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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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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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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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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Development & Flight Test

In the late 1960s, it became apparent to Lockheed that a gap existed in the market between the high capacity, intercontinental Boeing 747, and the older 707s and DC-8s. Medium range aircraft like the 737, 727 and DC-9 too small to economically service larger longer domestic US routes, and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar developed to …Read more »

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Concorde Development & Flight Test

In the 1960s, while the commercial airline industry was still in its early years, the aviation business was making great technological strides in terms of aircraft speed and altitude, and the crushing impacts of the Arab oil embargo were still many years away. The British and French governments collaborated forces to develop a jet transport …Read more »

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British Golden Age Airlines

These wonderful films capture the British Golden Age Airlines scene of the late 1940s and 1950s. This was the time when BOAC was emerging as Britain’s international overseas airline, and BEA was Britain’s leading domestic and short haul carrier. It was also during this glorious era that Britain was a world leader in the development …Read more »