The best passenger airplanes of all time — ranked by CNN’s top aviation expert
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As one of the world’s most frequent flyers, CNN’s Richard Quest has an encyclopaedic knowledge of airlplanes, having flown in most of them. From the BAC 1-11 to the A380, here are his favorites.
He’s been reporting on aviation for CNN for 25 years, but he’s spent a lifetime as an avgeek — a lover of all things aviation. There are few airplanes CNN anchor Richard Quest hasn’t set foot on, either as a passenger or in a museum. “Nothing ever stands still in aviation because you’re always trying to improve that which went before,” he says.
But which are his favorites? From childhood memories on the BAC 1-11 to the glamor of the superjumbo era, he walks us through his top aircraft of all time, recounting memorable flights on the ones that made the list.
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First passenger flight: April 9, 1965
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