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
Cold Bay Mercy Lift
Originally published in May/June 1962 issue TigeReview Fate is a strange master of events. For instance, consider Cold Bay, AK. Cold Bay is as remote as it sounds: a tiny
The Pole Cat
14-17 November 1965 14–17 November 1965: Captains Fred Lester Austin, Jr., and Harrison Finch, two retired Trans World Airlines pilots, took off from Honolulu on a 26,230-mile (42,213 kilometer), 57-hour,
Who Remembers the movie “Airport”
Kevan James reviews the history of N324F, the star of the movie ‘Airport’ that became the world’s most famous Boeing 707. In 1969 Universal Studios headed east from the usually
Launching the Budd Conestoga: Building the Flying Tiger Line
The Flying Tiger Line story began in late November 1944, when former American Volunteer Group (AVG) pilot Robert W. Prescott connected with Samuel B. “Sam” Mosher, the founder of the