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...
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Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FT739/FTL739) was a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliner that disappeared on March 16, 1962, over the western Pacific...
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Flying Tiger Line Flight 66 was a scheduled international cargo flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport via a stopover at...
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Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating...
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Flying Tiger Line Flight 45 was a regularly scheduled cargo flight by Flying Tiger Line from Los Angeles to Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam, with intermediate...
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Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 refers to the crash of a Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft, N6915C, shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International...
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Group (Flying Tigers) pilots. The AVG was operational from December 20, 1941, to July 14, 1942. The press continued to apply the Flying Tigers name to...
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is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia. Flying Tiger Line Flight 66 was a scheduled international cargo flight from Singapore...
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freight airline, Flying Tiger Line, used the L-1049H on North American routes and service for the Military Air Transport Service. A Flying Tigers L-1049H was...
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Flying Tigers or Flying Tiger may also refer to: Flying Tiger Line, a cargo airline Flying Tiger Copenhagen, a Danish retailer chain Flying Tigers (film)...
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Robert William Prescott (category Flying Tigers pilots)
entrepreneur. An ace with the Flying Tigers in the early part of World War II, he went on to found the Flying Tiger Line, the first scheduled cargo airline...
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Flying Tiger 2 (Chinese: 飛虎之雷霆極戰) is a 2019 Hong Kong action crime drama television series jointly produced by Shaw Brothers Studios and Youku. It stars...
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On December 24, 1966, a Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 flying from Tachikawa Air Force Base in Japan to Da Nang Airport struck an obstacle, stalled...
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Oakland International Airport in 1988. In 1989, the company acquired Flying Tiger Line to expand its international service, and subsequently opened a hub...
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CL-44D4-2 Civil, commercial cargo aircraft originally built for Flying Tiger Line, 13 built. CL-44D4-6 Civil, commercial cargo aircraft originally built...
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Air Cargo Express.Net Airlines Florida West International Airways Flying Tiger Line Focus Air Cargo Four Star Air Cargo Gemini Air Cargo NWA Cargo Pan...
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Nutts Corner Airport, killing four of six on board. 24 September Flying Tiger Line Flight 7413-23, a Douglas C-54A (N90433), ditched 1000 mi off Honolulu...
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from the UK to the USA.[citation needed] The airline merged with Flying Tiger Line on October 1, 1980, resulting in the loss of its corporate identity...
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aircraft formerly operated by Flying Tiger Line) Flagship Express (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft) Flying Tiger Line ♠ (fleet included converted...
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a 727 disappearance Varig Flight 967 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 Wright, Tim (September 2010). "The 727 that Vanished"....
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Asia in 1984. In 1988, it acquired one of its major competitors, Flying Tiger Line, creating the largest full-service cargo airline in the world. In...
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November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Flying Tiger Line [N228SW])". Aviation Safety Network. 24 December 1966. Retrieved 10...
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approach to Turkey's Adana Airport, killing all 11 on board. March 16 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation chartered by the...
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Airfreight Caliber System Cast Away FedEx Forum FedEx Institute of Technology FedEx Racing Flying Tiger Line Indianapolis FedEx shooting KIAC Zapmail...
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Kuala Lumpur, while still painted in the Flying Tigers livery after the acquisition of the Flying Tigers Line by FedEx in December 1988. This was the first...
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International Airport. Flying Tiger Line held the initial contract in the 1980s, which passed to FedEx when that company purchased Flying Tigers, the only time...
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1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance 1956 Atlantic R6D-1 disappearance Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved...
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involving the Lockheed Constellation series, until the disappearance of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 in 1962. The airplane was named Hugo de Groot and registered...
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freighters as 747-100(SF). The first 747-100(SF) was delivered to Flying Tiger Line in 1974. A total of 168 747-100s were built; 167 were delivered to...
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became the first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974) and the Flying Tiger Line (1976). During her thirty-five years as an airline pilot, Norah amassed...
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