Lockheed C130 Hercules 1955 First Look (Previously Classified)
In 1955, a new model of troop and transport plane was first flown and put under flight testing, called the C130 Hercules, built by the Marietta, Georgia division of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. By January of 1955, six production models of the C130 were under construction. On April 7, 1955, the first production Hercules took …Read more »
USAF Boeing B-17G Memphis Belle World War II Technicolor Film (1944)
USAF Boeing B-17G Memphis Belle, 324th Squadron, 91st Heavy Bombardment Group This 40 minute Technicolor film was produced during World War II by the War Department of the United States Air Force and it tells the story, trials and tribulations of the ground and air personnel of the famous B-17 bomber. Based at an undisclosed …Read more »
US Air Force Reserves Opportunities and Mock Deployment 1980
This 1980 film was produced by the US Air Force to explain the various opportunities that exist for people to service in the Reserves. Be it in operational roles or ground support roles. And it also explains what reservists could experience if called to active duty in a real life deployment. The piece was filmed …Read more »
Flughafen Frankfurt Main Airport Operations 1970 Flashback
With the jet age well entrenched on the international airline scene by the late 1960s, and the dawn the wide bodied jetliner making its presence known all over the world, Frankfurt Main airport was already well prepared for the industry changes that were on the horizon. Although not the size and airport operations leader that …Read more »
Building the Douglas DC-8 with Early Test Flight Footage (circa 1959)
The Douglas DC-8 was the second US built jetliner offered to the world’s leading airlines in the 1950s, after the market leader, the Boeing 707. Even though Douglas was a bit behind Boeing in terms of development, they had a stellar reputation with their piston powered family of airliners from the Douglas DC-3 to the …Read more »
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