Aer Lingus Classics 1960s and 1970s
Aer Lingus Classics 1960s In the summer of 1969, flower power was in full swing across Europe, and the hit movie in Ireland that memorable summer was “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. The Aer Lingus promo film “Shamrocks Sky High” played in Irish cinemas along with “The Graduate” to promote the airline’s …Read more »
NWT Air Lockheed Electra – End of Service
On February 1, 1991, Yellowkife-based Air Canada Connector NWT Air operated Canada’s last passenger Lockheed L188 Electra scheduled service. Combi Electra IJV operated the Yellowknife-Coppermine-Cambride-Coppermine-Yellowknife routing under the command of Captain John Sorenson and his crew. In this program, we’ll take you aboard the second to last final day of scheduled passenger NWT Air Lockheed …Read more »
Flying the Bristol Freighter Part I (1992-1994)
From 1989 until 1999, the wilds of Northwestern British Columbia was the setting for the world’s last working Bristol Freighter operation. In Flying the Bristol Freighter Part I Engineer Paul Hawkins had the good fortune of being able to extensively film Bristol Freighters C-FDFC and C-FTPA on the job with Terrace based Trans-Provincial Airlines. In this …Read more »
British Golden Age Airlines
These wonderful films capture the British Golden Age Airlines scene of the late 1940s and 1950s. This was the time when BOAC was emerging as Britain’s international overseas airline, and BEA was Britain’s leading domestic and short haul carrier. It was also during this glorious era that Britain was a world leader in the development …Read more »
Sandcasting Aircraft Models with Werner Strekies
Today, cast aluminum metal airliner models produced by master model makers back in the 1950s and 1960s, are highly valuable collectibles. Such models now command premium prices from travel agent display model collectors the world over. Before fiberglass and plastic became widely available in the 1960s, travel agent display models sand cast by hand on …Read more »
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