Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[two_bit_score]

Jack, now is when you burn your burn pile...

Light 'em up! :fiery::hot::fire:


TBS

 

[SirReal63]

It is too wet, but maybe by later this weekend.

 

[Bird]

Don't forget TTA Trans Texas Airlines or, as we called it, Tree Top Airways.

I always heard it called Teeter Totter Airlines.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I always heard it called Teeter Totter Airlines.

Yep, and "Tinker Toy Airlines".

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Texas International

 

[lostcreekranch]

Texas International

Yep, TTA became Texas International under Frank Lorenzo. They later merged with Continental. I flew on Continental's first flight from IAH to LGW (London Gatwick). Before that I flew British Caledonian to
London.

In the early 1970's the only way to get to Europe, from Houston, was to go via New York or Miami.

 

[bindian]

I always like to burn my piles about 30 minutes before a huge rain. Once that fire is going, huge piles keep going. Then feed it with the grapple. Your wet, but the pile will be gone.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I wanted to work for Texas International. A class mate from A&P School did. But I was a little late to the party. I didn't want to work for Continental. At the time, Continental required back xrays for the pre employment physical. Which I felled back in 1984. So I got hired baby sitting Ryan's DC-9 at IAH. Ryan had the US Mail contract. Same DC-9s Texas International used. Funny thing about the photo.........Texas International also used Convair turbo props before DC-9s. Just like the one in the photo.
I loved working on DC-9s freighters. I knew them forwards and backwards. No passengers and we knew the pilots by first name. One of us met the plane at 5am and one of us departed the plane, starting at 8pm and usually left around 10:30. At the most, 4 hour mornings. But the pay was not good. Sometimes Ryan brought in a B-727, when our DC-9 was grounded. Then I learned all the tricks departing 3 holers, or bombers as we called them. Oh yeah, there were tricks for the ornery, old gal you had to know to depart them sometimes. Ryan 727s, during Desert Storm, flew bombs to Europe, then DC-8s and B-707 flew them to the middle east. I wanted to got on those bomb runs, as mx flew on all those flights, but never got the chance.

Then Ryan won the Emery Airfreight contract and we had one Postal DC-9 and two Emery B-727s a day for just three mechanics. Saturday morning (down for the weekend) mx on the Boeing took too long and I missed a few or was late to a few of my son's soccer games. Curses Wilbur and Orville!

SWAs B-737 were two engine, two pilot versions of the B-727......so not much learning curve going to SWA and their all 737 fleet.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Ran across this photo this evening. I was thinking about Mike on the 23rd of July. That was one year since we buried him. Anyway, my Dad's birthday would have been today and my Mom's birthday would have been tomorrow.
I miss all three of them.
hugs, Brandi

 

[oldballs]

I always heard it called Teeter Totter Airlines.

Around here, we called Braniff "The Largest Unscheduled Airline In The World".