STL: <acronym title="T<acronym title="KLM CityHopper (Netherlands)">WA</acronym> Transworld Airlines (USA)">TW</acronym> and <acronym title="Asiana Airlines (South Korea)">OZ</acronym> <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - I...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Tan+Flyr" class="quote" target="_blank">Tan Flyr</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>It is alo interesting if you go back and...
Jump to postThis happened a long time ago and not many will remember it, but Lake Central was all but ruined by the Nord 262. <acronym title="Larnaca - International (LCA / LCLK), Cyprus">LCA</acronym> had other issues, including a huge expenditure to convert their Convairs to 580's, but I believe it is safe to...
Jump to postI didn't think I'd see any mention of the airlines I wished I'd flown on when I had the chance.
1) Marco Island Airlines - last chance to fly a Martin 404. My Dad worked in the Martin factory in the 1940's.
2) Reeve Aleutian
3) Lake Central (showing my age)
4) Northeast (ditto)
5) Mohawk
This isn't terribly glamorous, but Metro Airlines built a STOLport in Clear Lake City, Texas with the designator CLC. I flew their Twin Otters between there and <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> many times. Also flew Metro to <acronym tit...
Jump to postI still miss <acronym title="Sunflower Airlines (Fiji)">PI</acronym> very much. My home airport is <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> and while I acknowledge the benefit <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym...
Jump to postMy idea of rarity (USA only): Precision Airlines Dornier 228 Aspen BAe 146 National L-188 <acronym title="Sunflower Airlines (Fiji)">PI</acronym> <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acronym>-11 Trans Central <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acronym>-11 ASA Dash 7 Ransome Nor...
Jump to postTook a <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> 727 once <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>-<acronym title="Spokane - International (Geiger Field) (GEG / KGEG), USA - Washington">GEG</acronym>-<acronym title="Missoula - Intern...
Jump to postIn the 1980's was an operation called Enterprise Airlines that ran Cessna Citations <acronym title="Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH / KCMH), USA - Ohio">CMH</acronym>-<acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>, amongst ...
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Jump to postThe Convair in the background is an LC 340 - you can tell by the paint scheme alone but the radial engines are apparent in the photo as well.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/maxpower1954" class="quote" target="_blank">maxpower1954</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i>N5014K, I'm guessing your user n...
Jump to postAgree - Pride had a spiffy paint job. Pride didn't last long but at least they flew, making them more successful than BWI's startup, Columbia Air.
Jump to postA few thoughts. I appreciate the film clip showing the National DC-8. I wonder if anyone has gathered a list of such clips. I know, for instance, in Disney's "The Parent Trap" the stars arrive in <acronym title="Monterey - Peninsula (MRY / KMRY), USA - California">MRY</acronym> on a United <acronym ...
Jump to postRegarding the numerous posts suggesting travelers drive from <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>: we who do business in places like YNG, CAK or <acronym title="Toledo - Express (TOL / KTOL), USA - Ohio">TOL</acronym> prefer flights to our final d...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BoeingGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">BoeingGuy</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>What other small cities like that did th...
Jump to postThe trunk carriers served reams of small towns at first. Basically the airline schedules read like railroad schedules with what amounted to "local" and "express" flights. The "express" runs were non-stops between big cities while the "locals" flew between major markets and stopped at lots of small t...
Jump to postConvair 580 remains my favorite plane to fly. Roomy, comfortable, smooth with a touch of the old days I unashamedly miss. I guess I've flown on my last one, though.
[Edited 2011-12-12 12:22:10]
I loved seeing the 707's, DC-8's and 747's on approach to BAL (now <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>) in the 60's and 70's. My friends and I used to talk our way onto a lot of planes that were sitting at the gates but we w...
Jump to postBWI has been my home airport since 1966, when it was still BAL. In those days Pier C was the main drag with <acronym title="European Regions Airlines (Spain)">EA</acronym>, <acronym title="North American Airlines (USA)">NA</acronym>, NE, <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>, <acrony...
Jump to postNo you're not crazy. Do it before they're gone. I missed opportunities to fly on the Viscount, Caravelle, DC-6, Constellation, Martin 404 and Convair 880 and now the opportunity is gone forever. I wouldn't mind flying a Beech 18 tail dragger either. If you can try especially hard to find a series 10...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/>ont2cgi</a> (<a href=" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i>Mine is the red-headed stepchild of <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FlyDeltaJets87" class="quote" target="_blank">FlyDeltaJets87</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>My local airport is <acronym...
Jump to postA DC-6 or a Constellation taking off. A DC-3, Convair piston or Martin 404 will do. I saw a DC-6 restart an engine while landing at <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> (then BAL) in the late 1950's. I can still remember that...
Jump to postMKK-<acronym title="Kahului (OGG / PHOG), USA - Hawaii">OGG</acronym>-LNY <acronym title="Beaumont / Port Arthur - Southeast Texas Regional (Jefferson County) (BPT / KBPT), USA - Texas">BPT</acronym>-<acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym>-VCT ...
Jump to postI never flew <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> much - by the time they began service to <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> (after the <acronym title="Tol Air Services (Puerto Rico)">TI</acronym> merge...
Jump to postI would have liked to have taken the Pan Am flight across the Pacific that stopped at Wake Island and Midway. Others that come to mind: Reeve Aleutian Electra to Attu. Pacific Northern Connie <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> to <acronym t...
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Jump to postAir 1 Air Midwest Air Molokai Air New England Air Ontario Air Sunshine Aloha America West Aspen Atlantic Air Bar Harbor Braniff Business Express Canadian Catalina Commuter Airlines Commuter Downeast Eastern Emerald Frontier (original) Holiday Lacsa Metro National NewAir Nordair North Central Northwe...
Jump to postI tend to over-think things and I end up shooting myself in the foot as often as not. Having said that, here's my strategy if the exit rows are taken. If it is a reasonably full flight, the best thing that can happen to me is to have an empty middle seat next to me. To increase the odds (assuming yo...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PI4EVER" class="quote" target="_blank">PI4EVER</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>"Something Mediocre in the Air is What We Do...
Jump to postMost of my travel is domestic US. That said, I like Kona's airport the best. <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym> is a nice medium-sized airport. So is <a...
Jump to postI flew a Piper PA-34 Seneca operated by a small outfit named Commutair. They flew from <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> to a bunch of nearby cities. I flew them from <acronym title="Houston - William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU), USA - Texas">H...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kmh1956" class="quote" target="_blank">kmh1956</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>I've not flown any of them, but my mother fl...
Jump to postI fly them all the time out of <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> since they have so many non-stop destinations. In my experience they are almost always on time, I have no trouble redeeming <acronym title="Tower Air (USA)">...
Jump to postA 34-minute connection time at IAH would make me very anxious.
Jump to postThere are so many. I thought the short-lived Vanguard Airlines' final livery was cool. Continental's Golden Tail livery (the one with the two thin gold cheatlines, not the one they had just before the current one) Piedmont American's lightning bolt Braniff's original "jelly bean" colors TWA's twin g...
Jump to postThe only airline I can think of that might interest you is Catalina Airlines. I guess I can add Aspen, since they flew to California for a time. If you expand your area of interest to other parts of the US I can name about 30 such airlines I've flown on. My favorite was an Air Sunshine DC-3 Key West...
Jump to postAirlines that do not exist: Downeast Airlines in Maine
Airlines that still exist: Delta (and I used to be a Flying Colonel, too)
My smallest airport via a commercial flight is Lana'i City in Hawai'i (LNY). The terminal was only open when Hawaiian Airlines flights arrived in those days, and we came in on Air Moloka'i. No worries, though - the Jeep we rented was parked out front with the keys under the sun visor. Other small ai...
Jump to postFavorite: KOA Favorite majors: <acronym title="Kansas City - International (MCI / KMCI), USA - Missouri">MCI</acronym> - for O&D because of short distance to curbside and short security lines <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acron...
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Jump to postThe flights I've been on that are under 50 miles: <acronym title="Avalon - Catalina (Airport in the Sky) (AVX / CIB), USA - California">AVX</acronym>-TWH: 12 miles <acronym title="Bridgeport - Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial (BDR), USA - Connecticut">BDR</acronym>-HVN: 14 miles <acronym title="Bridgeport ...
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Jump to postBWI is my home airport and I will miss Piedmont until the day I die. They had a wonderful hub here with lots of nonstop destinations, two club rooms (were they called President's Clubs?), a generous upgrade program, a good frequent flier program and friendly service. Also: Western the original Front...
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Jump to postDC-3
EYW-MTH-MIA in the mid 1970's
Air Sunshine, later absorbed by Air Florida
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Jump to postJust before <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> declared bankruptcy in 1983 I flew on a 727 <acronym title="Louisville - Standiford Field International (SDF / KSDF), USA - Kentucky">SDF</acronym>-<acronym title="Indianapolis - International (IND / KIND), USA - Indiana">IND</acro...
Jump to postJust recently, after 35 years of business travel I had the 737 family pass the 727 for frequency. Just about everyone serving <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> used the 727 here for 25 years or more (<acronym title="North ...
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