A Tale of three tigers
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 […]
Air Transport Command and the Flying Tiger Line
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.
Pace Setter
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
Final Chapter of the Flying Tiger Line CL-44: A Legacy Preserved
In December 2024, the scrapping of the former Flying Tigers Canadair CL-44 N447T began at Bournemouth Hurn Airport, UK. However, the cockpit section was saved and will be put on
Can-Do Spirit
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
Tigers moves the Boy Scouts
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
Top of the Ladder – Room 206
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
Air-Pack – FTL Subsidiary – Who Knew?
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
Budd Conestoga Fleet
The Budd RB-1 Conestoga, an innovative design at the time, had an electrically powered cargo ramp and the cargo hold was designed to be the height of the standard US
The Famous Model Aircraft “bubble” Display
There’s a new look in the main lobby of Flying Tigers’ Robert W. Prescott Building – commonly known as Hi-Tiger – at World Headquarters in Los Angeles. Anyone who has
Lifelift to Ethiopia
Originally published in the March 1985 TigeReview Employees contribute time $20,000 to help the starving and Ethiopia On January 29, 1985, a Flying Tigers B-747 jetfreighter loaded with some 234,700
The Stainless Steel Budd Conestoga
Kind of an ugly looking airplane, but in a cute sort of way. And without it, there possibly would never have been a Flying Tiger Line! The Budd Conestoga was