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100% Planes

2014

100% Planes features amazing stories of aviation and flying. From military planes to recreational planes to stunt planes, we fly high and learn more about the world's 400,000+ aircraft from the pilots and engineers that work closely with them. Discover the most versatile military plane that can dogfight and bomb in a single mission. Take an aerobatic stunt lesson with a 25-year veteran pilot. And tour a luxurious private jet, rumoured to cost up to half a billion dollars.

Attack of the Zeppelins

2013 · ★ 8

Engineer Dr Hugh Hunt revisits the little-known story of the First World War's Blitz, when the Zeppelin waged an 18-month terror campaign on the people of London.

Air Canada 777-200LR Polar Operations

This latest Air Canada program is hosted by the airline's Sr Director of Flight Operations Captain Rick Allen who takes you on Air Canada's nonstop service from Toronto to Hong Kong and back becoming the longest route in the World Air Routes series! For close to 4 and a half hours you will be informed as to all aspects of the Polar Operation from the planning stages by the dispatcher building the flight plan to all the details the crew needs to execute this trip before and during the 15hour flight. Enjoy this latest Flight in the Cockpit!

Air France 747-400

2014

Air France was an early operator of the Boeing 747 taking delivery of its first 747-100 in 1970. A dozen years later it operated well over 30 "Jumbos" and eventually had one of the world's largest 747 fleets. Until a few years ago it had operated most types of the aircraft including the 100, 200B, 200F, 300, 400, 400ERF and 400BCF. Soon though the type will be leaving the fleet with most aircraft already gone, freighter service is scheduled to end in 2015 and passenger service sometime in 2016 ending nearly 50 years of operation! AirFrance 747s have been seen nearly everyone on earth! We are very lucky to have Captain George Mercovik, a 747 instructor, on this program. He and is 2 copilots will give you a great tour and presentation of this fantastic aircraft!

The Place You Know

2026

A poem starts as an artist who tries to recreate meaning for an abandoned Thai Post Office but loses his own instead. Through a deteriorating journey of the mind, he encounters a signpost, a plane, delirium, an aquarium, and a specific type of ghost.

Flight Photographers

2025 · ★ 5

"Flight Photographers" is an engaging look at the dynamic world of aviation photography, showcasing the passion and skill of both enthusiasts and professionals. Exciting stories and breathtaking images, highlight the art and adventure of capturing the beauty of flight.

The Last African Flying Boat

1990 · ★ 7

For the first time in 40 years African skies resound to the roar of a flying boat. Alexander Frater boards a wartime Catalina in search of the romance and adventure of Imperial Airways' legendary route from Cairo to the Cape - down the White Nile to the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya and on to the astonishing Ilha de Mocambique - the forgotten jewel of the Indian Ocean.

Erebus: Operation Overdue

2014 · ★ 7

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. As the police recovered the victims, an investigation team tried to uncover the mystery of how a jet could fly into a mountain in broad daylight. Did the airline have a secret it wanted to bury? This film tells the story of four New Zealand police officers who went to Antarctica as part of the police operation to recover the victims of the crash. Set in the beautiful yet hostile environment of Antarctica, this is the emotional and compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation.

Air Canada Express Jazz - East Coast Operations

2012 · ★ 4.5

This Air Canada Express program features the operation of Jazz who becomes the 234th airline to join the World Air Routes series! You will fly the airlines brand new Q-400 as well as the CRJ-200 and CRJ-705 which is another first for us! Also included is a flight to St John NB taking the number of destinations filmed in Canada to 61.

Serengeti Shall Not Die

1959 · ★ 6.5

The film tells of the beginnings of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. At the end of the 1950s, the Tanzanian National Park Administration wanted to fence in the protected area around the Ngorongoro Crater. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek were invited by the national park administration in 1957 to get a precise picture of the animal migrations and to provide the national park administration with the values ​​they needed for their project. Using a new counting method with two airplanes, the Grzimeks found out that the migration of the herds was different than assumed.

The Wings of the Fame

2003

It is the epic of the heroes of the first century of aviation, since the flight of the first plane on December 17, 1903 until today. A striking collection of portraits of outstanding men and women like Louis Blériot, the first to cross the Channel, to Lindbergh who crossed the Atlantic and Amelia Earhart and many more...

Supersonic Sentinel: The Story of the Avro Arrow

1958

A short film originally filmed and produced by the Photographic Division of the Avro Aircraft Company (Canada), probably in mid to late 1958.