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Canada’s Last HS748 Operation [PART 2] | With Henry Tenby

Join Henry Tenby for a visit to Canada’s last ever HS748 operation. In this part 2 of a two part series, we visit the operations of Timmins based Air Creebec. Filmed back in 2010, we learn about their HS748 operation and the movement of cargo with these classic British propliners between Timmins and Moose. The …Read more »

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Flying the Brooks Fuel Douglas DC-4

In this show we join aviation videographer Chris Mak for a flight with Brooks Fuels and one of their fabulous DC-4 propliners, from Fairbanks to Tanana Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport with fuel, and empty back to Fairbanks. The video starts with the ground prep of the aircraft in Fairbanks followed by a lengthy engine …Read more »

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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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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 »

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RCAF CP140 P-3 Aurora Flight Demo at Comox Airshow 2024

Join Henry Tenby for a fabulous visit to the 2024 CFB Comox Airshow. This airshow last took place in 2015 so it was a long time coming. And they laid on the action like I’ve never seen in 60 years of attending airshows. This airshow was all muscle no filler; it will all active military …Read more »

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London European Airways Vickers Viscount 800 G-LOND 1985 Flight Experience

London European Airways operated a single Vickers Viscount G-LOND on low cost scheduled flights between London Luton Airport and Amsterdam. The service lasted just one year, in 1985, before the airline folded operations. Chris Mak filmed the Viscount air-to-air on one of its cross Channel flights that year, and also filmed a flight from the …Read more »