Royal Aviation operated scheduled and charter passenger flights within Canada and to destinations around the world along with cargo flights. For its long haul routes and busy medium haul routes Royal operated a fleet of Airbus A310s and Lockheed 1011s.

This double program takes you to London on the Airbus 310 and to Las Vegas on the Lockheed Tristar and gives you a detailed look at the operation of both types of aircraft. The entire Royal operation was eventually taken over by- and merged into Canada 3000.

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This dvd contains 2 previously released videos
Flight in Cockpit 17 & 19 (Price $60)
now on 1 DVD for only $30!!

ROY1	179mins	$30

L1011-100

C-FTNK

YYZ-LAS

4h25

YYZ Toronto, CANADA

LAS Las Vegas, USA

LAS Las Vegas, USA

YYZ Toronto, CANADA

YYZ Toronto, CANADA

STN London Stansted, UK

STN London Stansted, UK

YYZ Toronto, CANADA

Review of the A310 section

This 90 minute video from Just Planes Videos was filmed onboard an Airbus A310-300, registration C-CRYI, of Royal Airlines, based in Canada. The film is a round trip from Toronto Pearson airport to London Stansted airport. Onboard flight 744 is Captain Neil Sharp and his copilot, taking us on this ETOPs flight across the North Atlantic.
We first join the pilots at the briefing room at Toronto airport to discuss the flight plan and the weather situation at the alternates and the final destination of Stansted. Afterwards the film crew follows the copilot on the walk-around while the captain enters flight information into the FMS. The copilot also does a good job at explaining about what he looks for during the walk-around. We then rejoin in the cockpit during which the pilots are having their briefing.

We are to take off on runway 24R during an extremely stormy night at Toronto. Once reaching FL330 Captain Neil Sharp contacts Gander control to get their oceanic clearance. Because of the large amount of other traffic also wanting oceanic clearance ours wasn't received for some time. The oceanic entry point for ROY744 was 5250N, which is roughly over St. John, Newfoundland.

During the crossing Captain Sharp explains about the A310's flight instruments and the systems, i.e. the DME function, the ETOPs procedures, overhead panel, etc. All of which make the job of the flight crew a lot easier and keep the passengers happy. The F/O also has a share in the explanation and describes the FMS.

As this video is a round trip Captain Marino takes us back to Toronto on the same aircraft.

Once this video had been watched the viewer would immediately have a much greater knowledge of the operation needed for the A310 to serve the passengers. During the whole video the cameraman really did a great job filming the flights. Best is that the two engines are heard very clearly during takeoff and landing. The other sound is great too. ATC during the whole flight can also be heard very clearly. The round trip really is a bonus for viewers to witness the takeoff and the landing at both airports.

Jonathan Ho - Flightsim.com

I thoroughly enjoyed the "Flight In the Cockpit" series and was excited when purchasing this Two Program WAR DVD. Being able to add more old VHS programs to my collection was also a bonus for me! I specially enjoyed the trip onboard the L1011 down to Las Vegas. The scenery was amazing! The A310 Trans-Atlantic return trip was also well done and with the Voice Over, added to the high level of standard this VHS re-release was presented in. Many Thanks.

Matthew Albiston ; Sydney, AUSTRALIA

I own this program on VHS and I must say I truly enjoyed it. The flight in the L-1011 from Toronto to Las Vegas return was great. We flew right over the Hoover Dam and the scenery over the Rockies enroute was beautiful. I also liked the landing at night back in Toronto. Any transatlantic crossing proves to be interesting and the flight in the A310-300 from Toronto to London Stansted return was great. We learned about the various communication and navigation duties that are in place when flying across the Atlantic from North America to Europe. I might also buy the DVD of this program eventually.

Jeff Schapira ; Toronto, CANADA

Highly recommended for those who like the good old Lockheed Tristar.  Air Lanka(national carrier of Sri Lanka) was a big user of the this grand aircraft. So being a Sri Lankan this DVD has lot of sentimental value for me. In years to come DVDs of this nature will be real treasured memorabilia. Big fight at home for the DVD player, kids wants to watch Barney, Daddy wants to watch the Royal DVD. My wife wants to know why I keep watching the same thing over and over again. My answer-Non aircraft enthusiast never under an aircraft enthusiast.

Deepal Perera ; Moratuwa, SRI LANKA

The content on this video makes it a great DVD & worth picking up. The original L-1011 video was my first Flight in the Cockpit video & I've been hooked on the series since. The L-1011 flight is great...really neat to see the classic plane at work. ATC is clear & is an added touch to make the video better. Captain Reggie Vaughan & his crew are very inviting to the camera & through explanations & courtesy, help make the video great. The A310 portion is interesting as well. I enjoyed seeing Trans-Atlantic operations from the cockpit & liked getting an idea of how Oceanic navigation works from the video, as well as seeing a takeoff into rough weather without having to ride through the turbulence. Great video overall.

Josh Sprague ; Zanesville, OH, USA

Special thanks should go to Cpt. Neil Sharp and F/O Tom Melber, the pilots of ROY744 for their contribution (Flight Preparations, External Presentation, Route Information, Cockpit Presentation, and ETOPS Presentation). And Cpt. Jim Marino, the Skipper of ROY745 for his contribution. I strongly recommend this DVDs. I enjoyed the L-1011s flights on the Royal DVD (Flight in Cockpit 17). Special thanks should go to Cpt. Reggie Vaughan, F/O Steve Franezak, and F/E Graham Wale. All three of them did a fantastic job with their detail explanation of the L-1011s (including a complete tour of the cockpit). Plus I enjoyed the scenery as well. Once again I enjoyed all of the DVDs featuring the L-1011s, produced by justplanes. And hope that there will be more L-1011s DVDs.

John C. McCreery ; New York NY, USA

Great DVD, I recommend this to any fan of Royal, Flew with them on many flights but real cool to be up in the cockpit,Crew explaination instruments awsome. Night landing in Toronto was fantastic. Loved the A310 flight to England. Puts a whole new perspective on flying. Keep up the great work. I cant wait to get my next DVD.

Jim Gibson ; Ontario, CANADA

This was a great DVD and I recommend it to all who liked the L 1011 and the Airbus A310-300. Great footage on the flight from Toronto to Las Vegas and it was very interesting to actually view the crossing of the Atlantic ocean and seeing how the pilots have to stay in constant radio contact with each other over an uncontrolled area. great approach into Stansted. Keep up the good work World air routes.

Lonnie Miller ; Long Beach CA, USA