Historical Videos

[ShawnC]

Came across this website during my web travels has ton of videos. Include some intresting older ones made during World War II.

http://www.archive.org/movies/movieslisting-browse.php?collection=prelinger&cat=Aviation

That's the link to tha aviation section from there you can get to most of the other aviation sections.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

My favorite has still got to be the two part series with Arthur Godfrey--flying the Eastern Connie.

Totally awesome. "I think it's time for a cigarette!" That was my favorite part (even though I can't remember the brand he smoked)

Dan

 

[Typhoon1244]

My favorite has still got to be the two part series with Arthur Godfrey--flying the Eastern Connie.

Totally awesome. "I think it's time for a cigarette!" That was my favorite part...

I loved it when he wowed the audience by calling for 1, 2, and 3 to be feathered at cruise to demonstrate the modern airliner's ability to fly on one engine. I kept waiting for him to say, "and that's nothing. Feather four!"

(Sure, they can fly just fine on one engine, but I'll betcha they were coming down fifteen-hundred feet a minute!)