The Last Passenger Electras Earn Their Keep: The Reeve Aleutian Story by Henry Tenby Airliners Magazine, July-August, 1996 Whilst working for NWT Air in Yellowknife back in the Spring of 1996, I was able to tag along on the some of our 737-200 charters to Anchorage in support of the Arctic Winter Games that year. […]
Cantonese Delicacies A Field Report and photos by Henry Tenby Airliners Magazine, March-April, 1996 In the mid 1990s when Kai Tak was Hong Kong’s crown jewel airport of the region, it attracted aviation fans and photographers from all over the world to experience the heart-pounding action of the famous checkerboard approach. I made several visits […]
Beirut or Bust Another 707 Adventure by Henry Tenby Airways Magazine, May-June 1995 Having flown several sectors on LAP Paraguay’s Boeing 707 in 1992, I was determined to visit Beirut and experience MEA’s Boeing 707 and 720 operation first hand. At the time, Lebanon’s flag carrier MEA (Middle East Airlines) was the world’s largest operator […]
Paraguayan Pleasures: Latin America’s Last Passenger 707, by Henry Tenby Airliners Magazine, Sept-Oct 1994 In 1992, along with a friend I made a special trip down to South America specially to fly on the classic jetliners operated by the flag carrier of Paraguay, Lineas Aereas Paraguayas. Our first leg was Toronto to Rio on a […]
It is particularly appreciated when a DVD customer contacts me expressing his or her appreciation of my work, sharing a common interest in Canadian airline history. I very recently received one such response from Mark Lemieux, here in Vancouver, which I’d like to share here in my blog. Interesting to read your bio about your […]
My visit to North Korea in September, 2014, was perhaps the most interesting travel experience of my life. The trip was a gift to myself in celebration of my 50th birthday in 2014. Our room was on the 21st floor of the government owned Koryo Hotel, in central Pyongyang. By sleeping with the window cracked […]