Convair 580 Celebration at Vancouver International Airport
The Geriatric Convair 580 smoke belching cargo machines have been a YVR staple for decades and these aging relics from the distant past are fascinating beasts. Henry Tenby filmed these propliner classics earning their keep at Vancouver over the decades and is pleased to serve up this more than generous helping of action footage in …Read more »
Flying the Brooks Fuel Douglas DC-4
In this show we join aviation videographer Chris Mak for a flight with Brooks Fuels and one of their fabulous DC-4 propliners, from Fairbanks to Tanana Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport with fuel, and empty back to Fairbanks. The video starts with the ground prep of the aircraft in Fairbanks followed by a lengthy engine …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 »
FAA Convair 440 N104 Boston to Washington ATC Technology circa 1959
This publicity film from the late 1950s was made to showcase a flight between Boston and Washington, DC on a Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Convair 440 N104 to explain the advancements in computer technology for ATC flight tracking using computer generated flight strips. Keen observers will notice an American Airlines short tail Boeing 707 making …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 »
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 »
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