Air Canada The 1960s G.R. McGregor
From Air Canada 1960s G.R. McGregor Archives: By many counts, it can be said that Air Canada 1960s G.R. McGregor was the father of Canada’s National airline. When he became President of the company in 1948, Trans-Canada Air Lines was a fledgeling carrier operating a rag-tag fleet of mostly obsolete WWII surplus aircraft. In 1968 …Read more »
Trans-Canada Air Lines Douglas DC-8
In the late 1950s, Douglas Aircraft of Long Beach, made a significant marketing push to draw Trans Canada Air Lines Douglas DC-8 as a customer for their new, revolutionary jet transport, the Douglas DC-8. Trans Canada Air Lines When Trans Canada Air Lines selected the DC-8, a number of promotional films made by the airline …Read more »
Trans-Canada Air Lines Vickers Viscount
In the early 1950s, Vickers Armstrongs made a significant marketing push to draw Trans-Canada Air Lines as a customer for their revolutionary Viscount turboprop airliner. When the airline selected the Viscount, a number of promotional films made by the airline and Vickers to promote the new aircraft to the travelling public.
Flying the NWT Air Boeing 737-200
NWT Air’s fleet of three Boeing 737-200Cs linked the sparsely inhabited Northwest Territories with the Air Canada mainline, until the company sold in 1997. Between 1993 and 1996, former NWT Air employee and aviation fan Henry Tenby enthusiastically filmed as much of the Flying the NWT Air Boeing 737-200 action as he could with the …Read more »
Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10 Vancouver Visit 2011 HD
In early March of 2011, Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10 C.1K XV104 and her crew made a very much welcomed visit to Vancouver, BC, Canada2011 in order for some maintenance to be performed. The aircraft was operating a crew rotation flight between RAF Brize Norton and Calgary, and some sort of engine problem developed while …Read more »
Trans-Canada Air Lines In the 1940s
In the 1940s people travelled abroad by ship, and domestic travel was either by bus or car, or rail. The concept of travelling by air was new, and airlines in Canada (like elsewhere in the world) were very much in their infancy. Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s make your travelling by air easy. Trans-Canada Air Lines …Read more »
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