Air Age Distribution 1960s
Even back in the early 1960s, cargo by air was a very established and important sector of the airline industry. The benefits of air cargo to the US manufacturing sector were communicated to industry by way of this movie, which was most likely funded by a conglomeration of the airlines from the day. Judging by …Read more »
Building the Douglas DC-8 with Early Test Flight Footage (circa 1959)
The Douglas DC-8 was the second US built jetliner offered to the world’s leading airlines in the 1950s, after the market leader, the Boeing 707. Even though Douglas was a bit behind Boeing in terms of development, they had a stellar reputation with their piston powered family of airliners from the Douglas DC-3 to the …Read more »
Aeroflot aircraft fleet at the time of Glasnost | late 1980s – early 1990s
Henry Tenby presents an interesting survey of the Aeroflot fleet composition at the time of Glasnost in the late 1980s and early 1990s, just as the airline was starting its transition from a fleet of all Soviet designed types to Western built aircraft. Types included: IL-62 IL-76 Tu-154 Tu-134 IL-86 Il-96 AN-2 AN-12 AN-22 AN-26 …Read more »
Canadian Airlines International – Airline Snapshot Early 1990s
The early 1990s was the heyday for Canadian Airlines International. Just a few years earlier they had acquired Wardair, CP Air and a host of partners airlines across Canada including Eastern Provincial, Nordair, Quebecair, Time Air and Norcanair. It was also at this time that massive losses were mounting at the airline as the Canadian …Read more »
Canadian Airlines International Boeing 747-400 Compilation Reel Circa 1992
This 18 minute feature on the Canadian Airlines Boeing 747-400 was compiled by the airline circa 1992 as a PR piece to promote the then new widebody intercontinental aircraft. Canadian Airlines operated four Boeing 747-400s between 1990 and 2001 which is when the airline was acquired by arch competitor Air Canada, namely C-FCRA, C-FBCA, C-FGHZ …Read more »
Canadian Airlines International Boeing 767-300ER Compilation Memories circa 1992
This 13 minute compilation demo reel was put together by Canadian Airlines International in 1992 to promote their then new Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, which were being added to the fleet to compliment the DC-10s as medium capacity long haul aircraft. Some 25 examples of the 767-300ER were operated by the airline between the late 1980s …Read more »
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