In 1961, Wardair Canada’s main base of operations was at Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, and their flight operations largely consisted of cargo hauling to points North from the Territorial Capital. At the time the airline operated a fleet of Bristol Freighters and De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter aircraft. The “bulk” of …Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2018
Wardair Canada 1965 DC-6B Promo Movie – Now on JetFlix TV
In the mid 1960s, Wardair Canada made a bold change to their business plan, and changed focus from the bulk cargo market out of Yellowknife to points North, and put their energies in developing the affinity passenger charter market out of Western Canada to Europe. This change saw the airline acquire Douglas DC-6B piston airliners, …Read more »
Wardair Canada Boeing 727 1967 Flashback movie – Now on JetFlix TV
In 1967 Wardair Canada added their first jetliner to the fleet in the form of a single Boeing 727 series 100 CF-FUN, and it was on affinity charters between Edmonton, Alberta and London’s Gatwick airport. This airline publicity film was produced to promote Wardair’s new jetliner service with the 727, and we are pleased to …Read more »
Brooklands Aircraft Museum 5 Part Mini Series – Now on JetFlix TV
The Brooklands Aviation Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, England, has to be one of the world’s most import commercial aircraft museums. We recently paid a visit to this amazing museums and are pleased to present a 5 part mini series exploring the fabulous aircraft available for inspection by museum visitors. The Vickers Aircraft Company was based …Read more »
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Hunting Air Bridge Vickers Vanguard Flight Circa 1996 – Now on JetFlix TV
In 1996, the world’s last operational Vickers Vanguard G-APEP was retired and flown to the Brooklands Museum. The Merchantman aircraft was operated by Hunting Cargo Airlines, formerly Air Bridge Carrier, and was used on nightly cargo flights between Coventry, Belfast and Liverpool for the Royal Mail’s Parcel Force operation, managed by Reed Aviation of Coventry. …Read more »