![]() Flying Tiger Line 707Īlso in 1962, the company initiated the first coordinated combination of sea and air transportation later to become known as SeaTiger. In 1962 Flying Tigers received its first Permanent Certificate from the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board). ![]() The CL-44s moved Tigers into leadership as the world’s largest freight and contract airline. The “Swingtails” were so nicknamed because their tails literally swung away from the aircraft for loading. The 60s: Flying Tiger makes its mark on the airfreight world CL-44 “Swingtail”Įarly in 1961, the first of the Canadair CL-44 all-cargo aircraft joined the flying Tiger Fleet. The C-46s flew the domestic operation while the C-54s remained in overseas charter service. Flying Tiger Line C54ĭuring 1949, the C-47s were replaced with the C-46s, which had a higher payload and longer range. Flying Tigers already had terminals at San Francisco, Burbank, San Diego, Chicago, Cleveland and Newark. In April of 1949, after a four-year battle, the company was awarded CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board now FAA) certification and established the FIRST ALL-CARGO Scheduled Route 100 from Los Angeles to Boston with points in between.Īs a result of certification, new stations were opened in Oakland, Denver, Milwaukee, Toledo, Akron-Canton, Buffalo, Rochester, Philadelphia, Hartford, Providence, and Boston. Scheduled Service First All-Cargo Scheduled Route 100 ![]() In 1948, the “Anything, Anytime, Anywhere” slogan was introduced – and the airline carried football teams, Bob Hope’s record albums, tourists, students, and even Roy Rogers horse, Trigger. “Elsie the Cow” was one of the airline’s first celebrities when the Borden Company chartered a plane especially equipped for the bovine for a one-month tour. In February 1947, the airline legally changed its name to “The Flying Tiger Line, Inc. In December 1946, Flying Tigers received its first Transpacific Military Contract, flying C-54s to Tokyo and Hawaii.Īlso in 1946, Flying Tigers moved from Mines Field to the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California. In June 1946, the Budd Conestogas were replaced by C-47s. In January 1946, the airline moved to Mines Field (later to become Los Angeles International Airport). The first full shipment consisted of grapes flown from Bakersfield, California to Atlanta, Georgia. The first all-cargo airline in the country was born on June 25, 1945, based in a two-car garage in Long Beach, California and flying Budd Conestogas. – the Beginning – 1945 Budd RB-1 Conestoga Prescott and other young pilots joined General Claire Chennault and the famed Flying Tigers in China during WWII.Įleven members of the AVE joined Prescott and formed the National Skyways Freight Corp. The Flying Tiger Line founder, Robert (Bob) W. I just can’t wait.The Early Years: 1942-1945 The American Volunteer Group (AVG) I recalled then the strange avatar thing, and figured it’s probably going to be played with multiple people walking around and manning interface depending on the tasks at hand.įrankly, those impressions are badly thrown together, but they probably mirror the feel I have experienced: that of having a little kid’s crazy dream sequel given reality, over 30 years later. I pondered that a bit, but then came the realisation when browsing some of the screen interfaces: the game seems meant to support multiplayer. I saw that lots of screens were duplicated. Oh I noticed near the end of my playing around with the demo a very important thing. Other things I noticed that I liked: the time compression is dynamic, slowing the game speed down as you approach islands when sailing by on the carrier, if you drop arty, it will lay down imprecise fire, in the way of World of Warships, a touch I really enjoyed. It was really funny to experience that drastic change of point of view. Jumping into the Walrus’ camera changed the perspective, with shots being fired from everywhere. One amazing moment to me was, from the comfiness of the command room, I was looking at screens and seeing some encounters fine. Sending your Walruses around and doing support arty is quite exhilarating. The explosion are so over-the-top, I felt almost bad for the little island I unleashed hell upon. Then came the time to use the carrier’s weapons, and oh my, that thing packs an insane punch. The interface tropes of the original are mostly respected, although the screen needs some initial ordering to accommodate the tactical scale. Manipulating things wasn’t very intuitive at first, but then I got around it. Walk around the carrier! That amazing first impression is further blown out of proportion by the realisation that all the switches in the command room do stuff. When I saw the command room, I thought “oh, can I”. Looking through the options, I see I can make a little avatar.
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