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A Denver Air Connection Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner in Alliance, Neb. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Joey Gerardi)
[ Trip Reports ]January 7, 2021 9:00 am ET
By Joey Gerardi

Trip Report: America’s Remaining Passenger Metroliner

While mostly gone from the skies, this week's trip report follows America's only remaining Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner. Operated by Key Lime Air, this unique aircraft can only be found flying passengers on one route in the entire United States; Denver to Alliance, Nebraska. I was very excited to have the opportunity to fly on another Essential Air Service (EAS) route, even more so with a unique carrier serving the route. As shown by my past trip reports on EAS carriers…

[ Trip Reports ]December 12, 2019 12:00 am ET
By Ian McMurtry

Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators

It is rare in the aviation world for work to stop on a project for over a decade only for a plane to be given a return to the drawing board in hopes that an old design will succeed. This summer, however, the Sierra Nevada Corporation announced that it would…