-8-62F – 338; DC-8-63F – 217, 265, 266; DC-8-70 – 258, 346; DC-8-73CF – 258; DC-9 – 217, 218, 232, 280, 283, 298, 310, 338, 347; DC-9-33AF – 218; DC-9QC – 218; DC-10 – 248, 249, 253, 265, 274, 283, 308, 339, 345, 364; DC-10CF – 252, 253, 260; DC-10F – 252, 253; DC-10-40F, 338, 342
  • Dragonfly, 28
  • Dumont, Albert Santos, 18
  • Duruof, Jules, 15
  • DZR, 80–1
  • EACP, 354
  • Eagle Aviation Ltd, 196
  • EASC, 285
  • East Midlands Airport, 365, 370
  • Eastern Airlines, 116, 175, 258, 270
  • Eathiopian Airline, 343
  • ECAC, 292
  • Eckner, Dr, 69
  • EDI, 291, 304
  • EDIFACT, 291
  • EDP, 288–9
  • EGL, 356
  • Egyptair, 344
  • Elliott–Fairchild Air Service, 131
  • Emery, 204, 246, 249, 259–60, 290, 347, 259, 364
  • Emirates, 348, 375, 384–5
  • EMS, 366–7
  • Eole, 20
  • ESC, 285
  • Euralair, 280
  • Evergreen International Airlines, 338
  • EWA, 364
  • FAA, 338
  • FAG, 375
  • Fairchild: 51 – 137; 71 – 37; C-82, 200; C-119, 199, 200; Expediter, 310; FC-2, 123
  • FAK, 220
  • FAO, 170
  • Fargo, William, 14
  • Farman, 21, 22, 29, 30, 45, 46, 49, 58, 80; 306 – 129, 131; 2200 – 82, 83; F60, 33; Goliath, 35, 102, 129
  • Farman, Henri, 21, 45
  • FIATA, 284, 287, 353–4
  • First World War, 19, 24, 27, 32, 35, 54
  • Fischer, Gerhard, 357
  • Florida West Indies Airways, 49
  • Florman, Karl, 106–7
  • Floyd Bennett Airport, 116
  • Flying Tigers, 177, 179, 180, 260; C-46 – 177; C-54 – 178; CL-44 – 215
  • Focke Wulf 200 Condor, 211-2
  • Fokker, Anthony, 54
  • Fokker: 129, 327; 5 – 116; 27 – 232, 237, 238, 280, 310, 339; F.III, 139, 105; F.VII, 123; F.VIIA, 89; VII, 89, 115, 129
  • Ford, Gerald, 292
  • Ford, Henry, 64
  • Foulois, Capt Benjamin D., 36, 66–7
  • Foyle, Christopher, 334
  • Franchomme, Maurice, 94–5
  • Franco, Commander, 75
  • Frankfurt International Airport, 371
  • Franzoni, Ruggero, 38
  • French Revolution, 12
  • Galien, Father Joseph, 11
  • Garcia, Michel, 280
  • Garuda 348
  • GATT, 170
  • GCA, 196
  • GDEW, 367
  • Gebhardt, J. B., 249
  • GEFCO, 264–6
  • Geissler, Klaus, 359
  • General Transport Ltd, 46
  • George ,Lt–Ge Harold, 158
  • George VI, King, 116
  • German Cargo Services, 247, 255, 258, 262
  • Gibb–Smith, Charles, 20
  • Giffard, Henri, 18
  • Glenn Martin M130, 124
  • Godard, Louis, 13, 16
  • Goering, H., 120, 154
  • Gorbachev, President, 334
  • Gorst, Vern C., 64
  • Gotha Go244, 153
  • Gouge, Arthur, 98
  • Grade, Hans, 26
  • Great Depression, 68, 136,
  • Great Patriotic War, 156, 296,
  • Green, Charles, 13
  • Guangzhou, 322, 373
  • Guinea Airways, 133–4
  • Gulf War, 11, 304, 335, 338, 377, 384,
  • Guynemer, Capt, 32, 34
  • HACTL, 375–7
  • Haidar, Munir Abu, 267
  • Hainan A.L., 348
  • Handley Page Transport, 46
  • Handley Page: 46, 50; Dart Herald – 338; Halifax – 164, 196, 198; Halton – 196; Heracles – 94; HP42 – 93; O/400 – 32, 40
  • Haneda, Tokyo, 306, 373
  • Hanshue, Harris M. “Pop”, 64–5
  • Harding, Warren G., 62
  • Harnden, William F., 270
  • Hawaiian Airlines, 176
  • HAWB, 205
  • HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, 334, 338–9
  • Heinkel: 77; He 58 – 117, 118; He 70 Blitz – 78, 79; He 111, 109, 155-14 – 234, 296; Il-76 – 298, 299, 302, 334, 339
  • Henderson, Paul, 62, 64
  • Hildred, Sir William Percival, 173, 187, 221
  • Hitchcock, Frank H., 28
  • Hitler, Adolph 106, 154
  • Hollinger Ungava Transport Ltd, 226
  • Holt–Thomas, George, 39
  • Hong Kong Airport, 375–6
  • Hoover, President Herbert, 64
  • Hubbard Air Transport, 49,
  • Hubbard, Eddie, 49, 65
  • Hugo, Victor, 17
  • Hull, Cordell, 157
  • Hussein, Saddam, 256