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Footage, parodies and tributes from the crews of Toronto Pearson.

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Footage, parodies, tributes and Christmas videos made by the ramp crews — going back to 2013.

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Behind the Scenes

Air Canada — Behind the Scenes of Aviation

Ten films from Air Canada on what actually happens between the gate and the runway.

From the official Air Canada YouTube channel.

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On the Job

Air Canada — Let Your Career Take Flight

Twenty-one profiles of the people who do the work — the modern version of what this archive has been recording since 1980.

From the official Air Canada YouTube channel.

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Recommended Viewing

Mayday: Air Disaster — Full Episodes

Air accident investigations, in full. Worth watching if you have ever wondered what the report actually said.

Produced by Cineflix. Episodes streamed from the official “Mayday: Air Disaster” YouTube channel — not affiliated with Rampage YYZ.

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From the National Film Board

Canada's public film archive, free to watch — 26 aviation films spanning 1940 to 2016. Wartime ferry pilots, bush pilots, jet testing, and a 1955 tour of Trans-Canada Airlines' shops: the airline that became Air Canada.

Wings of Youth194017 MIN
Ferry Pilot194219 MIN
Wings on Her Shoulder19439 MIN
Men Without Wings194320 MIN
Flight 6194410 MIN
Mosquito Squadron194411 MIN
Wings of Mercy194715 MIN
Screaming Jets195111 MIN
Transpacific Flight195315 MIN
Test Pilot195415 MIN
Routine Flight195530 MIN
Vertical Flight195530 MIN
Fighter Wing195630 MIN
Test Pilot195730 MIN
Canada's Air Defence195733 MIN
Jet Pilot196416 MIN
Helicopter Canada196650 MIN
Flight19677 MIN
Aviators of Hudson Strait197328 MIN
Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth198022 MIN
Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command199144 MIN
Hunters and Bombers199153 MIN
Bush Pilot - Into the Wild Blue Yonder200048 MIN
The Wings of Johnny May201323 MIN
Pilots on the Way Home201416 MIN
Airplane Casualties20166 MIN

Films streamed from the National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca), free to watch and used with their own embed player.

The Avro Arrow

The CF-105 — designed and built at Malton, minutes from where Pearson stands today. First flown in 1958, cancelled in 1959, and every airframe cut up for scrap. Still the great what-if of Canadian aviation.

Avro Arrow CF-105 — The Interceptor That Never Was54 MIN
Warbird Wednesday: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow15 MIN

Also Worth Watching

Odds and ends from around the ramp — including the mobile lounge, the boarding system that nearly replaced the jet bridge.

Boarding Planes Could Have Been Very Different5 MIN