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 »
British Aerospace BAe146 The Quiet Profit-Maker (circa 1990)
This film was produced by British Aerospace in 1990 to promote their then new BAe 146 regional jetliner. The BAe 146 was a specialized aircraft that was designed for high performance from short and unimproved air fields. Therefore, it found a niche with both hub and spoke regional carriers as well as specialist operators in …Read more »
Above the Clouds TCA Air Canada Air-to-Air Symphony 1940s-1970s
Join JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby as he narrates a fascinating journey across the clouds, as he tells the story of Air Canada’s first thirty years from their founding in 1937, by way of rare, historic air-to-air footage of TCA and Air Canada aircraft. This fascinating air-to-air footage for the most part can be classified …Read more »
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