Test Flying the Fokker F27 with Fokker Test Pilot H.V.B. Burgerhout (Dutch)

This Dutch language promo film was made by Fokker in the 1950s to demonstrate the impressive flight characteristics of their then new Fokker 27 regional airliner. Powered by two Rolls Royce Dart engines, the same reliable engines that powered the four engine Vickers Viscount, the Fokker F27 went on to achieve a similar worldwide sale …Read more »

Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft – Interviews and Flight Display

The Kawasaki P-1 resembles a baby DC-8, but is actually a Japanese designed and built maritime patrol aircraft that is operated by the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force. We are pleased to present a full video report on this amazing aircraft which includes an interview with a P-1 Flight Commander as well as the impressive …Read more »

North From Yellowknife – Wardair Canada Operations 1961

Very special thanks to Scoval Publishing (UK) for providing this film. For a wide selection of airline books visit: http://www.scovalpublishing.com Produced in 1961, this colour flashback film tells the early years story of Wardair and the story of air transportation and mining on the Precambrian Shield of Canada’s Northwest Territories. This was well before Wardair …Read more »

Closer Than you Think – Wardair Canada 1965 DC-6B Promo Movie

In the 1950s, Wardair Canada provided cargo charter operations from Yellowknife to remote points in the Northwest Territories using a rugged fleet of Bristol Mk. 31 Freighters, De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter general utility bush planes. Other than local Yellowknife operator Northwest Territorial which was launched in 1962 by American transplant Bob …Read more »

High Tail it to Europe Wardair Canada Boeing 727-11 1967 Flashback

Picking up from where the Wardair Canada DC-6B film left off in 1965, this film jumps ahead to 1967, as the jet age had arrived with the charter airline taking delivery of its first jet, a Boeing 727-100 aptly registered CF-FUN. This 1967 flashback features Wardair Canada’s introduction to service of their then brand new …Read more »

LET Industries L 410 NG Aircraft Introduction and Flight Display