Posts By: Henry Tenby
US Air Force Reserves Opportunities and Mock Deployment 1980
This 1980 film was produced by the US Air Force to explain the various opportunities that exist for people to service in the Reserves. Be it in operational roles or ground support roles. And it also explains what reservists could experience if called to active duty in a real life deployment. The piece was filmed …Read more »
USAF Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Air Refueling Documentary 1960s
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker was launched into service as an aerial refueling aircraft for the US Air Force in the 1950s, as a pre curser to the launch of the Boeing 707 jetliner in the passenger market. Given that the type 60 years later is still one of the mainstay refueling aircraft in the US …Read more »
Flughafen Frankfurt Main Airport Operations 1970 Flashback
With the jet age well entrenched on the international airline scene by the late 1960s, and the dawn the wide bodied jetliner making its presence known all over the world, Frankfurt Main airport was already well prepared for the industry changes that were on the horizon. Although not the size and airport operations leader that …Read more »
Building the Douglas DC-8 with Early Test Flight Footage (circa 1959)
The Douglas DC-8 was the second US built jetliner offered to the world’s leading airlines in the 1950s, after the market leader, the Boeing 707. Even though Douglas was a bit behind Boeing in terms of development, they had a stellar reputation with their piston powered family of airliners from the Douglas DC-3 to the …Read more »
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight Attendant Intro 1950s
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight Attendant Intro 1950s Back in the 1950s, working as a Flight Attendant was considered as only a job for young, un-married women. It was a highly glamorous affair and a young woman could see the world, whilst also earning an independent living. But the job also required many skills which required …Read more »
Getting Canada Off the Ground (1972)
Getting Canada Off the Ground (1972) This 1972 film is part of Air Canada’s historical film archives that we digitized in Ottawa several years back, that we did not release on DVD. On January 17, 1972, the air traffic controllers across Canada went on strike for 10 days. For the first time in their history, …Read more »
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