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RAF Armstrong Whitworth Argosy colour footage 1960s

RAF Armstrong Whitworth Argosy colour footage 1960s

RAF Comet, Blackburn, Britannia, Twin Pin & Westland Whirlwind

RAF Air Head, an Air Ministry Film showing de Havilland Comet, Blackburn Beverleys, Bristol Commodores, Britannia Pioneer ‘Twin Pins’, and Westland Whirlwind Helicopters at El-Adem Libya in the 1950s . RAF Air Head RAF in Africa and the Middle East during the cold war

Varig Air Lines Lockheed L-188A Electra-1987

AWESOME sights & sounds from those big Allisons! Varig operated their Electras on the Ponte Aerea until 1992, when the fleet was sold to two-bit airlines in Africa. The footage was taken at Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport.

The Man in the Sky movie Bristol Freighter Jack Hawkins (1957)

Jack Hawkins is John Mitchell, a test pilot with more than his mortgage on his mind! An Ealing production with many well known British faces of the 1950’s including Elizabeth Sellars, John Stratton, Victor Maddern, Lionel Jeffries, Megs Jenkins and Donald Pleasence. Oh yes and one Bristol Freighter Type 170 Mark 11A G-AIFV flown by …Read more »

NZ Bristol Freighter – First Taxi in 20 Years

In 1986 the Bristol Freighter ZK-CPT (‘Merchant Courier’) was flown into Omaka Aerodrome (Blenheim, New Zealand) and retired. The aircraft engines were subsequently run on several occasions, but this has not occurred for over 20 years. Enter Alastair Marshall – ex RNZAF Engine Technician, now commercial pilot, and a piston engine enthusiast. Over the past …Read more »

Bristol Freighter in Aussie film The Rescue

New Zealand Bristol Freighter in the 1986 film called The Rescue.