United Airlines Operations and Fleet Overview 1958
Like today, back in 1958, United Air Lines was one of the largest airlines in the free world. This beautiful period colour film highlights United’s operations from the period. It includes their small town, short hop service with their Convair 340s, United’s trans-continental services with their DC-6s for convenient coast-to-coast service in comfort, and even …Read more »
Buffalo Airways Lockheed L-188 Electra visit to Vancouver 2021
Reported by Henry Tenby: Back in the mid 1980s NWT Air used to operate their L-188 Electra aircraft into Vancouver on a regular basis on the trans Con cargo run called Black Label. So the last time I saw a Lockheed L-188 Electra in Vancouver was mid 1980s, that was 35 years ago! Yesterday Buffalo …Read more »
Convair 580 Memories with Henry Tenby – North Central / Republic / Northwest Airlines
Join JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby for a fascinating and personal look back at the history of the Convair-liner Convair 580 with one of the world’s largest operators of the type. Between the late 1950s and late 1990s, the North Central Airlines – Republic Airlines – Northwest Airlines dynasty operated the venerable regional airliner for …Read more »
North From Yellowknife – Wardair Canada Operations 1961
Very special thanks to Scoval Publishing (UK) for providing this film. For a wide selection of airline books visit: http://www.scovalpublishing.com Produced in 1961, this colour flashback film tells the early years story of Wardair and the story of air transportation and mining on the Precambrian Shield of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Touring The Swiss Alps .. In a Lockheed Super Connie
The Super Constellation Flyers Association of Switzerland operates one of the world’s last flyable Connies from their base in Switzerland. In August of 2014, our correspondent Chris Mak visited the operation and enjoyed a pleasure flight touring the Swiss Alps from the comfort of the Connie, based from Bern airport. The Swiss Constellation is essentially …Read more »
Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Introduction to Service Late 1940s
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the A380 of the 1940s and 1950s. The basic design was an adaptation of the B-29 bomber in which the fuselage was enlarged for the long range transport of passengers on a double deck deck bubble design. The major long haul airlines of the day ordered the Startocruiser including BOAC, …Read more »
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