From Flying Machines to the Supersonic Jet Age

92 From Flying Machines to the Supersonic Jet Age: A Personal Perspective Above: Lowell Yerex, BWIA’s founder, third from left, taken at Seawell Airport Below: BWIA’s very first flight on 27th November 1940, a 14-seater Lockheed Lodestar (Registration VP-TAE). Getty Images