Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Introduction to Service Late 1940s
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the A380 of the 1940s and 1950s. The basic design was an adaptation of the B-29 bomber in which the fuselage was enlarged for the long range transport of passengers on a double deck deck bubble design. The major long haul airlines of the day ordered the Startocruiser including BOAC, …Read more »
Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Constellation 1948 promo movie
This is an amazing 1948 promo movie from Eastern Air Lines in which the airline’s founder Captain Eddie Von Rickenbacker tells the story of the airline’s latest and greatest and most modern new airliner to enter service, in the form of the Lockheed L-749 Constellation. The film was shot in glorious colour, and gives the …Read more »
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 »
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 »
VARIG Lockheed Electra Part 1 – Ponte Aerea Early 1990s
THIS FILM CONTAINS PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTENT The Ponte Aerea was a pooled “air bridge” operation between the two largest cities in Brazil, namely Rio and Sao Paulo. The service operated hourly flights between the two cities with even more flights at peak times, with Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft operated by VARIG, and revenues split between …Read more »
Big Props Alaska, Land of the Free, and Big Recips!
Back in August of 2007, Chris Mak set out to explore a remote land, which was the wild of untamed Alaska. His sights were set on filming and flying on some of the last big recip propliner operations that could be found on the planet, as the 4 engined piston pounder has surely become an …Read more »
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