The Commercial Aviation History Consultancy

01/09/2025

Commercial aviation historian and consultant Shea Oakley can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheaoakley/ or contacted via e-mail at [email protected].

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01/08/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheaoakley/

Need Anything from a Single Data-Point to Wide-Ranging Information on Airline History?… · Experience: The Commercial Aviation History Consultancy · Education: Florida Institute of Technology · Location: New York City Metropolitan Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Shea Oakley’s profil...

10/24/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/business/no-smoking-sign-planes-faa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UE4.iaJa.wEtaTi-5Z8J7&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawGHSrJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa5O_RDGvfOKl8cr_BjGIsnIy7ocM67SpMOBwar8pKy82-1vyiTfbUKfGA_aem_5EueN5nQEN3q8yTAqIKY9Q

The Federal Aviation Administration did away with a rule that had required an off switch for the sign even though smoking on U.S. flights ended years ago.

10/04/2024

Check our my multiple weekly posts here:

PAN AM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION | 1,250 followers on LinkedIn. Preserving and promoting the legacy of Pan American World Airways for over 30 years. | NOTE: TO SEE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS/VIDEOS PLEASE CLICK "POSTS" TAB! Operating since 1992, the Pan Am Historical Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) educatio...

04/07/2024

Interview segments and voiceover by me during the first 20 minutes of this documentary.

How Factories Changed the World: Aerospace Manufacturing | FD EngineeringSome of the most massive and most powerful machines in the world are created in the ...

03/03/2024

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01/04/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheaoakley/

Need anything from a single data-point to wide-ranging information on airline history? Media organizations for which I have provided video, recorded, or printed interviews/commentary on aviation subjects include: Print/Electronic: The BBC, the Associated Press (AP), the New York Times, The N...

01/04/2024

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11/13/2023

First time interviewed by this publication.

The once-celebrated Airbus A380 jumbo-jet airplanes are losing favor with airlines who find them too big and costly to keep on flying them

07/12/2023

Nearly 50K hits.

07/12/2023

My third NYT's interview.

The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.

01/26/2023

Posted on behalf of Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel (FCAP)

Qantas, the airline of Australia, was an operator of what many consider to be one of the most graceful aircraft of all time, The Lockheed Constellation (specifically the later L-1049E Super Constellation as seen here). “VH-EAD,” when this photograph was taken in 1956, was the airline’s brand-new long-range flagship. This “Connie” was captured at the opening of Adelaide Airport which occurred that same year. The admiring crowds all around her are there for this special occasion.

Throwback Thursdays are a weekly journey into the past of our industry. If any of you have specific airlines/airplanes you’d like to see featured feel free to “drop us a line” and we will see if we can find them for you.

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"Southern Dawn". Delivered 18 November 1956. Later converted to L1049G. Sold to Lockheed as N9721C in March 1960. A special visitor prior to Adelaide Airport's official opening. Late1956. Original terminal building under construction in the background. Frank Finney's image in the bottom right hand c...