May 24, 2007
FedEx Then and Now
I remember sitting in the tower one morning at Milwaukee Mitchell Field probably 25 years ago looking at a pair of Falcon 20s sitting together on the ramp. At one point I watched a truck drive up and start loading box after box on board.
“Whose Falcons are those?” I asked.
“Some company called Federal Express,” came the reply.
How times have changed as you’ll see in this YouTube video called “25 Hours of FedEx Flight Operations.”
In Aviation, A Little Change Can Be Good
I wonder if you remember what you were doing back in November 2006? Here’s a quick refresher of some of the top stories. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were getting hitched. The first hearings were taking place on The Hill to find a replacement for Se…
The Accidental Correspondent: Part 1 — The Strategy of the Sky
The 2026 Singapore AirshowAbout this time of the year, journalists from around the globe pack a couple of bags and head for Singapore to attend the annual international air show. I’ve actually never made it to Singapore and I won’t this…
