Air North HS748 Action – Song of the Darts
In the summer of 2010, a very special series of charters took place at Vancouver Airport’s South Terminal. Air North of Whitehorse based two of their Hawker Siddeley HS748s in Vancouver to operate four times weekly charters serving fishing resorts situated on BC’s west coast. Air North HS748 Action C-FCSE and C-FYDY both based in …Read more »
Vickers Viscount 800 Last Passenger Flights
The Vickers Viscount is a member of aviation’s aristocracy. It was a work-horse for the world that emerged on the airline scene in the early 1950s. Which powered by four, revolutionary Rolls-Royce Dart engines. When it entered service it was regarded as fast, full pressurized, comfortable, and a bargain (originally priced at less then 200,000 …Read more »
Pan American Douglas DC-3 N877MG Historical Flight Foundation visit to Abbotsford
For the Abbotsford Airshow in August of 2014, John Sessions and his Seattle-based Historical Flight Foundation brought their DC-3 N877MG up North for the event. The DC-3 is not known with one hundred percent certainty to have flown with Pan American in earlier years, but there is a good chance that it did. On the …Read more »
Manx BAe ATP flight Belfast Nuts Corner to Manchester
On June 30, 1996, JetFlix founder Henry Tenby had the once -in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly on a British Aerospace ATP, which was the 1990s derivative of the very popular Hawker Siddeley HS748. The night of June 29/30 Henry had flown from Coventry to Belfast on the Air Bridge Hunting Vickers Vanguard, a flight which was …Read more »
The Beech 18 Story with Randy Hanna – Part 3
Between 1937 and 1964, some 9,000 Beech 18s were built for the military and civilian markets, making it one of the most successful general utility aircraft ever produced. Although it has been replaced by newer types in many applications, the aircraft remains a rugged and reliable money maker.A ready availability of parts and expertise means …Read more »
Beech 18 Adventure With Pacific Seaplanes Vancouver Island – Part 2
This show continues from the Part 1 episode, and in this 26 minute show we enjoy a lovely scenic departure from Vancouver South Terminal’s float base on the banks of the Fraser, aboad Pacific Seaplanes Beech 18 on floats C-GGGF for the return journey to the airline’s home base at Quennel Lake near Nanaimo, on …Read more »
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