London/Heathrow action from the late 60s. Watch for a Swissair CV-990, Aeroflot IL-62, Aer Lingus 720, and if you blink, you'll miss the Pan Am DC-8.

This DVD is available from AirlineHobby.com DVDs. These 1950s era films capture the development, manufacture, flight test, and airline operations of the Boeing 707 and 720. All of the early Boeing 707 and 720 customers are represented including Pan Am, Continental Airlines, TWA, American Airlines, Braniff, Varig, Air France, Aer Lingus, United Airlines, BOAC, Sabena, South African Airways, and others. DVD highlights include test flying both the 707 and 720 from the California high desert at Edwards Air Force base, President Eisenhower’s December, 1959, eleven nation tour (Operation Monsoon) aboard the first MATS VC137A, the delivery of the first Qantas Boeing 707, the May 28, 1959, Boeing 707 intercontinental route proving flight from Seattle to Rome direct (with Boeing President William Allen aboard), Sabena’s remarkable 707 operations during the Congo evacuations of 1960, delivery of Irish International’s first Boeing 720 in the Fall of 1960, and their subsequent crew training with the aircraft in Tuscon, and a lot more!

DLR Flugbetriebe Fokker VFW 614 D-ADAM (c/n G17) performing at the Lelystad Airshow April 2004

This AirlineHobby.com DVD filmed by Henry Tenby features over three hours on non-stop, heart-pounding airliner action. In addition to Turkish Airlines’ complete fleet from the BAe 146 to the A340, this DVD also features action footage of all the other Turkish airlines including Atlasjet, Fly Air, Inter Airlines, KTHY, MNG Cargo, Onur Air, World Focus as well as the two CL215 waterbombers operated by the City of Istanbul. Middle East carriers include Iraqi Airways’ 737-200, Libyan Arab’s A300, RAM, MEA, Saudia (777, 747-200 and A300 leased), Royal Jordanian, and the UAE Government (747SP aborted take-off and 737). Former Russian States are well represented by Tu154s of Belavia, Aeroflot, URAL, Bulgarian Air Charter, plus Donbass Yak42s, and Atyrau Airways Tu134. Azerbaijan A320 and 757, Uzbekistan A310, and a wide range of European carriers.

The Boeing 747-209F of Kalitta Air landing at AMS filmed by Alex Alberto.

KLM Capt. Rob Ruysenaars about to make his very last departure from Curacao on a KLM MD-11 back to Amsterdam, filmed by Alex Alberto.

In November, 1992, airline videographer Henry Tenby enjoyed several flights aboard LAP Air Paraguay’s Boeing 707 ZP-CCF between Rio, Sao Paulo and Asuncion, Paraguay. This hour and a half DVD by AirlineHobby.com DVDs takes the viewer along for the ride, enjoying lots of take-offs, landings, in-flight and interior footage shot from the very best seats in the house! LAP’s Boeing 707s came from Pan Am, and were complete with their original 1966 interiors, including Pan Am logo seat belts, open hat-racks, and vintage moon-dome lighting.

On February 1, 1991, Yellowkife-based Air Canada Connector NWT Air operated Canada’s last passenger Lockheed L188 Electra scheduled service. Combi Electra C-FIJV operated the Yellowknife-Coppermine-Cambride-Coppermine-Yellowknife routing under the command of Captain John Sorenson and his crew. In this program, Henry Tenby takes us aboard the second to last final day of scheduled passenger Lockheed Electra services in Canada (January 30, 1991), also under the command of Captain John Sorenson. It was a typical arctic winter day. Mostly clear, with bitterly cold temperatures hovering at the minus 35 degrees C mark across the arctic. This trip is forever preserved in the NWT Air Electra DVD by AirlineHobby.com DVDs.