Three Lockheed Constellation clips – TWA Avianca and Pan American
Three Connie clips on this film: 1) TWA Lockheed Constellation belly landing at Kansas City mid 1950s 2) Avianca Connie belly landing at Bogota mid 1950s 3) Pan American Connie inflight fashion show with models arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport mid 1950s.
Jimmy Stewart Bomber Pilot 1941
Jimmy Stewart was too modest to recount his war experiences and there is very little material on his tour as bomber pilot. I found this audio clip from 1990 when he spoke at Princeton about his life and briefly about WW2. The entire audio clip can be found at princeton dot edu. It also includes …Read more »
San Francisco International 1970 Part X
Forgotten little gem from 1970! Concerns the going’s on at SFO, and an attempted bank heist via an ONA DC-9-30! The opening is the best part, where we are treated to one of the RARE Runway 1 landings at SFO. We get to see a Modern Air CV-990 (Ex-American Airlines) turn into a DC-8, B-52, …Read more »
The Helicopter Promo Film 1953
This is a very nice colour early 1950s period piece about the developement of helicopters. Watch for the Hiller Hornet prototype, Kaman HOK-1, Piasecki H-21 “Flying Banana”, Bell 47G, etc. Also check out the Continental DC-6 take-off, Capital DC-4s, plus GREAT COLOUR footage of the McDonnell F2H “Banshee” jet fighter.
The President’s Plane is Missing Boeing 720 film preview 1971
While on the brink of a military confrontation with China, Air Force One crashes in the desert, killing the President. This brings Vice-President Kermit Madigan to power who, having been left in the dark by the president, must now rely on his predecessor’s aides to guide him. But they have markedly different viewpoints and hidden …Read more »
In-flight refueling of the Empire Flying Boat
Before and during the war, Empire flying boat in-flight refueling operations were conducted using a modified Handley Page Harrow bomber as a tanker.
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