Classic Props

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Nor-Fly Convair 440 Metropolitan Club Mid 1980s Pleasure Flight

Back in the 1970s Nor-Fly was a Norway based ad-hoc charter airline that operated a former Finnair Convair 440s LN-MAP and LN-KLK within Europe. By the early 1980s their operations had reduced significantly but Convair 440 LN-KLK was taken over by a group of aviation enthusiasts to operate fan trips under the new banner of …Read more »

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NWT Air Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules Salamida Airlift 1993

In the Fall of 1993, an isolated gravel airstrip 160 air miles north of Yellowknife named Salamida. It was the scene of a massive, two million pound airlift. This set Canada’s Northwest Territories on course to becoming a major world producer of diamonds. At the time, aviation videographer Henry Tenby employed by NWT Air Lockheed …Read more »

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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 »

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My Amazing Flight on Hawaii Mars

Sunday August 11, 2024: Just 2 hours ago Hawaii Mars C-FLYL made its last ever flight and landing at Pat Bay Victoria. Henry Tenby of JetFlix is one of the few people to have flown on the Martin Mars Hawaii Mars air tanker flying boat, and he filmed the entire experience using two TV broadcast …Read more »

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Air Cargo Sky Traders 1952

This film dates from 1952 and was produced to extol the benefits of moving cargo and time sensitive materials by air. This was shortly after the end of World War Two and the commercial aviation industry was still very much in its infancy. Air cargo and its potential to benefit many aspects of daily life …Read more »

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Canada’s Last HS748 Operation [PART 2] | With Henry Tenby

Join Henry Tenby for a visit to Canada’s last ever HS748 operation. In this part 2 of a two part series, we visit the operations of Timmins based Air Creebec. Filmed back in 2010, we learn about their HS748 operation and the movement of cargo with these classic British propliners between Timmins and Moose. The …Read more »