Convair 580 Memories with Henry Tenby – North Central / Republic / Northwest Airlines
Join JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby for a fascinating and personal look back at the history of the Convair-liner Convair 580 with one of the world’s largest operators of the type. Between the late 1950s and late 1990s, the North Central Airlines – Republic Airlines – Northwest Airlines dynasty operated the venerable regional airliner for …Read more »
Boeing 720 Last Flight
On May 9, 2012, the world’s operational Boeing 720 Last Flight took to the skies for the last time ever. Engine test-bed C-FETB was donated by her owners to the National Aviation Museum and was ferried from St-Hubert, Quebec, to her new home at CFB trenton. Without any official support, our videos crews at both …Read more »
Classic Jetliners 1960s: Boeing 707 / Douglas DC-8 / Convair 880
In the early 1960s, the world’s airlines were transitioning from piston and turboprop aircraft to jet-powered aircraft. The dawn of the golden age of jet travel had arrived and global travel was becoming a mass, worldwide phenomena. Everyone wanted to travel by jet, and the world’s airlines promoted their jet services by every means possible, …Read more »
Mirabel Airport – Mid 1970s Reports from Montreal
Also(This film represent Mirabel Airport – Mid 1970s Reports from Montreal) Mirabel Airport on the outskirts of Montreal was going to be the city’s replacement airport for Dorval Airport. It was big news in the early 1970s, as Mirabel was a massive infrastructure undertaking for for the day. The massive international airport went through feasibility …Read more »
Small World – Early 1970s Airline Industry (en Francais)
(En Francais – This “Early 1970s Airline Industry” film is narrated in French) Produced in the early 1970s, using stock footage supplied by the world’s major airlines of the day, this film examines the workings of the airline industry with an abundance of fabulous classic airliner scenes.
Douglas DC-8 Goes Into Service 1959
United Airlines Douglas DC-8 Goes Into Service Overview and Introduction: Early 1959s: United Airlines was the first US domestic airline to order the DC-8 in 1955, second customer for the DC-8 (after Pan American). Deliveries began on May 29, 1959, and United received 22 DC-8 series 10 aircraft.
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