Convair 580 Memories with Henry Tenby – North Central / Republic / Northwest Airlines
Join JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby for a fascinating and personal look back at the history of the Convair-liner Convair 580 with one of the world’s largest operators of the type. Between the late 1950s and late 1990s, the North Central Airlines – Republic Airlines – Northwest Airlines dynasty operated the venerable regional airliner for …Read more »
PC-6 Turbo Porter The STOL Workhorse Utility Aircraft
Built with the reliability of a Swiss watch, this 1960s publicity film extols the performance and reliability virtues of the famous Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter general utility aircraft. The Turbo-Porter can be operated on wheels or skiis from both gravel and paved air strips and its STOL performance made it the ideal workhorse for tundra and …Read more »
Canadair CL-215 Air Tanker – A Purpose Built Water Bomber
This late 1960s publicity film was made to promote the then relatively new Canadair CL-215 air tranker, a Canadian built and designed surface water scooper built to fire forest fires. Over the last 50 years the CL-215 has undergone a number of enhancements and updates and today it operates as a safe and reliable water …Read more »
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 »
Air Wisconsin De Havilland Canada Dash-7 Promotional Movie circa 1979
Air Wisconsin was not only one of the first operators of the De Havilland Canada Dash-7 in the Continental United States, they were also one of the largest US operators of the type in the history of this famous Canadian STOL airliner. Air Wisconsin took delivery of their first Dash-7s in the late 1970s and …Read more »
Pan American Airways Flying the Lindberg Trail Sikorsky S-40 To Rio circa 1931
This Pan American Airlines publicity film dates from the very early 1930s during the time they were operating the Sikorsky S-40 fly boats between the United States and South America. This 33 minute black and white film details what it was like to be a passenger on one of these flights which routed from Miami, …Read more »
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