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The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.
Pages in category "1960s in transport" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1968 in ...
Pages in category "1960 in transport" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O. Orkney Ferries; S.
British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent [nb 1] car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross-Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe.
On March 21, 1966, Flying Tiger Line Flight 6303, a Canadair CL-44 (N453T), crashed on landing at NAS Norfolk due to pilot error; all six crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. On December 24, 1966, a Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 (N228SW) crashed on landing near Da Nang, killing all four crew and 107 on the ground.
Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman units. As with earlier British Transport Films , many of the personnel, scientists, engineers, crew and passengers were featured in the 20 minute film.
The North American NAC-60 was the first American supersonic transport (SST) project. The development took place in the 1960s as part of a government-funded design competition to build an American SST [1] as the joint Anglo-French Concorde and the short-serviced Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 were underway.
Military aircraft of the 1960s. Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Rescue • Tanker • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1960s; Experimental • Special-purpose