Classic Props

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Berlin Airlift Tempelhof Rhein Main 1948 in Glorious Cine Film Colour

Very few films on the Berlin Airlift was made in glorious kodachrome colour. Simply because the cost of such film was so expensive and it was in very short supply. American Overseas Airlines in the 1940s post war provided trans-Atlantic air links between points in Europe and the continental United States.

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Reeve Aleutian: On Board the Super Electra II

Reeve Aleutian Airways of Anchorage, Alaska, the last operator of passenger configured Lockheed Super Electra II on the planet. We’ll take you to Anchorage to sample Reeve Electra winter and summer operations first hand. from both the flight deck and the passenger cabin! And the Alaskan scenery and snow-capped mountains is nothing short of spectacular! …Read more »

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Nor-Fly Convair 440 Metropolitan Club Mid 1980s Pleasure Flight

Back in the 1970s Nor-Fly was a Norway based ad-hoc charter airline that operated a former Finnair Convair 440s LN-MAP and LN-KLK within Europe. By the early 1980s their operations had reduced significantly but Convair 440 LN-KLK was taken over by a group of aviation enthusiasts to operate fan trips under the new banner of …Read more »

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Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Constellation 1948 promo movie

This is an amazing 1948 promo movie from Eastern Air Lines in which the airline’s founder Captain Eddie Von Rickenbacker tells the story of the airline’s latest and greatest and most modern new airliner to enter service, in the form of the Lockheed L-749 Constellation. The film was shot in glorious colour, and gives the …Read more »

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Big Northern Recips – USA and Canada Summer 2007

In the summer of 2007 Dutch aviation videographer Chris Mak ventured up north to the Canada’s Yukon and Alaska in search of vintage propliners doing yeoman’s service as cargo haulers and water bombers. Like the Northern explorers of the past, he struck Gold! And we’re pleased as hell to be able share his amazing finds …Read more »

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Big Props Alaska, Land of the Free, and Big Recips!

Back in August of 2007, Chris Mak set out to explore a remote land, which was the wild of untamed Alaska. His sights were set on filming and flying on some of the last big recip propliner operations that could be found on the planet, as the 4 engined piston pounder has surely become an …Read more »