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JAL DC-8-62 Water Landing SFO 11/22/68

This is the story of the ditching of a JAL DC-8-62 in the San Francisco Bay, just off of Coyote Point while on final for 28L or 28R on November 22, 1968.

XP6M SeaMaster Flying Boat

The Martin P6M SeaMaster, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was a 1950s strategic bomber flying boat for the United States Navy that almost entered service; production aircraft had been built and Navy crews were undergoing operational conversion, with a service entry about six months off, when the program was cancelled on August 21, …Read more »

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar engine start

The Hagerstown Aviation Museum’s 1953 C-119 engine run test in Greybull, WY October, 2008. Videographer not known. www.HagerstownAviationMuseum.org

Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 Part I DVD preview

http://www.henrytenby.com/DVDs/CAF7071dvd.html The Canadian Armed Forces operated a fleet of five Boeing 707 transports (code named CC-137s) from 1970 through 1997. These reliable aircraft provided the Canadian military with a truly global deployment capability, with air-to-air refueling, humanitarian, and troop and cargo transport capabilities. The footage on this DVD was filmed using state-of-the-art TV broadcast betacams. …Read more »

Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain Vietnam 1969 by Stan Bloom

Filmed by STan Bloom: A Seaboard World DC-8-62 landed at Marble Mountain Vietnam in April, 1969, by accident, and shown in this film is its subsequent takeoff flight to Danang AFB, Vietnam.

Ansett Fokker F27 near collision with chase plane 1971

Ansett Airlines Fokker F27 near collision with Piper Navajo during air-to-air photo session 1971. Video source not known.