Historical Machines TV

Vintage aircraft, cars, military vehicles, steam & trains + more...

Omaka Aerodrome is the spiritual home of the Historical Aviation Film Unit, and HMTV is an advert-free streaming service for those who enjoy all manner of machinery and other cool stuff, particularly machines that turn fuel into loud noise!

Members of the Marlborough Aero Club are offered an additional 20% discount on Annual subscriptions (in addition to the existing 25% discount for an Annual sub)—please ensure you use the Discount Coupon code MACOMAKA when signing up. That's less than $3.50 a month!


BONUS: Click here if you'd like to download a FREE copy of the Classic Fighters Marlborough (2005) PDF eBook.

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Preserving Audiovisual History

Our mission statement is to discover, record and preserve the audiovisual history of the aircraft, machines and people we come across, and to do it while we can — because often you only get one chance to record history as it's happening. We're passionate about the machines (and topics) we film, so the material we produce is for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts! Join us on this awesome journey, and enjoy lots of video material of aircraft and machinery you've not previously seen.


What's so special about HMTV?

We started our journey to document warbird and vintage aviation in New Zealand, at Easter 2001, during the first Classic Fighters Marlborough airshow.


Now over twenty years later we have a huge volume of historic aircraft video footage that we're pulling out of our archives and releasing on HMTV.


Additionally we're interested in all sorts of other stuff—cars, other aircraft, trains, history, military vehicles, fast boats—and we love to share our interests with other people. Let us entertain you with a variety of material, not just a single topic or genre!

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TESTIMONIALS

​​“I love getting your video emails every Sunday afternoon. Keep up the good work.”

Senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer

In Person

"What you guys are doing is great. You're recording such a great variety of historical stuff and we need to capture this material now, while it's still here."

Tony Haycock, ex Classic Driver Magazine Editor (NZ Edition)

In Person

This (Fokker Triplane video) is amazing !!! Thanks for sharing...

Tim B.

On Facebook

<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" >Senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer</span></p>, <p>In Person</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000fa;" >Tony Haycock, ex Classic Driver Magazine Editor (NZ Edition)</span></p>, <p>In Person</p>
<p>Tim B.</p>, <p><span style="color: #000000e6;" >On Facebook</span></p>

Access HMTV when and where ever you like!

​​You can access our full library from all and any devices using a web browser, including your laptop, iOS, or Android phones & tablets, and you can easily cast to other devices such as AppleTV and Chromecast. Platform apps (e.g. Roku, FireTV) will be available later.

Available for TV platforms and apps

Get Started for Free Now!

We've got heaps of cool and interesting videos on the channel, with lots more in our archive to be released in future, so join up and give us a go now! PLUS, you'll also receive discount coupons for our physical products and merchandise (including teeshirts, mugs and lots more). Members of the Marlborough Aero Club MUST use the Discount Coupon code MACOMAKA when signing up for an Annual Subscription otherwise the discount will NOT be automatically applied to your new account.


BONUS: Click here if you'd like to download a FREE copy of the Classic Fighters Marlborough (2005) PDF eBook.

​​Start Your Free 10-Day Trial