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Aerosol Colombia DC-6 Flight Villavicencio to Mitu

On May 4, 2001, JetFlix TV videographer Chris Mak was in the propliner Mecca of Villavicencio Colombia and tagged along for a resupply flight to Mitu on the AEROSOL Colombia DC-6 HK-1400. This was an amazing flight experience from start to end, as he able to film to his heat’s content. They even removed the …Read more »

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Fox Field Strats -The Boeing Stratocruisers of the Mojave Desert 1960s-1970s | Transocean Northwest Airlines Pan Am

Presented by Henry Tenby, this video takes a look back to the fleet of Boeing Stratocruisers that were placed into long term storage in the Mojave Desert just North of Los Angeles when the aircraft were retired in the early 1960s. Stratocruisers of Transocean Airways, Northwest Airlines, BOAC and Pan American lived out their final …Read more »

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Trans-Canada Air Lines Vickers Viscount Ground Controlled Approach

This film dates from the mid 1950s and explains the operations of GCA “Ground Controlled Approach” whereby the air traffic controllers user radar and navigation services of the day to guide aircraft in for landing when weather and visibility conditions are poor and visual flight rules are not possible. The film was made in partnership …Read more »

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VARIG Lockheed Electra Part 2 – PP-VJW Porto Alegre Air-to-Air

Back in 1988, JetFlix Founder Henry Tenby contacted the Los Angeles office of VARIG Airlines to inquire about doing an article on their Lockheed Electra L-188 Ponte Aerea “Air Bridge” operation for Airliners Magazine. VARIG management were more than happy to assist with the request, and a 24 year old Henry Tenby spent the better …Read more »

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Fokker Aircraft Memories F27 F28 F50

These wonderful films capture the pioneering age of Dutch commercial aviation when Anthony Fokker started producing Trimotor transports for the budding airlines of the day. The first part of Fokker Aircraft Memories DVD presents archival black and white footage of the aircraft built by Fokker between the wars. Fokker Aircraft In the mid-1950s, Fokker emerged …Read more »

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Flying the Bristol Freighter Part II (1994-1998)

Picking up from where the part I program left off, in 1994, Paul Hakwins and his colleagues took over the Terrace-based Bristol Freighter operation. From their defunct employer, Trans-Provincial Airlines. The majority of Hawkair’s work involved hauling between Bronson Creek’s gravel airstrip and Wrangell in support of the Snip Mine. In addition to Bronson Creek …Read more »