First Flight of Convair CV-600 - Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society Collection (1965)

These 1965 promotional outtakes captures the first flight of the newest member of the Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) fleet: the Convair CV-600. Previously known as Aviation Enterprises and later known as Texas International Airways, TTa was a Houston-based airline with passenger service to airports across the United States and multiple in Mexico. The company merged with Continental Airlines in 1982, which merged with United Airlines in 2010.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, sound, description, video