Which Flying Tiger do you like best?

[GON]

 

[Kira]

That last one (which looks like a goalies helmet or welder's mask) is so cool but I gotta go with the Constellation.

 

[billt460]

I think the second 747 from the bottom crashed in Malaysia, or one just like it. (Flight 66).

 

[GON]

I think the second 747 from the bottom crashed in Malaysia, or one just like it. (Flight 66).

Sadly, thanks for sharing. What a tragedy of the misinterpreted message from air traffic control: descend to 2440 was interpreted as descend to 440, thus crashing into the terrain.

 

[Boomer]

Yep. love the Connie!

 

[wings&wheels]

Connie's lines are timeless.

 

[Passport1]

Which Flying Tiger do you like best?​

This kind

 

[CleanSump]

Greg Boyington.

 

[GON]

I think the second 747 from the bottom crashed in Malaysia, or one just like it. (Flight 66).

If the picture on the front of the youtube video is of the 747 that crashed, it was not the same model that is in the second to last picture.

The picture of the 747 in the youtube video had about ten upper deck windoes per side. The 747 that was second to last in the first post only has three windoes per side on the upper deck.

 

[oldcodger]

Connie has soul.

 

[wpod]

The 747 freighter with out a second thought. My favorite plane on the planet. As to the video. piloting a plane separates the proficient from the rest quickly .

 

[RoadDukie]

"Which Flying Tiger do you like best?"

My wife! I met her when we were both working at FTL in the 70's.

I've worked both the DC-8 and the B747 as an Operations Supervisor in addition to the B727-100 (we had these for a short time before the sale to Fed-Ex. Load planning, weight and balance, loading and offloading.

In regards to the FTL Connie, here is an amazing story of a North Atlantic ditching that happened in the middle of the night. It's hard to fathom how frightening this must have been.

Remembering Flying Tiger Flight 923

Flying Tiger Flight 923 may not be a well-known story; however, it is a story military history should never let die. As the Air Force celebrates its 75th anniversary, now is the best time to look back

www.af.mil

 

[Owen Lucas]

#2 with the glass terminal building in the background.

 

[y_p_w]

 

[billt460]

If the picture on the front of the youtube video is of the 747 that crashed, it was not the same model that is in the second to last picture.

The picture of the 747 in the youtube video had about ten upper deck windoes per side. The 747 that was second to last in the first post only has three windoes per side on the upper deck.

You're right. The plane that crashed was N807FT. The aircraft in your picture is N803FT. (Shown at the bottom in the picture title if you click on it).

Flying Tiger Line Flight 66 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[grumpy]

Looking back, the Connie was the SST of the post-war period. I should say, piston-engined SST. Sure are nice to look at.

 

[Shel_B]

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Nice series of images. I love the last one and the first one brings back memories of trips to the airport with my dad in the 1949-1954 period. Because of some connections he had with airport personnel, we'd be able to explore some of the hangers and other facilities. I was about five years old when I got a tour of a plane that looked very similar to pic #1.

 

[Astro14]

One of my earliest memories was boarding a Connie in Winnipeg in about 1967.

I was enthralled by that magnificent airplane as a young kid.

I remain so.

 

[BusyLittleShop]

I just love the Flying Tigers original Shark Nose P40B for its clean lines...

 

[Exhaustgases]

This is an easy question to ask me. Here is the answer.