MATS Connie C-121 N494TW Summer 1998 European Tour
MATS C-121A N494TW visited Coventry airport during the summer of 1998 whilst this amazing propliner was on a very historic tour of Europe, attending many air shows that summer. Throughout the tour, which began at Woodford UK on June 3, the Connie was commanded by the legendary Captain Frank Lang, who was accompanied on the …Read more »
VARIG Lockheed Electra Part 2 – PP-VJW Porto Alegre Air-to-Air
Back in 1988, JetFlix Founder Henry Tenby contacted the Los Angeles office of VARIG Airlines to inquire about doing an article on their Lockheed Electra L-188 Ponte Aerea “Air Bridge” operation for Airliners Magazine. VARIG management were more than happy to assist with the request, and a 24 year old Henry Tenby spent the better …Read more »
Fokker Aircraft Memories F27 F28 F50
These wonderful films capture the pioneering age of Dutch commercial aviation when Anthony Fokker started producing Trimotor transports for the budding airlines of the day. The first part of Fokker Aircraft Memories DVD presents archival black and white footage of the aircraft built by Fokker between the wars. Fokker Aircraft In the mid-1950s, Fokker emerged …Read more »
Flying the Bristol Freighter Part II (1994-1998)
Picking up from where the part I program left off, in 1994, Paul Hakwins and his colleagues took over the Terrace-based Bristol Freighter operation. From their defunct employer, Trans-Provincial Airlines. The majority of Hawkair’s work involved hauling between Bronson Creek’s gravel airstrip and Wrangell in support of the Snip Mine.
American Airlines Douglas DC-3 – Visit to Vancouver
On September 14, 2007, the Flagship Detroit Foundation’s lovingly restored American Airlines Douglas DC-3 NC17334 made a first-time visit to Vancouver International Airport as part of an America Airlines sponsored tour of their west coast stations. NC17334 was delivered new to American Airlines in March, 1937. In 1947, it was sold to the Bank of …Read more »
Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars (Part 1)
The world’s last two Martin Mars are operated by Coulson Flying Tankers based at Sproat Lake, near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Built just as WWII came to end, the two Mars are highly effective fire fighting aircraft that have worked the BC coast since the late 1950s. Being the world’s last operational examples of …Read more »
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