Posts By: Henry Tenby
Vickers Viscount 800 Last Passenger Flights
The Vickers Viscount is a member of aviation’s aristocracy. It was a work-horse for the world that emerged on the airline scene in the early 1950s. Which powered by four, revolutionary Rolls-Royce Dart engines. When it entered service it was regarded as fast, full pressurized, comfortable, and a bargain (originally priced at less then 200,000 …Read more »
ZIP Boeing 737-200 Non Stop Action
TO PURCHASE THIS 200 NON STOP ACTION DVD CLICK HEREOwned by Air Canada, zip started flight operations on September 22, 2002, as the carrier’s Calgary-based, low-cost operation targeted against arch-rival WestJet in Western Canada. Harking back to the lavish colours of Dallas based Braniff International, zip also painted their fleet of Boeing 737-200s in bright paste …Read more »
DC-8 Pilot – Career Path 1960s
(This video is about DC-8 Pilot – Career Path 1960s) This early 1960s educational movie explains what is involved in becoming and working as a Douglas DC-8 jetliner pilot. The films features a United Airlines pilot giving a young gentleman a tour of DC-8. Which is on the ramp at LAX showing him the key …Read more »
Plane Spotting at Maho Beach St. Maarten
(This film is about Plane Spotting at Maho Beach St. Maarten) The final approach at Maho Beach in St. Maarten is one of the most photogenic plane spotting locations in the world. The location has become something of an internet sensation as photos of aircraft very low in the approach over the the jam-packed beach …Read more »
Pan American Boeing 707 Introduction 1959
During 1958 and 1959, Pan American World Airways took delivery of 22 Boeing 707 jetliners. This statistic alone made Pan American the world’s leading airline to usher in the jet age. Although the travelling public were already well familiar with flying on propellor driven airliners, the new jetliners were such a large step forward that …Read more »
Air Canada Technical Operations 1980
Air Canada Technical Services, based at the airline’s Dorval headquarters in Montreal is responsible for the maintenance inspections on the airline’s fleet of aircraft. Nearly one third of the airline’s employees were employed in this department under the direction of Lyle Rafery, Senior Vice President of Technical Services. The operations fall under seven main branches: …Read more »
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