Strap in for a hell of a ride! Flights on vintage cold war jets are hard to come by, and fortune came our way at the 2013 Abbotsford Airshow, when we had the exclusive opportunity to meet up with Greg Colyer, and his beautifully restored CT-33 Silver Star jet trainer.

The Canadair CT-33 is a built in Canada, license built Lockheed T-33 military jet trainer. In the 1950s air forces all over the world used the sturdy T-33 to train military jet pilots, and of course the aircraft was hugely popular in the US and Canada.

Sacramento based Greg Colyer of AceMakerAirshows.com operates this beautiful CT-33 on the airship circuit, and in 2013 the aircraft made its first ever visit to the Abbotsford Airshow, where in our opinion, it put on the most impressive flying display of the year.

We placed two cameras on the flight deck, as well as a camera under the belly of the aircraft to film Greg’s flying display giving multiple perspectives of the aerobatic flight display. This DVD presents the complete flight from each of the three cameras, with the original sound capture from each of the cameras.

We also filmed the flying display from chalks to chalks from the ground as well, so this DVD provides the viewer with the complete flying performance of this amazing vintage jet trainer. Viewers might want to be comfortably seated while watching as the upside down horizons and Abbotsford countryside that seems to whizz by left and right, all makes for one of the most unique cockpit DVDs you’ve ever seen. It is nothing like the commercial aircraft cockpit DVDs that follow the same, tedious routines over and over again.

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DVD Programs

Chapter 1: CT-33 Intro with Greg Colyer
Chapter 2: Multi-view clip
Chapter 3: CT-33 flight display filmed from ground
Chapter 4: CT-33 flight cockpit cam #1
Chapter 5: CT-33 flight bell cam
Chapter 6: CT-33 cockpit cam #2
Chapter 7: DVD Previews

Total running time: 94 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

On May 9, 2012, the world’s last operational Boeing 720 took to the skies for the last time ever. Engine test-bed C-FETB was donated by her owners to the National Aviation Museum and was ferried from St-Hubert, Quebec, to her new home at CFB trenton.

Without any official support, our videos crews at both airports captured this historic event on video as presented in this one hour DVD. You’ll see the noisy engine start at St-Hubert followed by take-off and two high speed, low-level airfield flypasts. Our camera team were set up at various locations on the airfield to provide interesting views from different vantage points.

Sadly, the aircraft owners would not assist us in an way with documenting this historic event. Our numerous requests in the period leading up to this event all fell on deaf and uninterested ears. Our keen persistence ruled the day and our team of airfield videographers at both St-Hubert and CFB Trenton filmed every precious second of the 720 as she performed one final time. Suffice it to say, it was extremely unfortunate that we were not permitted to do any live, on-board filming. So sad that this amazing flight took place without any onboard documentation.

When the 720 arrived at CFB Trenton, our cameraman-on-the-scene was at the ready to document the proceedings. Once again requests to officialdom were met with deaf ears. The media folks at CFB Trenton would not allow us the best of access so we weren’t able to see the aircraft coming as it approached the airfield low and fast. Ignorance seems to rule the day when it comes to documenting classic jetliners. However, we did our best to film the two flypasts at CFB Trenton, as well as the roll out, taxi in, and shut down, which was followed by a series of acceptance speeches during the museum handover ceremonies, and a tour of the aircraft.

As of today, there are no more operational Boeing 720s on the planet. This was the last example, and she’s literally flown into the history books and her engines have been silenced forever, but you can relive and enjoy the roar of the Boeing 720 as preserved for posterity on this DVD.

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) Intro
Chapter 2) Starting engines
Chapter 3) Taxi off stand
Chapter 4) Take-off
Chapter 5) Pro footage take-off
Chapter 6) Flypast #1 St-Hubert
Chapter 7) Flypast #2 St-Hubert
Chapter 8) CFB Trenton pre-arrival
Chapter 9) CFB Trenton flypast
Chapter 10) Gear down flypast
Chapter 11) Last ever Boeing 720 landing
Chapter 12) Taxi in and shut down
Chapter 13) CFB Trenton welcome
Chapter 14) Speeches
Chapter 15) Welcome aboard for a tour
Chapter 16) Bonus tracks
Chapter 17) DVD previews

Total running time: 60 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

Merhaba … Hosgeldiniz! Welcome to Istanbul my fellow spotter friend.

The lures of this treasured city are sure to please, as is this city’s amazingly busy airport. This DVD picks up where the Part One DVD left off.

The demonstrator Airbus 380 spent a few days at Istanbul, and during this visit the aircraft conducted a local pleasure flight for VIP invited guests. We weren’t so lucky to be onboard the aircraft, but we were in position at our preferred runway-side filming location to capture the event from the outside.

The A380 is filmed as it departs the gate area and slowly taxied to the departure runway. We filmed the take-off and landing back in Istanbul as well as the taxi back to the parking gate.

We spent several days filming at IST from a fantastic, runway side vantage point to capture the fabulous, non-stop runway action which is presented in this 67 minute Part Two DVD. There was so much good footage we had to split it over two DVDs, so be sure to also check out the Part One DVD.

At the time of our visit in late September of 2007, a number of Russian built airliners were still operating into Istanbul Ataturk Airport. They have since been banned from serving IST, but this DVD includes great footage of the Tajikistan Tupolev Tu154, and the Belavia Tu154. The Kuban Yak42 also performed nicely for our cameras.

Flag carrier THY Turkish Airlines and other Turkish operators mix company with a truly international mix of traffic, making this airfield a spotter’s dream come true. There is plenty of Turkish Airlines A320 and 737 action, as well as A330 and A340 movements, with the occasional A310 movement. The Turkish charter airlines including Onur Air and their MD80s are also very well represented on this DVD.

A dedicated spotter will never grow tired of spending time as Istanbul Ataturk Airport as the traffic is a mix of European and Middle Eastern with excellent representation from the CIS countries and North Africa. This DVD gives the spotter a taste of what to expect when visiting this world-class airfield.

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DVD Programs

Chapter 1: Intro
Chapter 2: A380 taxi out
Chapter 3: A380 take-off
Chapter 4: A380 landing & taxi in
Chapter 5: IST action
Chapter 6: IST action
Chapter 7: IST action
Chapter 8: Tajik Tu154
Chapter 9: Kuban Yak42
Chapter 10: IST action
Chapter 11: Belavia Tu154
Chapter 12: DVD Previews

Total running time: 67 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

Merhaba … Hosgeldiniz! Welcome to Istanbul my fellow spotter friend.

The lures of this treasured city are sure to please, as is this city’s amazingly busy airport. This DVD opens with our Lufthansa A320 landing at Istanbul inbound from Frankfurt, and our taxi into the terminal area.

We then spent several days filming at IST from a fantastic, runway side vantage point to capture the fabulous, non-stop runway action which is presented in this 68 minute Part One DVD. There was so much good footage we had to split it over two DVDs, so be sure to also check out the Part Two DVD.

Flag carrier THY Turkish Airlines and other Turkish operators mix company with a truly international mix of traffic, making this airfield a spotter’s dream come true. There is plenty of Turkish Airlines A320 and 737 action, as well as A330 and A340 movements, with the occasional A310 movement. The Turkish charter airlines including Onur Air and their MD80s are also very well represented on this DVD.

We were lucky to be present after a rain shower passed the airfield, and the wet runway action with accompanying spray as the aircraft were at speed made for very impressive video footage. Back in 2007, Russian flag carrier Aeroflot were still operating Tupolev Tu154 aircraft on their scheduled service from Moscow, and this DVD presents the excitement and sounds of this fabulous aircraft, which has since been retired from service.

This DVD also features the first ever flypast, land and visit of an Airbus A380 which took place on September 30, 2007. A massive media presence as well as thousands of curious observers gathered at the airport in anticipation of the arrival of Airbus A380 demonstrator aircraft F-WWBJ. This DVD let’s you enjoy the excitement of the moment in the build up to the arrival of the massive Airbus.

Approaching Istanbul from the ocean, the A380 defended quite low and performed a gear-up flypast before circling around and making her first ever landing at Ataturk Airport. After a roll out right to the end of the runway, the A380 very slowly taxied back to the main parking area, and we were able to film this entire historic process from start to end, all of which is presented on this DVD.

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DVD Programs

Chapter 1: Intro
Chapter 2: IST arrival on LH130
Chapter 3: Spotter IIgaz welcomes us
Chapter 4: IST action
Chapter 5: Aeroflot Tu154
Chapter 6: More IST action
Chapter 7: More IST action
Chapter 8: Wet runway ops
Chapter 9: Aeroflot Tu154
Chapter 10: Wet runway ops
Chapter 11: Wet runway ops
Chapter 12: A380 pre-show
Chapter 13: A380 flypast
Chapter 14: A380 arrival
Chapter 15: A380 taxi in
Chapter 16: DVD Previews

Total running time: 68 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

NOTE: THIS DVD CONTAINS NO FLIGHT DECK FOOTAGE. Air Creebec operates two HS748 freighters from their Timmins base serving many of the remote First Nations communities of Northeastern Ontario and James Bay. This indepth DVD takes the viewer to visit Air Creebec’s HS748 cargo operations at Timmins, Cochrane and Moosonee. We meet Air Creebec’s operations people along the way that make it all happen, and there is “loads” of HS748 and ear-piercing Rolls Royce Dart action that more than highlights the capabilities of this superb aircraft.

This DVD was filmed in 16X9 widescreen with a high definition camera and we have presented the footage in the best quality possible so that it can be enjoyed in all it’s ear-splitting splendour on all standard definition DVD players (worldwide region-free format).

Classic airline fans and HS748 Rolls Royce Dart lovers will be more than satisfied with the noisy helpings of 748s action on this DVD. At each location we visited for filming, we filmed extensive 748 cargo handling operations speaking to the hands-on people that make it all happen, and the back to back 748 engine starts, departures, landings, taxi sequences and engine spool down sequences represent a superb documentation of this fabulous, classic, British-built marque. We salute Air Creebec .. and we salute the amazing HS748!!

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) Timmins Intro
Chapter 2) Maintenance Perspective
Chapter 3) Up to Moosonee
Chapter 4) Moosonee HS748 operations
Chapter 5) Doug Medd at Moosonee
Chapter 6) HS748 Moose arrival
Chapter 7) HS748 re-configuration
Chapter 8) “Quiet Boys”
Chapter 9) Another Moose HS748 arrival
Chapter 10) More Moosonee HS748 operations
Chapter 11) Cochrane
Chapter 12) Cochrane HS748 departure and arrival
Chapter 13) Lloyd Richards
Chapter 14) Timmins HS748 operations
Chapter 15) Dan and Jason with Timmins cargo ops
Chapter 16) Timmins HS748 loading
Chapter 17) HS748 walkaround
Chapter 18) Timmins HS748 departure and arrival
Chapter 19) Jason with more Timmins HS748 loading
Chapter 20) Another HS748 departure and arrival
Chapter 21) DVD Previews

Total running time: 105 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

In early March of 2011, Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10 C.1K XV104 and her crew made a very much welcomed visit to Vancouver in order for some maintenance to be performed. Given the type’s rarity, videographer Henry Tenby did extensive filming, including the VC-10’s engine starts, run ups, extended taxi footage, and the final departure back home to Brize Norton on March 3. With exception to the flightdeck and cabin footage filmed during run-ups, this DVD offers mostly exterior footage. In response to popular demand, we’ve decided to release this short 40 minute DVD, so VC-10 fans can savour the sights and sounds of this superb aircraft.

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) RAF VC-10 crew
Chapter 2) MARCH 2/11 engine runs
Chapter 3) MARCH 3/11 engine starts
Chapter 4) Taxi for power-run
Chapter 5) Back from power-run
Chapter 6) Back to Brize
Chapter 7) Starting engines
Chapter 8) Starting #1
Chapter 9) Closing door
Chapter 10) Brakes released
Chapter 11) Next stop Brize
Chapter 12) End credits
Chapter 13) DVD Previews

Total running time: 40 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

NOTE: THIS DVD CONTAINS EXTERIOR FOOTAGE ONLY – SUITABLE FOR HARDCORE PROPLINER FANS

On February 24, 2010, a major propliner event nearly went unnoticed. The City of Richmond arranged for a Martin Mars to fly to Steveston (in South Richmond, BC) and land on the Fraser River, moor overnight off the beach at Garry Point Park, and then depart the following day laying on a water drop aerial display for those present. This was all arranged in celebration of the City of Richmond’s support of the 2010 Winter Games.

Airline videographer Henry Tenby filmed the entire display of Hawaii Mars C-FLYL forever preserving this historic event. It’s all here including engine start, the lengthy engine warm ups as the aircraft water taxied up and down the Fraser River, the spectacular take-off, the water scoop, water drop and final flypast.

Filmed with broadcast video equipment, the sights and sounds of this remarkable piston pounder can be savoured in all their glorious splendour. This DVD will be most appreciated by true propliner connoisseurs!

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) Off the beach
Chapter 2) Starting engines
Chapter 3) Warming up engines
Chapter 4) Take-off
Chapter 5) Water scoop
Chapter 6) Water drop
Chapter 7) Final pass
Chapter 8) DVD Previews

Total running time: 40 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

NOTE: THE FOOTAGE ON THIS DVD IS FROM THE 1960S AND FILM IMAGE QUALITY IS LESS THAN CURRENT DAY VIDEO

In the early 1960s, the world’s airlines were transitioning from piston and turboprop aircraft to jet-powered aircraft. The dawn of the golden age of jet travel had arrived and global travel was becoming a mass, worldwide phenomena. Everyone wanted to travel by jet, and the world’s airlines promoted their jet services by every means possible, including promotional cine films. This DVD takes the viewer back to that magic age with three period films featuring the three golden jets of the era, the Boeing 707, the Douglas DC-8, and the Convair 880.

Chapter 1) This early 1960s film follows a Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-8-42 and her flighdeck crew operating TCA flight 884 from snowy Montreal down to Montego Bay, Jamaica. This film features exterior footage of the DC-8 as well as live flightdeck footage including engine starts, taxi, take-off, inflight, and landing.
(Colour restored as best as possible – 16 minutes)

Chapter 2) In the early 1960s, the DC-8 and the Convair 880 were Japan Air Lines’ front line long-range aircraft. This early 1960s film opens with busy jet scenes at Haneda Airport. When night falls, the JAL DC-8-50 is towed into the hangar for her routine inspection. With the first light of morning, the JAL maintenance crew perform an engine run on the DC-8. After more Haneda jet action, the film takes us for an up close visit to a heavy maintenance overhaul on a JAL Convair 880, which is followed by a test flight.
(Black and white – 24 minutes)

Chapter 3) We follow an FAA Air Carrier Inspector as he checks out the enroute operations of a Braniff El Dorado Boeing 707-227 and her crew on a routine Dulles-Dallas-Mexico City flight, circa 1960. This superb film is loaded with live cockpit, cabin and exterior footage. This film is perhaps the best live filming of a classic Boeing 707-227 in existence. The cockpit pre-start checklist, engine start, and ATC is all 100% authentic and filmed live on an actual Braniff 707 operating an actual flight. Add in air-to-air footage, a mini feature on the FAA Boeing 707, great passenger cabin and flight attendant footage, and it all makes for a fabulous, not to be missed feature that will amaze 707 fans as well as those interested in Braniff’s history.
(Colour – 28 minutes)

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) Japan Airlines CV880 and DC-8
Chapter 2) Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8
Chapter 3) Braniff Boeing 707
Chapter 4) DVD Previews

Total running time: 66 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

In the early 1950s, Vickers Armstrongs made a significant marketing push to draw Trans- Canada Air Lines as a customer for their revolutionary Viscount turboprop airliner.

When the airline selected the Viscount, a number of promotional films were made by the airline and Vickers to promote the new aircraft to the travelling public.

From the Air Canada historic film archives, this DVD exclusively presents five period films about the Viscount that cover the development and marketing of the aircraft to airlines of the day, as well as films about the aircraft in the TCA operating theatre of the mid- 1950s.

Of special note is the film “Red Carpet” which was produced in house by TCA in the mid 1950s, to explain to the travelling public how the inner workings of the airline come together to make the flying experience a pleasurable and efficient endeavour. Of course the then brand new jetport Vickers Viscount was the most technologically advanced airliner in North America, and the airline uses the new aircraft as the centre-piece for promoting its services to passengers.

The routine flight film takes the viewer for a tour of the Winnipeg maintenance base where the advanced Rolls Royce engine of the Vickers Viscount is explained as being more advanced, reliable and comfortable than piston engines of the day. And the viewer is taken for a specially laid on flight in a brand new Vickers Viscount, where the pilot shuts down not one but two engines in-flight, to demonstrate the reliability and safety that the Viscount brings to travel.

It was our intention to bring these long forgotten films to the forefront so they could be properly enjoyed for their nostalgia value today, as well as in the future. And we are very grateful that Air Canada kindly provided us with the necessary access and support to make it all possible.

Purchasers should be aware that the picture quality of these films is not the same as which we are used to today, and these films are presented for their historic content first and foremost.

SPECIAL NOTE TO CUSTOMERS:
This DVD was produced using compact low environmental impact packaging, which results in considerable manufacturing and shipping savings. As such, we are happy to pass these savings on to you in the form of
FREE worldwide postage for this DVD title.

DVD Programs

Chapter 1) Introduction and Pre-Show

Chapter 2) Vickers Viscount Intro – early 1950s (10 min BW)

Chapter 3) Viscounts Intl. – mid 1950s (15 min colour)

Chapter 4) TCA Delivery flight – mid 1950s (11 min colour)

Chapter 5) TCA routine Viscount flight – mid 195s (28 min BW)

Chapter 6) Magic Carpet – promotion of the Viscount with TCA
– mid 1950s (13 min colour)

Chapter 7) DVD Previews

Total running time: 88 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

NOTE: THIS DVD CONTAINS EXTERIOR FOOTAGE ONLY – SUITABLE FOR HARDCORE PROPLINER FANS

In the summer of 2010, a very special series of charters took place at Vancouver Airport’s South Terminal. Air North of Whitehorse based two of their Hawker Siddeley HS748s in Vancouver to operate four times weekly charters serving fishing resorts situated on BC’s west coast.

HS748s C-FCSE and C-FYDY were both based in Vancouver along with their crews to haul fisherman and their equipment and catch between Vancouver, Sandspit, Bella Bella and Denny Island.

The British built HS748 remains very popular in Canada, where this remarkable aircraft is prized for her versatility and ruggedness, and her ability to haul a full payload from a short gravel strip with greater range than her closest competitors. For these reasons the aircraft is ideally suited for the fishing charter market.

Filmed with broadcast video equipment from Vancouver’s South Terminal, the sights and sounds of this remarkable turboprop can be savoured in all their glorious, ear-piercing splendour.

After a brief introduction to the capabilities of 748, this DVD serves up heaps of non-stop, heart-pounding Rolls-Royce Dart engine action. It’s bound to put a smile on the face of any true, red-blooded propliner fan! The bulk of this DVD serves up one 748 departure after another. Who can ever grow tired of 748s winding up their Darts? Music to the ears for true propliner connoisseurs!

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DVD Programs
Chapter 1) Introduction
Chapter 2) Meet the HS748
Chapter 3) Richmond’s South Terminal
Chapter 4-14) HS748 Departures
Chapter 15) HS748 Arrival
Chapter 16-17) HS748 Departures
Chapter 18) HS748 Arrival
Chapter 19-20) HS748 Departures
Chapter 21-22) HS748 Arrivals
Chapter 23) End credits
Chapter 24) Bonus Track 1: 737-200 Action
Chapter 25) Bonus Track 2: One more 748 clip
Chapter 26) DVD Previews

Total running time: 104 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

In the late 1950s, Douglas Aircraft of Long Beach, made a significant marketing push to draw Trans-Canada Air Lines as a customer for their new, revolutionary jet transport, the Douglas DC-8.

When TCA selected the DC-8, a number of promotional films were made by the airline and the manufacturer to promote the new aircraft to the travelling public.

From the Air Canada historic film archives, this DVD exclusively presents four period films about the Douglas DC-8 that cover the development and marketing of the aircraft to airlines of the day, as well as films about the aircraft in the TCA operating theatre of the very early 1960s. Between films we have included a number of fabulous 1960s era TV ads produced by Air Canada which feature the DC-8.

The film “4 Hours and 40 Minutes” is particularly significant as it was filmed live on the occasion of the first ever pure jet passenger service in Canada, a TCA DC-8 flight between Toronto and Vancouver on Friday, April 1, 1960. The film revolves around a young boy and his mother who travel on the flight and marvel at the new form of jet passenger flight. The film features live flight deck footage, cabin footage, and plenty or airport terminal and exterior footage, and is truly a gem of a film that we are pleased to have uncovered in the archives.

The Jet Pilot films tracks a TCA DC-8 crew on their duty operating a routine service from snowy Montreal down to sunny Jamaica, also circa very early 1960s. This film was also filmed live on board, with live cockpit footage, engine starts, and is a really fabulous documentation of the inner workings of jetliner travel when the mode truly was in its infancy, and the travelling public the world over only knew travel by propeller driven aircraft.

It was our intention to bring these long forgotten films to the forefront so they could be properly enjoyed for their nostalgia value today, as well as in the future. And we are very grateful that Air Canada kindly provided us with the necessary access and support to make it all possible.

Purchasers should be aware that the picture quality of these films is not the same as which we are used to today, and these films are presented for their historic content first and foremost.

SPECIAL NOTE TO CUSTOMERS:
This DVD was produced using compact low environmental impact packaging, which results in considerable manufacturing and shipping savings. As such, we are happy to pass these savings on to you in the form of
FREE worldwide postage for this DVD title.

DVD Programs

Chapter 1) Introduction and Pre-Show

Chapter 2) TCA DC-8 B&W early DC-8 TV commercial

Chapter 3) TCA DC-8 Inaugural YYZ-YVR “4 hrs 40 minutes”
Friday, April 1,1960. Company documentary (12 min BW)

Chapter 4) Air Canada 1960s era DC-8 TV commercials

Chapter 5) TCA Jet Pilot Montreal to Jamaica
circa 1960/1961 (18 min BW)

Chapter 6) Air Canada 1960s era DC-8 TV commercials

Chapter 7) Birth of a Jet
Development of TCA DC-8s early 1960s (13 min colour)

Chapter 8) Air Canada 1960s era DC-8 TV commercials

Chapter 9) Sleeping Giant Cargo DC-8s
With DC-8F delivery to TCA early 1960s (22 min colour)

Chapter 10) Air Canada 1960s era DC-8 TV commercials

Chapter 11) TCA Vickers Viscount DVD Preview

Total running time: 87 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

Twenty years before Ice Pilots became a realty show hit, aviation videographer Henry Tenby was video documenting the vibrant Yellowknife aviation scene in the mid 1990s while employed by local airline NWT Air.

At the time, Henry knew the place was unique in the world of aviation, so he endeavoured to film as much as he could between the years 1993 and 1996, using a Hi-8 video camera that he acquired in 1991. Living in Yellowknife and working at the airport, provided easy and frequent access to all the comings and goings on in all seasons, and this video captures all the flavours of operators that made Yellowknife the famous place that it has become in the ranks of worldwide aviation fans.

All the operators of the day are included in the DVD, namely Air Tindi, Ptarmigan Airways, First Air, NWT Air, Canadian North, Conair, and Buffalo Airways. You’ll see winter, Spring, summer and fall operations, including everything from Beavers to Boeing, wheels to floats to skis, airport to float base to water bombers.

Plenty of footage filmed on the main Yellowknife apron features Canadian North and NWT Air Boeing 737-200s and Bradley/First Air HS748s. You’ll witness passengers boarding, cargo handling, engine starts, taxi and runway action with superior noise qualities. In Old Town Yellowknife there’s extensive footage of Air Tindi Twin Otters, Turbine Otters and Beavers on wheels, skis and floats.

Hard core propliner fans will be pleased to see an extensive filming report on the Conair water bomber base with DC-6, CL-215 and Tracker action. There’s no talking here .. just non-stop engines, taxi and take-off sequences. Buffalo Airways took the GNWT fire fighting contract away from BC-based Conair in the mid 1990s, so this twenty year old footage is a very special memory from an era in the distant past. Air Tindi’s Caribou and the Ptarmigan stretch G-1 make very welcomed cameo appearances along with the occasional Buffalo DC-3 and DC-4 and the the Plummer’s Lodge Douglas DC-3 (captured in taxi, take-off and air-to-air!)

All in all, this DVD has something for everyone, except the “Ice Pilots NWT” drama. We’re serving up 76 minutes of non-stop aviation footage, and invite you to sit back, relax, and strap in to enjoy the ride.

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DVD Programs
Chapter 2) 737-275C N331XV air-to-air
Chapter 3) Winter lake ops
Chapter 4) YZF Boeing 737-200 action
Chapter 5) Wheels and skiis
Chapter 6) NWT Air dispatch office
Chapter 7) YZF main ramp
Chapter 8) Old Town float base
Chapter 9) Conair DC-6, Trackers, CL-215s
Chapter 10) Float base action
Chapter 11) Classic props YZF
Chapter 12) 737-200 action
Chapter 13) More HS748
Chapter 14) Boeing 737-200s
Chapter 15) Summer float base
Chapter 16) DVD previews

Total running time: 76 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.

NWT Air’s fleet of three Boeing 737-200Cs linked the sparsely inhabited Northwest Territories with the Air Canada mainline, until the company was sold in 1997. Between 1993 and 1996, former NWT Air employee and aviation fan Henry Tenby enthusiastically filmed as much of the Boeing 737-200 action as he could with the kind support of fellow employees who appear in the DVD.

Being fortunate to ride in the jump seat on many flights between Yellowknife, Edmonton and Calgary, Henry filmed a number of these sectors from the cockpit perspective and those video clips appear in this DVD. The DVD opens with a short air-to-air sequence of 737-275C N331XV performing touch-and-goes at Yellowknife airport.

The 70 minute DVD continues with lots of footage from the passenger cabin which includes pre flight safety demonstrations, in-flight service, and interviews with the flight attendants, and even a humorous visit to the company’s dispatch office in Yellowknife. NWT Air had no shortage of colourful employees!

Lots of exterior footage of NWT Air Boeing 737-200 action is also featured on this DVD, mostly filmed in Yellowknife, with engine starts, taxi sequences, and take-offs. You’ll see fleet numbers 661 and 662 (C-GNWN and C-GNWI) as well as the leased Polaris basic model 737, the old 1969 build former Pacific Western 737-275C N331XV, which was known as 663 at NWT Air. It was also humorously referred to as the “J” model 737, for reasons explained on the DVD.

Any lover of the 737-200 classics will find this DVD very interesting, as it serves up an enjoyable mix of cockpit, cabin and exterior action footage, and is complemented with a nice amount of “real people” footage. We’ve even included a nice surprise party scene when a long serving Captain was recognized for his service to the company. This DVD provides a wonderful look back to the mid 1990s when NWT Air and the Boeing 737-200 were top of their game.

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DVD Programs
Chapter 2) 737-275C N331XV air-to-air
Chapter 3) Queen’s visit to Rankin Inlet AUG 22/94
Chapter 4) Flightdeck ride YEG-YYC APR 9/93
Chapter 5) Flightdeck ride YZF-YEG FEB 13/93
Chapter 6) Flightdeck ride YEG-YYC FEB 13/93
Chapter 7) N331XV exterior footage YZF summer ’93
Chapter 8) Flightdeck ride YZF-YEG FEB 19/94
Chapter 9) Flightdeck ride YEG-YYC FEB 19/94
Chapter 10) NWT Air dispatch office YZF
Chapter 11) Cabin YZF-YEG JAN 13/96
Chapter 12) Flightdeck YEG-YYC JAN 13/96
Chapter 13) Flightdeck landing YYC JAN 13/96
Chapter 14) Captain 20 Years service

Total running time: 70 minutes

This DVD is available in NTSC region-free format which will work on all current European DVD players.