Thanks so much for this trip report, which reminds me of what TPA once was like!
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Wonderful report! <acronym title="Tampa - International (TPA / KTPA), USA - Florida">TPA</acronym>/Tampa International was just a few months old when you flew through it, too. This report is meaningful to me also because I was born in January 1971. We flew Eastern, National and Delta all the time ba...
Jump to postGreat job! Thank you for sharing!
I hope you dig up more slides from your collection!
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Hooray! The Proud Bird is a wonderful place.
Glad they ill be making new investments in it, too!
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Great job chronicling this wonderful piece of architecture.
I was among the many who was sad to see it go. Thanks for preserving a part of it, in some small way, with your photos.
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I miss Piedmont! Miss them, miss them, miss them! The best people anywhere. Fond memories of trips from Florida to <acronym title="Asheville - Regional (AVL / KAVL), USA - North Carolina">AVL</acronym> North Carolina for summer camp. That included a flight on a Piedmont <acronym title="Proteus Airli...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/n901wa" class="quote" target="_blank">n901wa</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i> I was meeting a Airplane to Taxi to the Han...
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Jump to postAnyone remember Florida 1980s commuter operator Trans Air? They had some beat up old Cessna 402s and grew rapidly for a while, largely after the demise of PBA. Here is a bit about them: <a href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-11-04/business/8502180688_1_trans-air-piedmont-airlines-commuter" t...
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Jump to postGreat trip report! Enjoyed the contrast between JetBlue and Bahamasair. I think the latter's 735 is the same one I flew on in Argentina a few years back--with the same seat covers and everything! Really enjoyed this "ride" to the Bahamas and back. Thanks for taking all of us along! ATLTPA<br><br>[Ed...
Jump to postIt's great that a coalition has formed around the preservation of this building, particularly since Modernism is now being appreciated more and more by many. I am also pleased to see that what appears to be an economically-viable reuse of the building has been drawn up. That's often the sticking poi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flymia" class="quote" target="_blank">flymia</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>For better or worse the drug trade made Miam...
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Jump to postGreat article! Well written, too. Wonder what the impact would have been on Lockheed's financial health (not good in the 1970s) had the Soviet deal mentioned in the article gone through. Positive, no doubt. Thanks for sharing this! Anyone know anything further about the author of the article? ATLTPA...
Jump to post<a href="http://members5.boardhost.com/EAL401/msg/1388372397.html" target="_blank">http://members5.boardhost.com/EAL401/msg/1388372397.html</a> Good news on the memorial! I just found above message at the EAL Flight 401 survivor site, posted by flight attendant Raposa just a few days ago. <table bor...
Jump to postI am surprised that others haven't responded to your important post. Yes, thank you to the EAL 401 flight attendants indeed! Like the previous poster, I didn't realize that these improvements came out of the 401 crash. Does anyone know the status of the efforts to build a memorial or marker at the 4...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/n92r03" class="quote" target="_blank">n92r03</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Pretty much. The place is old, food is mediocr...
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Jump to postHere's another article in which Marty Shugrue implies that the Pan Am Air Bridge was profitable in some way to Pan Am. <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qmJSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5057%2C3324658" target="_blank">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...jid=nHwDAAAAIBAJ&p...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/727LOVER" class="quote" target="_blank">727LOVER</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Reply 9, posted Sat Nov 23 2013 21:58:28 y...
Jump to post<a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rpJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6225%2C4887347" target="_blank">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...jid=FAYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6225%2C4887347</a> Interesting piece on the announcement of the Pan Am Air Bridge being extended to Tampa, with quote...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/727LOVER" class="quote" target="_blank">727LOVER</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>As do I,....I miss all of <acronym title="...
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Jump to postI remember this service vividly. For a time, Pan Am also ran the Air Bridge from Tampa with ex-Air Florida 737-200s. My dad took the Air Bridge any number of times to <acronym title="Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> fo...
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Jump to postI really enjoyed your trip report. Always interesting to read about China Airlines. It was quite interesting to learn about the special air route between Taiwan and China--that "political" S turn is really fascinating. Reminds me of what I have read about some the internal routes in post World War <...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/allrite" class="quote" target="_blank">allrite</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>As I confessed in my last series ...
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Jump to postGreat trip report. I noticed Great Lakes in 2006 or so on a trip from <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson Int (The William B Hartsfield / Municipal / Candler Field) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - ...
Jump to postThanks for posting this report! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/debonair" class="quote" target="_blank">debonair</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>True, firs...
Jump to postWhat a shame! This makes me so sad as I have so many memories of this place.
One of them was eating there on September 12, 2001. Absolutely eerie to see LAX so still that day.
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Great report and another one which makes me want to travel to someplace(s) I actually WANT to go soon! I had wondered what Carribean Airlines was like. Definitely more interesting than the yet-another-Delta-flight I will be on early tomorrow morning, going someplace I HAVE to be. Thanks for taking a...
Jump to postGood job on a great trip report! It makes me want to return to Brazil. I've never flown TAM or GOL before (my flights to/from/within Brazil have involved American, the old Varig and Aerolineas Argentinas) several years ago. I have wanted to fly GOL in particular, but now I am annoyed that they've go...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/American+767" class="quote" target="_blank">American 767</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>They are based in <acronym title="...
Jump to postI think it is reasonable for all fliers to expect courteous, friendly service at any price point paid, no matter the extras or upsells they've gone for. That seems to be missing out there--or at least in my frequent travels. I run into a lot of rudeness towards passengers on the part of all-too-many...
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Jump to postThe graphic in the newspaper article states, "No transportan carga," but is this right? The last time I flew <acronym title="Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentina)">AR</acronym> (which was about 3 years ago), I did see some cargo being handled on its planes. I am kind of puzzled that the article says tha...
Jump to postCongratulations on pulling together what is perhaps the best trip report I've ever read on A.Net! This might be a silly thing to point out considering the great breadth of the things you saw on the trip, but I very much like that cool fountain in the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu that you in...
Jump to postHorrible! The tail looks like Walt Disney's vomit. The Sno-Cone eagle isn't much better. Interesting perspective (shared by some on A*net) from this Phoenix (home of USAirways) <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym> station, though: <a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20617830...
Jump to postI vividly remember seeing the Pan Am 747s at the old airside E at <acronym title="Tampa - International (TPA / KTPA), USA - Florida">TPA</acronym> during the 1980s. During the same era, Pan Am also operated the Pan Am Airbridge operation from Tampa-Miami with 727s and for a time with ex-Air Florida ...
Jump to postFor the record, I wish the Tu-204 was being ordered as a 757 replacement by Western airlines. I'd like nothing better than to see droves of them here in <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>! But that's unlike...
Jump to postHere's coverage from the Tampa Tribune. Additional details:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/business/20...s-in-ticket-glitch-overc-ar-453677
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Tbone354" class="quote" target="_blank">Tbone354</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Not bad. Nice to see an airline treat pass...
Jump to postGood job, United!
Some of us have indeed noticed this move... And (for what it's worth) will remember the next time we're making flight reservations for an upcoming trip.
Thanks for showing some compassion in this imperfect world-- and doing so humbly.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LipeGIG" class="quote" target="_blank">LipeGIG</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>hey will need them! Yesterday Brazil and US ...
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