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Pan American Boeing 707 Introduction 1959

During 1958 and 1959, Pan American World Airways took delivery of 22 Boeing 707 jetliners. This statistic alone made Pan American the world’s leading airline to usher in the jet age. Although the travelling public were already well familiar with flying on propellor driven airliners, the new jetliners were such a large step forward that …Read more »

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DC-8 Pilot – Career Path 1960s

(This video is about DC-8 Pilot – Career Path 1960s) This early 1960s educational movie explains what is involved in becoming and working as a Douglas DC-8 jetliner pilot. The films features a United Airlines pilot giving a young gentleman a tour of DC-8. Which is on the ramp at LAX showing him the key …Read more »

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ZIP Boeing 737-200 Non Stop Action

TO PURCHASE THIS 200 NON STOP ACTION DVD CLICK HEREOwned by Air Canada, zip started flight operations on September 22, 2002, as the carrier’s Calgary-based, low-cost operation targeted against arch-rival WestJet in Western Canada. Harking back to the lavish colours of Dallas based Braniff International, zip also painted their fleet of Boeing 737-200s in bright paste …Read more »

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Quebecair 1978 Airline Promo Movie (en Français)

(Quebecair 1978 Airline Promo Movie, This film is en Français – in French language) Promo movies are exceedingly rare and this is the one and only such film that we have ever been fortunate enough to have sourced, from a former employee. A quick shot of a computer screen tells us this film dates from …Read more »

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Air Age Distribution 1960s

Even back in the early 1960s, cargo by air was a very established and important sector of the airline industry. The benefits of air cargo to the US manufacturing sector were communicated to industry by way of this movie, which was most likely funded by a conglomeration of the airlines from the day. Judging by …Read more »

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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 »