Airline History

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Boeing 747 Development & Flight Test

Today, there is probably no greater recognized passenger aircraft than the Boeing 747. This iconic aircraft is known the world over as a safe, reliable, profitable, and comfortable aircraft, that has served for decades as a trusted workhorse with the world’s greatest airlines. Flashback to the mid 1960s, when passenger travel was often by propellor …Read more »

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Pioneer Airlines & Berlin Airlift

These wonderful Pioneer Airlines & Berlin Airlift films capture the pioneering age of commercial aviation from the early 1920s until the late 1940s. This was the time when TWA, United Airlines, American Airlines and Lufthansa were just starting operations. All of these then fledgeling carriers would develop over the following decades into the leader airlines of …Read more »

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Fokker Aircraft Memories F27 F28 F50

These wonderful films capture the pioneering age of Dutch commercial aviation when Anthony Fokker started producing Trimotor transports for the budding airlines of the day. The first part of Fokker Aircraft Memories DVD presents archival black and white footage of the aircraft built by Fokker between the wars. Fokker Aircraft In the mid-1950s, Fokker emerged …Read more »

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Golden Age Airlines: 1940s – 1960s

1. Air Transportation (B&W) 1947 (10 minutes) This late 1940s vocational guidance film outlines the various jobs available to both men and women in the early days of the airline industry. Some very nice Constellation and Douglas propliner footage. 2. The Airport (B&W) 1948 (10 minutes) This late 1940s program highlights the functions of a …Read more »