Douglas DC-8 Flight Test
In the late 1950s, Douglas Aircraft of Long Beach, made a significant marketing push to draw many of the world’s leading airlines to their new, revolutionary jet transport, the Douglas DC-8. The Douglas DC-8 Flight Test went through a comprehensive development and flight test process, which captured on a series of promotional colour cine films …Read more »
Martin Mars Visit to Richmond 2010
On February 24, 2010, a major propliner event nearly went unnoticed. The City of Richmond arranged for a Martin Mars to fly to Steveston (in South Richmond, BC) and land on the Fraser River, moor overnight off the beach at Garry Point Park, and then depart the following day laying on a water drop aerial …Read more »
Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 CC-137 Part I (1970-1990)
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 in this Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 CC-137 Part I show …Read more »
Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 CC-137 In Service DVD Part II
The early 1990s was a particularly busy period for the Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 CC 137 Part II. Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq invaded oil-rich Kuwait on August 1, 1991, and Canada played a key role in the multi-national coalition. This Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 CC 137 Part II documentary explains the 707’s key …Read more »
Flying On Classic Jetliners
In this day and age of stone-cold boring, sterile, plastic air transports, the thrill of Flying On Classic Jetliners of the past is all but a fading memory. Once common airliner types like the BAC One Eleven, Airbus A300, Boeing 720, and even Boeing 737-200s and 727-100s have all but vanished from the skies. As …Read more »
Sandcasting Aircraft Models with Werner Strekies
Today, cast aluminum metal airliner models produced by master model makers back in the 1950s and 1960s, are highly valuable collectibles. Such models now command premium prices from travel agent display model collectors the world over. Before fiberglass and plastic became widely available in the 1960s, travel agent display models sand cast by hand on …Read more »
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