The Beech 18 Story with Randy Hanna – Part 3
Between 1937 and 1964, some 9,000 Beech 18s were built for the military and civilian markets, making it one of the most successful general utility aircraft ever produced. Although it has been replaced by newer types in many applications, the aircraft remains a rugged and reliable money maker.A ready availability of parts and expertise means …Read more »
Manx BAe ATP flight Belfast Nuts Corner to Manchester
On June 30, 1996, JetFlix founder Henry Tenby had the once -in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly on a British Aerospace ATP, which was the 1990s derivative of the very popular Hawker Siddeley HS748. The night of June 29/30 Henry had flown from Coventry to Belfast on the Air Bridge Hunting Vickers Vanguard, a flight which was …Read more »
Pan American Douglas DC-3 N877MG Historical Flight Foundation visit to Abbotsford
For the Abbotsford Airshow in August of 2014, John Sessions and his Seattle-based Historical Flight Foundation brought their DC-3 N877MG up North for the event. The DC-3 is not known with one hundred percent certainty to have flown with Pan American in earlier years, but there is a good chance that it did. On the …Read more »
British Aviation Industry 1920s to 1950s
This information black and while film examines aircraft development in Britain during the first half of the Twentieth Century between, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s. It was actually a remarkable period, during which Britain advanced from the bi-plane to the supersonic jet, in a span of barely 25-30 years. Of course World …Read more »
Vickers Viscount 800 Last Passenger Flights
The Vickers Viscount is a member of aviation’s aristocracy. It was a work-horse for the world that emerged on the airline scene in the early 1950s. Which powered by four, revolutionary Rolls-Royce Dart engines. When it entered service it was regarded as fast, full pressurized, comfortable, and a bargain (originally priced at less then 200,000 …Read more »
Buffalo Airways: Propliners of the North
The world’s biggest operator of 1950s generation Propliners of the North aircraft is none other than Buffalo Airways, based in Yellowknife, in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories. Owned by NWT aviation entrepreneur Joe McBryan, Buffalo Airways operates an impressive fleet of cargo DC4s, DC3s, Curtiss C46 Commandos, and firefighter PBY Cansos. Also the Douglas and Curtis …Read more »
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