Air Canada In the 1970s 747 L-1011 DC-9
FROM AIR CANADA ARCHIVES: The 1970s was an era of transition for Air Canada. The airline retired the last of the very popular Vickers Viscounts, as well as the Vickers Vanguards. It introduced the new widebody Boeing 747 and Lockheed L-1011 Tristar aircraft. These start-of-the-art high capacity airliners truly made travel by air a mass-market phenomena …Read more »
Reeve Aleutian: On Board the Super Electra II
Reeve Aleutian Airways of Anchorage, Alaska, the last operator of passenger configured Lockheed Super Electra II on the planet. We’ll take you to Anchorage to sample Reeve Electra winter and summer operations first hand. from both the flight deck and the passenger cabin! And the Alaskan scenery and snow-capped mountains is nothing short of spectacular! …Read more »
LAP Air Paraguay: On Board the DC-8-63
On November 21, 1992, airline videographer Henry Tenby flew aboard LAP Air Paraguay DC-8-63 from Santiago, Chile. Which over the snow-capped Andes, to Asuncion, Paraguay. Further this thirty-six minute program takes the viewer along for the ride, enjoying take-off, in-flight, and landing from the very best seat in the house, just forward of the engines.
Miami International Airport Classic Propliners & Classic Jets 1980s-90s
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Miami International Airport boasted the world’s largest collection of Classic Propliners and vintage Boeing 707 and DC-8 jetliners. Back then, Miami was the undisputed mecca for airliner photographers. Miami International Airport aviation slide shooter legend Eddy Gual luckily documented all the action on video. This Classic Jets 1980s-90s …Read more »
Hawker Siddeley HS748 in Canada
Few aircraft are more at home in the harsh arctic and the wilds of Northern Canada than the reliable, rugged Hawker Siddeley HS748. Many of these excellent, British-built propliners served in Canada over the years, as operators found them ideal on short, gravel strips. Their Dart engines boast plenty of power, and their 11,000-pound payload …Read more »
Vickers Viscounts and Vanguard Coventry 1996
In the mid 1990s, most of the freight that passed through Coventry’s night-time freight hub transported aboard vintage propliners. Including Vickers Viscounts and at the time, the world’s last operational Vickers Vanguard. The frenzied, nocturnal, propliner activities which took place from this humble, ramshackle rural location. It captured by aviation videographer Henry Tenby, during several …Read more »
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