Tandem Aero IL-18 Pleasure Flight for Aviation Fans from Chisnau Moldova
Today it is essentially impossible for the hard core aviation enthusiast to secure a flight in an IL-18. Back in September of 2010, a group of aviation flight hounds took part in a series of pleasure flights aboard one of the world’s last passenger carrying IL-18s. They chartered Tandem Aero IL-18 ER-ICB from Chisinau, Moldova …Read more »
Bronson Creek Bust Ups
JetFlix TV’s Henry Tenby provides a fascinating look back at the white-knuckled propliner operations at Bronson Creek airstrip in Northwestern BC back in the 1980s and 1990s. At the time this isolated land-locked 5000 ft. gravel airstrip was the site of one of the largest active gold mines in North America, the Snip Gold Mine. …Read more »
FAA Convair 440 N104 Boston to Washington ATC Technology circa 1959
This publicity film from the late 1950s was made to showcase a flight between Boston and Washington, DC on a Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Convair 440 N104 to explain the advancements in computer technology for ATC flight tracking using computer generated flight strips. Keen observers will notice an American Airlines short tail Boeing 707 making …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 »
PC-6 Turbo Porter The STOL Workhorse Utility Aircraft
Built with the reliability of a Swiss watch, this 1960s publicity film extols the performance and reliability virtues of the famous Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter general utility aircraft. The Turbo-Porter can be operated on wheels or skiis from both gravel and paved air strips and its STOL performance made it the ideal workhorse for tundra and …Read more »
Canadair CL-215 Air Tanker – A Purpose Built Water Bomber
This late 1960s publicity film was made to promote the then relatively new Canadair CL-215 air tranker, a Canadian built and designed surface water scooper built to fire forest fires. Over the last 50 years the CL-215 has undergone a number of enhancements and updates and today it operates as a safe and reliable water …Read more »
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