Category: Aviation
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Classic Early 1990s Trio

Feeling nostalgic for older aircraft and ‘fallen flag’ airlines. For a couple of years in the early 90s I flew Northwest through the MEM hub, almost every month or so. On the more substantial legs these flights were on the venerable DC-9. Me and others referred to the NW DC-9s as the greyhounds of the…
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Aer Lingus at MSP

MSP gets a great new international connection. Dublin, Ireland In early May, Aer Lingus begin direct service between MSP and DUB using an Airbus A330. This resumes a previous service available pre-COVID. MSP has a few direct international flights. For me, this and the Icelandair flight to Reykjavík are intriguing and tempting. Although in the…
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Remembering First Flight – Texas International

Digging through some stuff from childhood, I found this little jewel. My aunt brought this to me from a recent flight, probably 1970-1971 time frame. Airlines used to give out all kinds of goodies. In the glory days, golden era of flight. My first flight was with Texas International in August, 1977 out of New…
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Argentine Military Aviation (FAA)

I found a few photos, unfortunately no video of the military aviation museum I reference in the recent Iguazu video. I’ll probably put the photos together with commentary for an upcoming Youtube. I didn’t want to leave out the military aviation side of Argentina. And to Argentina, happy 25th of May! I was there 30…
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Guatemalan Air Force – Fokker and Arava

More digital archives. Interesting clips of mostly light transport aircraft from the early 1990s in Guatemala.
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Argentine Airlines – Iguazu- Early 1990s

Pulled out some more old digital 8mm. Short clips and some commentary.


