Travel the world, the ad said. This was a very good and interesting article. 25 Jun 1945. I made that trip also in Jan,1967. WebFlying Tiger Line adopted the Canadair CL-44 swing-tail aircraft in 1961, becoming one of the first carriers in the world to offer aerial pallet shipping service. I remember we had trouble on departure from Travis and then landed at Hickham and had to spend the night awaiting a replacement aircraft. Flying Tiger Line flight 739 was a multi-leg charter service that originated at Travis Air Force Base in the US state of California. He tried to grab it but I told him If she had wanted him to have it she would have given it to him. With that I went back to reading. Country. This exhibition is currently available online only. Its ultimate destination was the Vietnamese city of Saigon, to which it was transporting 96 soldiers. [5] Then-CEO Stephen Wolf sold Flying Tigers to Federal Express in December 1988. When I went back in 1970 out of McCord it was on World Airlines. I went to Nam not on a Flying Tiger plane, and made it back home in one piece with no PTSD, only a parasite from the veggies. The first Douglas DC-8-63F registered as N779FT was delivered to the airline on June 26, 1968 and the other eighteen followed until 1972.[6]. The Flying Tiger Line then put in orders for brand new Boeing 747-200F freighters designated the Boeing 747-249F, which at the time were among the heaviest commercial airplanes flying, weighing in at 823,000 pounds (373,000kg). The new Flying Tiger airline had its own military role; carrying cargo and troops back and forth to the war in Vietnam. Travel the world, the ad said. (1953-1958), Constellation Gen. -- The Lockheed Super H Constellation, airlifting 43,000 pounds of freight at 300 miles per hour over a 2,500-miles range, helped Flying Tigers revolutionize the marketing map of the United States with the first nonstop, transcontinental airfreight schedules. After a dangerous heist of a mysterious device from the FBI, the HKPD assigns Ko Ka Chun, to save Hong Kong from the imminent threat from the Black Snake Gang. Indeed, having begun in November 1955, it wouldn't come to an end until almost two decades later, in April 1975. Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was a Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft, which is pictured here. Rumbles & Bangs: Japan Airlines Boeing 767-300ER Encounters Engine Failure, Investors Are Now Worried About US Airline Stocks. Large crew bases were situated at Los Angeles, New York City and Lockbourne, Ohio (Rickenbacker International Airport). In 1948, the Anything, Anytime, Anywhere slogan was introduced and the airline carried football teams, Bob Hopes record albums, tourists, students, and even Roy Rogers horse, Trigger. This article is an important read. Im still trying to figure out how to coordinate one of our own with one of theirs. The aircraft was operating a MATS charter flight from Gander to Frankfurt. I was USAF and made that stop in Alaska. What was the worst work detail you pulled in Vietnam? During 1969, the CL-44s and B707s left the fleet as the addition of DC-8s took their place. I have always appreciated the kindness that was shown by the stewardesses on our trip home, if only the rest could have been as kind! a version of Purgatory, A FLY-IN COMMUNITY! Aircraft loaders had earlier refused to work at the extreme 30 feet (9m) height necessary for loading freight on the upper deck, so the "supernumerary area" or "hump" was configured with 19 first class seats instead which were used to transport livestock handlers, charter agents and mechanics as well as dead-heading pilots and flight attendants. From 1979 to 1980 the Flying Tiger Line passed Pan Am to become the world's number one air cargo carrier. Not sure if the change in mood was due to smoked joints and beer, but it sure didnt hurt any. June 69. When I went over in 66, it was courtesy of the USAF on a C-141no flight attendants there, just jump seats and the infantry TOE and basic load down the center of the aircraft. As the company grew and matured, founder and CEO Robert Prescott did also, both in his younger days as an AVG pilot and later in the role of President of the Flying Tiger Line. Never again! Some years ago I made contact with one of those stewardesses and found out about their reunions. On November 9, 1977, President Carter signed into law the legislation which deregulated airfreight in the U.S. On March 3, 1978, one month after Flying Tigers was named the largest airfreight carrier in the free world, the airlines founder, Robert W. Prescott, died. C-47-Flying Tiger relied heavily on the Douglas C-47, the cargo version of the famed DC-3. I flew out of Travis Air Force Base and was on my way to Thailand. A true airfreighted with a unique swing-tail design, the CL-44 permitted the straight-in loading of freight no other plane could carry. Flying at 210 miles per hour, the C-54 carried 20,000 pounds of cargo over a 2,000 -- mile range. She told me that there were more books in the back of the plane. I think it is great! On August 7, 1989, Federal Express merged Flying Tigers into its operations. I know that I should have written to her while I was in Vietnam, but like things go I had more important thoughts on my mind such as surviving and looking out for my men. The motto in the beginning was "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere". The airline also played a major role in the construction of the Distant Early Warning Line, flying equipment to remote outposts in northern Canada and Alaska. The Flying Tiger Line founder, Robert (Bob) W. Prescott and other young pilots joined General Claire Chennault and the famed Flying Tigers in China during WWII. And after the fall of Saigon in 1975, when the war ended, they remained connected. The Los Angeles headquarters operation included its own engine shop and jet maintenance business. It wasnt my style to go asking every woman that I met to get her address and telephone number, besides I had more important things on my mind. I was one of those Men that you brought back to the World. We began to realize OK, these guys are going off to die, Breen recalled. Established at the end of the Second World War, Flying Tiger Line made history as the first US-based scheduled cargo-carrying airline. Flying Tiger history began during World War II when the original aircrafts were small fighter planes. They wanted to cry but stifled the impulse. I just stood there in my bedroom looking out the window for a very long time,saying to myself Did that really happen??? Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In the Vietnam airlift, Flying Tigers provided strategic flights from the US to numerous military bases throughout the Pacific and Southeast Asia geographic region. A mysterious gang, The Black Snake Gang, is rising throughout the world. Founded in 1945 by a group of pilots who had flown in World War II, Flying Tigers was Americas first major cargo airline, a seat-of-the-pants operation that hauled freight on Canadian turboprop planes. The picture below shows a full plane of troops heading to Vietnam on a Flying Tiger Flight. (LogOut/ Trying to get your brain from calming down from a surreal experience in RVN and then refocusing your mind on being back home was a strange experience! The flight attendants were as depicted in this article, both going and coming home. It was really a struggle to decide what was right or what was wrong, said Okicich. Flying Tiger Line flight 739 was a multi-leg charter service that originated at Travis Air Force Base in the US state of California. As the company celebrated its first year of Transpacific service, ground breaking for Flying Tigers first Asian terminal took place in Tokyo, Japan the companies hub for Asian operations. On October 1, 1980 Flying Tigers merged with Seaboard World linking the United States with Europe and the Middle East. 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. If I remember correctly I went over on Continental and came back on United. thanks for the ride over and putting up with some of us. Federal Express (FM / FDX) Base / Main Hub. Mr. Fagones article is very touching and reminds us that many more people than just we former service men and women are veterans of the Vietnam War. Those ladies had a very important part in the war and they are to be commended for their service. And this aricle brought back many memories, both sad & scared, and delighted and full of joy! This Is Your Captain by Reyne OShaughnessy, Flying Tiger Memories by Guy Van Herbruggen & Charles Kennedy, Tiger 747 by Guy Van Herbruggen/Charles Kennedy, DC-8 & The Flying Tiger Line by Guy Van Herbruggen & Charles Kennedy. Know now that I was stunned , medical shock, at suddenly the war down below, behind me , was gone. Having climbed to a cruising altitude of 18,000 feet, the aircraft reported its position as being 1340N 1400E just under an hour and a half into the flight. Flying Tigers already had terminals at San Francisco, Burbank, San Diego, Chicago, Cleveland and Newark. They saw so much in those soldiers eyes and dealt with some truly emotional issues. 25 Jun 1945. In this decade the company developed an extensive global network, directly servicing all continents except for Africa, which was served through interlining. If the flights to Vietnam were emotional, the flights back home could be tense in a different way. As in Korea, these flights carried both cargo as well as military personnel and their dependents. I remember the Tiger flights and their wonderful crews. Flying Tigers received the All-Cargo Route #163 across the Pacific into Asia. I was lucky enough to have regular contact with the flight crews as they came and went in and out of Tan San Nhut AB . Notable among the Tigers' achievements were their participation in both the Korean and Vietnam airlifts. In 1962, the Vietnam War was far from over. Eventually, in 1988, FedEx bought the airlines parent company, absorbing its routes and bringing the rough-and-tumble era of cargo aviation to a close. Remember the illumination flares as we were coming in on final as the sun had not come up yet. But soon after they started working troop transports to Southeast Asia, the women realized that the job required a whole different set of skills. They played cards with the guys, laughed with them. Until now, I mostly ignored the efforts of these people (especially the attendants they saw, heard & felt all of it). The big, glamorous airline back then was Pan Am. An aspect of nowhere, Out of rocket range. On September 23, 1962, Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, an L-1049H Super Constellation (N6923C), ditched in the North Atlantic after three engines failed, killing 28 of 76 on board. During the course of the war, thousands of flights crisscrossed the Pacific Ocean. Flying Tiger was my airline of choice. I went to Vietnam on a ship so we had 21 days to prepare our minds unlike the guys traveling by plane that had only a few hours to prepare! Not one of us said a word. Was I really in a real war??? As a grunt and a company commander from the 1st ID, who had left a few week old daughter and now was headed home to see her and the rest of the finally, I didnt cry but I damn sure slept well on that plane for the first time in 18 months. Finally the plane started to move down the runway faster and faster. [5] For the next four years, Flying Tiger Line carried air freight on contract throughout the U.S. and, as the airline expanded, carrying supplies to U.S. troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the occupation of Japan.[5]. Great Read, I was a 26 year old man when I went to that war, I remember not sleeping on the flying tiger flight back home, and the stewardess, sat and talked to me as everyone else was sleeping, I thought the stewardess was a nice person that was concerned about my not sleeping and ask why. The company said it needed flight attendants. Flying Tiger Line flight 739 was a multi-leg charter service that originated at Travis Air Force Base in the US state of California. I flew over on Continental..We had a flight attendant come to one of our VVA Chapter meeting and tell us about her time. WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for FLYING TIGERS Douglas DC-8 -Aviation Postcard Airlines-WGA-927 at the best online prices at eBay! A fine bunch of people. For military personnel, it was a deeply emotional journey in both directions. In 1984 the DC-8-63s were phased out as a result of Federal noise regulations that went into effect that year. (It didnt work out. Email:jason.fagone@sfchronicle.comTwitter:@jfagone, Link to the actual article: https://bit.ly/2PbitdY. I about cried having to leave half of what might have been my last meal. While in Alaska stopping and refueling I was only 1/2 way through a mountain of pancakes, sausage and eggs smothered with Maple syrup when they announce for all out bound corpsmen to report immediately for departure. These were to take place in Honolulu, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines (Clark Air Base). After an almost three hour delay, the airplane is back in the air and en-route to our final destination Vietnam. Early in 1961, the first of the Canadair CL-44 all-cargo aircraft joined the flying Tiger Fleet. During the Korean War, Flying Tiger aircraft were chartered to transport troops and supplies from the United States to Asia; Flying Tigers later received a cargo route award to Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. The Statue of Liberty torch flew on Flying Tigers. Great article, spot on! And many didnt know what to think, caught between respect for the military and horror over the fates of the boys on their flights. Joe Namath, Jim Otto, and, Marv Fleming on our returning flight after spending time visiting the wounded Vietnam soldiers at several hospitals. With four Rolls Royce engines that developed 5,700 horsepower, it cruised at 375 miles per hour, carrying up to 60,000 pounds of cargo over a range of 3,000 miles. (1947 -- 1957), The acquisition of seven DC-6s represented the largest single purchase the airline industry had ever seen. The food on the airplane had to be thrown away because there was no refrigeration on the aircraft for over 48 hours. This represented a significant transition for the Flying Tigers, and paved the road to future success. WebFlying Tiger: With Ron Ng, Lee Pace, Jamie B. Airline Founded. I know the feelings, having done the flights in 68 & 70. Thank you Flying Tiger! The first of the "stretched" airfreights, it carried a payload of 110,000 pounds at 550 miles per hour over a 3,000 mile range. We were there to take care of our passengers, Foster said, and have the best time we could. As it turned out, they excelled at both. Thank You For Your Service, and It was my honor to help make your trip a little better. As in Korea, these flights carried both cargo as well as military personnel and their dependents. My birthday is January 1st. All rights reserved. 2023 CherriesWriter - Vietnam War website. We crossed over the international dateline and it became the 2nd of January. Ninety-three of these were enlisted with the US Army, with the remaining three being from South Vietnam. Sources: ATDB.aero, Aviation Safety Network, The Free Lance-Star. The estimated duration of its westbound flight to the Philippines was reportedly around eight hours, although the aircraft had enough fuel onboard to fly for another hour on top of that. Although the fledgling Flying Tiger Line was in a precarious financial situation during its early years, it enjoyed extraordinary growth throughout most of the 60's, and eventually emerged as the industry's foremost all-cargo carrier. (1949 - 1961), C-54 Gen. -- The C-54, first of the four--engine air freighters, was used by Flying Tigers in the largest, longest airlift ever flown by a private contractor -- supplying the American Occupation Forces in Japan. Her sentiments are echoed by Judy Meyer, who flew for United Air Lines, It was some of the best flying I ever did. Although these women were an integral part of the Vietnam War experience, their contributions are largely unknown outside of the veteran community. Two examples were thoroughbred racehorses and show animals from Stansted, England to the Melbourne Cup, as well as breeding stock cattle (milk supply) to nations such as Japan and Thailand. It was important to stay upbeat, to act like every one of the men was coming home. During the Vietnam years the Flying Tiger Line also worked overtime for the US Postal Service. Canadair CL-44 Many flight attendants struggled at first to contain their own emotions. The return to the States from RVN was like being in a decompression chamber. The airliners were not just used to bring the soldiers home, but to fly them into the war zone as well. Dont remember who flew me over my second trip in Dec. 71. She learned then that the Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, specialized in troop transports. and flew to Portland ,Oregon. (it was the only one on the tarmac) Leaving Bien Hoa at 9:00 P.M on June 25th 1969 and arriving in Oakland CA on June 25th at 9:30 P.M. Based in Norwich, UK. Medical suplies and staples were aboard the first airlift of relief supplies to reach Poland since the imposition of martial law in November of the previous year. return home flight in July 69 was on a Flying Tigers stretch-8. Such as, I didnt know if I was going to make it back and not wanting to think about that. But some homeward-bound passengers were belligerent, unpredictable. Its ultimate destination was the Vietnamese city of Saigon, to which it was transporting 96 soldiers. I think i was numb, both ways. The first two of these saw delays due to engine maintenance having to be carried out. Then all the guys just could not be held down by the stewerdesses and they did not even try to quiet the guys. These ladies were great listeners and very supportive. That was not us, recalled Andee Reingold Wright, a San Francisco native who was 21 when she started with Flying Tigers in 1967. Was processed out of the Army at Fort Lewis, got a military standby flight for$11. In 1965, Flying Tiger Line began operating jet aircraft when on September, 27, God bless you all! Airline Founded. WebAir America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976. Sometimes, when the wheels pulled up on takeoff, the whole plane would burst out in yells and clapping. I recall the flight I took into Vietnam and even more than the flight I took home. On December 15, 1965, Flying Tiger Line Flight 914, an L-1049H Super Constellation (N6914C), struck California Peak after the pilot became disorientated in IFR conditions, killing the three crew. Ninety-three of these were enlisted with the US Army, with the remaining three being from South Vietnam. Many of the women continued to fly, either with Tigers or other airlines; more than a few married Tigers pilots and started families. JW, beautiful poem. Thanks, DRS. I only just sat there, silently , the flight home to Fort Lewis. I would have been on Flying Tigers returning to the states. It was never seen or heard from again, despite an extensive search operation. Flying Tigers received the All-Cargo Route #163 across the Pacific into Asia. 2019 by the San Francisco Airport Commission. On September 24, 1955, Flying Tiger Line Flight 7413/23, a Douglas C-54 (N90433), ditched in the Pacific after three engines failed, killing three of five crew. She had many stories. It was obvious the airplane had been used a lot, but it was clean and the attendants were friendly and upbeat. In the Vietnam airlift, Flying Tigers provided strategic flights from the US to numerous military bases throughout the Pacific and Southeast Asia geographic region. Approximately 998 pilots worked for the airline based throughout the US. ATDB.aero shows that it spent most of its career at Flying Tiger Line, but did also serve Lufthansa on a leased basis. That same year, ground-breaking ceremonies took place for the companys World Headquarters at Los Angeles International Airport. Thank you for writing this story, it was way overdue. LOTS FOR SALE! In one of its more dramatic moves, Tigers evacuated a number of Vietnamese "political refugees" and Vietnamese company employees and their families aboard departing aircraft during the "final hours" of US troop withdrawal, and impending Communist takeover in South Vietnam in 1975. God Bless those women who helped me on those hours headed home to start to feel like I might still have some humanity left in me. 1969 A major milestone year. My tours were 67 to 68 and 68 to 69, My second tour i was stationed in Saigon , my unit had a small crew break room where the transit crews rested between flights. Flying Tiger history began during World War II when the original aircrafts were small fighter planes. From 1945 to 1989 Flying Tigers management, mechanics, office staff, flight attendants, pilots and crew members worked together to build an airline that became a legend. I often wondered what happened to them and now your story has given closure. In 1962 Flying Tigers received its first Permanent Certificate from the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board). Contact Thank you to all who came out to join us for our BBQ Fly-in! And welcome home. On this last leg, the passengers are much more somber and thinking ahead to their landing in the war zone. August 7, 1989 was the official merger date of Flying Tiger and Federal Express. I have grieved for them ever since. But nothing could have prepared her for what it was like to be a flight attendant at Flying Tigers during the golden era of aviation a job so fabulous and exciting on the one hand and emotionally brutal on the other that it transformed the lives of hundreds of young women like her who were hired during the war, forcing them to confront the realities of Vietnam in ways they never expected, and bonding them to each other for decades to come. I extended in Vietnam so that I could get out early. Piloted by the novice American Volunteer Group, who were from all branches of the military and civilians, these men provided military support to the Republic of China in their defense against the Japanese invasion between 1941-1942. In March 1962, one such personnel-carrying flight went missing en route to Vietnam. Great, I had the opportunity to fly w/those ladies one great experience,,! What's The Latest With Delta's Ex-LATAM Airbus A350s? Thanks! Flying Tigers also made livestock carriers for airplanes, some comparable in external size and shape to the standard AMJ container used in the FedEx flight operations. In August 87, the newly re-engined DC8-73DF freighter came online with the Tiger fleet of B-747s and B-727s. Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States and a major military charter operator during the Cold War era for both cargo and personnel (the latter with leased aircraft). 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