A DEAR FRIEND MUST TAKE A LEAVE FROM US FOR AWHILE....ALL MY BEST WISHES TO CAPTAIN DOUG.....WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS RETURN ......:) ^J^

The Grand Old Lady Of The Sky

TWA

Deregulation was not kind to TWA . Operating a wide array of domestic and international routes, TWA proved an attractive target. In 1985, corporate raider Carl Icahn beat out Frank Lorenzo to win controlling interest in TWA . In 1986 Carl Icahn used TWA to buy Ozark Airlines . All Ozark employees were given jobs at TWA with their full “date of hire” seniority from Ozark Airlines . Icahn took the company private in 1988, a move which burdened the airline with large amounts of unsustainable debt. To offset its financial troubles, Icahn began selling off TWA 's routes to other airlines. Routes to London from various American gateways were sold to American Airlines and USAirways . The losses continued, however. In 1992, the airline filed for bankruptcy, but managed to continue to stay afloat. TWA emerged from bankruptcy but remained a mere shadow of her former self and in early 2001, TWA - the airline which began life as Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) almost 76 years earlier - was finally sold to American Airlines . TWA was for many years the largest airline in and out of New York . Yours truly, had the honor of flying as Captain, the last TWA departure out of New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport. I flew aircraft 9624 from JFK to St. Louis on August 24, 2001. TWA flew her last flight under her own name and call sign on December 1, 2001.

Sincerely,

Captain Dan Cooney

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                                          http://youtu.be/fcmqy6UObLo

  Video of Finnair MD-ll ""Go Around"", 100 feet above runway.... Cockpit View.....New York....listen to the ATC....in background

http://youtu.be/JycxHi0UWoo

I don't ask much.....(not if you ask me....LOL)...but trust me, when I say....take a look...see at the video site I posted above.....It's from "BOSTON AIRBORNE"....'WINGS ONE'.....

AND LISTEN FOR THE WIND, ..BLOWING TOWARDS THE END OF THE VIDEO.....

 

Look close above.......guess who's wing tip that was......YOU GUESSED IT....^D^

The link just below......"CHASING THE 787 ABOVE THE CLOUDS....."...this is Not a "sim" video....check out the cool double tail lights....Worth the watch.......This video got the "getjets" seal of approval.......why??...just like Moma said..."because I said so"....ha ha

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/10/video-of-note-chasing-a-787-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+flightblogger%2Fsubscribe+%28Flightblogger%29

SPEAKING FOR MANY I'M SURE,  HERE.......I WILL BE WAITING IN THE "WINGS"...MANY HOPE'S FOR RESOLUTION......thats all..

^J^

 REMAINING,  MISSTWA