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Posts By: Henry Tenby

Swiss Int. Air Lines above the Alps

A Video made by M. Magee (www.magee.ch) for Swiss Air Lines. You get this video to see everytime you bord a longhaul flight opperated by SWR. Enjoy the Snow Caped Mountains and the lovely music! You can see the MD11, then the Emb145 (all two now nomore in the fleet) and the A320 followed by …Read more »

Fairey Rotodyne promo film from 1961

AWESOME promo for the magnificent Fairey Rotodyne. The aircraft come helicopter was cancelled at the last minute; largely due to the insanely loud pulse jets on the rotor tips. BEA (British European Airways) was the lead customer, and had the VTOL craft went into service, it surely would have been a novel success.

BOAC Boeing 747-136-

Very cool promo film introducing BOAC 747 service! GREAT footage, including an aircraft walkaround, to say nothing of the VERY BRITISH & jazzy arrangement of the Blood, Sweat, & Tears 1969 classic,

Aeroflot Tupelov TU-114 Red Fair New York 1959

Aeroflot Tupelov TU-114 arriving at Idelwild airport… Aeroflot Tupelov TU-114 arriving at Idelwild airport in 1959! The aircraft was put into regularly scheduled passenger service in 1961. Fascinating story concerning Krushchev’s return flight to Russia in the TU-114 when the Soviet premeir visited New York earlier in the year:

Baade 152 East German Promo Film

Baade 152 East German Promo Film from the 1950s

United Airlines Stratocruiser DC-6 Convair CV-340 DC-8 DVD

http://www.henrytenby.com/DVDs/Uniteddvd.html This DVD is loaded with fabulous classic propliner footage from the 1950s, and it documents how air travel was so special fifty years ago. United Airlines Boeing B-337 Stratocruisers, Douglas DC-6s, Convair CV-340s and the first generation of smokey Douglas DC-8s are all featured in the classic airline films presented herein.