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Air Travel Time Machine | Kodachrome Memories 1942-1960 288 pages all colour book by Henry Tenby

AirTravel-TimeMachine

PURCHASE YOUR COPY BELOW – $40.95 USD + actual postage cost “PRE ORDER – AIR TRAVEL TIME MACHINE | KODACHROME MEMORIES 1942-1960“ PRE ORDER (PRINTED BOOKS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIP IN APRIL-MAY 2024): The author has made it one of his life missions to assemble a growing collection of unique and fascinating Kodachrome images created […]

Frankfurt Aviation Collectibles Show NOV 6 2021 – Show Report by Henry Tenby

Frankfurt Aviation Collectibles Show NOV 6 2021 - Show Report by Henry Tenby

On November 6, 2021 – Frankfurt: I was able to attend my first aviation collectibles show since the start of the global pandemic. It took place in Frankfurt, Germany at the Hofheim Stadthale (Community Centre) located just a few steps from the Hofheim Station. In years past the Frankfurt Aviation Collectibles shows were being held […]

Aeroflot TU-104 visit to Vancouver Airshow Sunday June 15, 1958

On Sunday June 15, 1958, Aeroflot TU-104 jetliner CCCP-175445  at the Vancouver airport airshow on Sunday, June 25, 1958. It was here that Boeing's 707 Test Pilot Tex Johnson told the TU-104 what he thought about the aircraft after having had a flight on it that day: "I have a message for the captain. Please tell him that in my twenty-one thousand hours of piloting time, the TU-104 is the sorriest damn airplane I have ever had the misfortune of flying in."

An airshow was held on Sunday June 15, 1958 at Vancouver’s Sea Island Airport as part of the Province’s 100th anniversary celebrations. The race for leadership in the passenger jetliner market was heating up in the late 1950s with numerous aircraft builders bringing brand new jet powered airliners to the forefront. The cold war realities […]

BLOW OUT SALE $9.99 – Pacific Western Airlines – A Visual History 1963 – 1975 DVD

Pacific Western Airlines - A Visual History 1963 - 1975

BLOW OUT SALE $9.99 + $4 postage – FOR CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY (US buyers CLICK HERE) Pacific Western Airlines – A Visual History 1963 – 1975 DVD Welcome aboard the history of western Canada’s favourite airline, Pacific Western Airlines as seen through the movie camera lens of Denny Ranson. Sadly, Denny passed away in late […]