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The Flying Tiger Line has always been heavily involved in chartered passenger airlifts in support of humanitarian efforts all over the world. In 1948 and 1949, only three years after […]

On November 7, 1945 the Flying Tiger Line experienced its first fatal aircraft accident when one of its initial fleet of Budd RB-1 Conestogas crashed west of Albuquerque, New Mexico

To “carry the mail” is an idiom often used to describe working diligently and efficiently in the execution of an important task or duty, especially in demanding or high-pressure situations.  This

How do you shoot a 450 pound tiger in a FedEx canvas bag? Verrrrrry carefully and using only cameras, so the producers at our advertising agency report. To launch the

After the end of World War II, and by the end of 1945, the newly incorporated National Skyways Freight Corporation (NSFC) was fulfilling its motto by flying Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. 

Robert W Prescott: Fly-By-Nighter Now Air Cargo Leader Originally published in Business | Commercial Aviation, August 1960 Bob Prescott is a natural to lead the world’s largest cargo and contract

Where did the term “Can Do” come from? We found an August 1955 TigeReview publication with an article referring to an employee strike (we are not sure which one as

Originally published in TigeReview July/August 1964 Scouts Add to Jamboree Thrills By Flying via Tiger Charters Eight plane loads of more than 1,100 energetic, bustling youth flew across the United

Originally published in TigeReview February 1953 Do you ever wonder what transpires behind the door of Room 206 in FTL’s general office building at Burbank?   That’s the “top-of-the-ladder” room

Originally published in TigeReview September 1952 SOMETHING ABOUT AIR-PACK CORPORATION (straight from Air-Pack themselves) After the article about Air-Pack Corporation appeared in the July issue of TigeReview, we found that