Brooklands Aviation Museum Vickers Vanguard – Part 2
Part 2 of a 5 part mini series: Vickers Weybridge, Surrey, England is where the Vickers Vanguards were manufactured in the 1960s. And the today, the World’s last operation Vickers Vanguard is at the Brooklands Aviation Museum at Weybridge for inspection by all museum visitors.
Brooklands Aviation Museum – Vickers Aircraft Powerplants Pressure Chamber – Part 1
Part 1 of a 5 part mini series: A visit to the Brooklands Aviation Museum is a must for any true, red-blooded classic airliner fan. For this is the home of Vickers, the famous maker of the Vickers Viking, Vickers Viscount, Vickers Vanguard, and Vickers VC-10.
The Fokker F27 Friendship Story (Dutch version)
In the 1950s, the Douglas DC-3 Dakota was the premier short haul airliner of the day. But the aircraft was even then deemed to be out-dated, as it was already some 20 years old, and with the advent of the turbine engine, Fokker the Dutch plane-builder saw an opportunity that was ripe for the picking. …Read more »
Fairchild F-27 Prop Jet An Excellent Story of Success as a Corporate Transport Circa 1960
Fokker of the Netherlands provided a license to Hagerstown, Maryland based Fairchild Aircraft to manufacture their famous Fokker 27 in the United States for sales to North American based airlines and corporate operators in the late 1950s and 1960s. Fairchild slightly modified the aircraft name designation to “F-27” with a dash between the F and …Read more »
Operating the Fokker F27 Friendship All Around the World Circa 1963
This English language Fokker promotional film dates from circa 1963, and is a fabulous visual celebration (or resume) of the numerous airlines all around the world that were operating the very capable and reliable Fokker 27. The film strives to show the differences in the extremes of environment that the Fokker 27 was comfortable operating …Read more »
Turkish Airlines A321 Istanbul to Vienna with Air Tour of New Istanbul airport
In this video filmed by JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby, we join him in March of 2018 for a Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 routine scheduled flight from Istanbul Ataturk Airport to Vienna, Austria. Shortly after departure from Ataturk airport we flew over the new Istanbul airport being constructed about 50 miles east of the city, …Read more »
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