This was definitely AF-1. The president WAS on this plane. It did land at John Wayne. On a number of these recent trips, where he's going into smaller airports they have used smaller planes, rather than the 747's, as the smaller ports cannot accommodate that large of a plane.

Written on 2020年10月23日

I used to fly on these Delta beauties from LA to Atlanta twice a month from 1975 to 1982. I loved it. Business class. Lots of room, quiet, service was impeccable. Great, great great airline and airplane.

Written on 2020年05月08日

There is nothing like hearing the huffing and puffing of a prop starting up, and then with a bang, and cloud of smoke it ignites into a thunderstorm of power. Used to fly Connies on Western as a kid, soooooo nice. Lived in Brazil and Argentina for several years, and we would fly all over Brazil in VARIG DC3 tail draggers. As you got on the plane they would hand you a white box with your lunch in it, usually sandiwches, fruit and cookies. We would fly from Sao Paulo out to Iguazu, leave about 6:00 am from the downtown airport, and would get to the falls about 3 pm, half a dozen stops along the way. Used to fly on Aereolineas Argentinas from Mendoza to Cordoba in Argentina, and then up to Tucuman, Salta and Jujuy. And more flights down to Buenos Aires, and then also out to Bariloche. All on DC3s, but I don't believe those were tail draggers. One time at Jujuy it had just rained like crazy, and the airport runway had 3" of water on it, so the pilot landed the plane on the street outside of the airport. PANAGRA from Buenos Aires to Santiago, Chile, a number of times on the old DC4's and DC6's.

So much fun.

Written on 2019年03月01日

Sometime in 1977-78 flew on a TWA 747 from LA to NYC. There were only 11 passengers on the plane, I think there may have been more crew.

Written on 2018年07月13日

Tomer Ariav

Interesting that you would mention that. Used to fly in the Convair on that route between Sao Paulo and Rio as a teenager in the 1960's.

Written on 2018年02月23日

In the 1960's flew these all over South America. Varig in Brazil, Aerolineas Argentinas in Argentina. Went to Iguazu from Sao Paulo several times. Once, the airport at one of the stops was closed as a gas truck had gotten stuck on the runway, so the pilot landed on a dirt road just outside of the airport. He made several turns over the falls as we got there. I would guess we made 25 to 30 flights on these old birds. Varig used to hand passengers a white cardboard box with lunch or dinner in it as you boarded. WOW, what fun. Good old days.

Written on 2017年09月23日

Flew all around Brazil in the 1960's in VARIG Caravelles. It was a fun plane to fly in as a young teenager, the windows were tear-drop shap, seemed much bigger than the standard DC-8, or 707 windows, with a much bigger view of the ground as the bottom of the window was so wide.

I remember great food on the VARIG planes, too.

Written on 2016年05月27日

Used to fly in these all around Brazil in the 1960's. Best flight was Sao Paulo to Iguaçu Falls, maybe four/five stops. Often the airports would be closed for one reason or another, and the pilots would just land on the highway nearby. Varig did provide G-R-E-A-T boxed lunches along the way, and those Brazillian flight attendants were G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S.

Written on 2016年02月06日

I'm pretty sure I see a plane.

But, maybe not.....

Written on 2016年02月06日