Trans International Airlines (TIA)
Trans International Airlines (TIA) |
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 Joyce - Hong Kong DC10 engine 1977 |
 Joyce - Philippines DC8 engine 1975 |
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I flew for TIA during the 70's. TIA was a Non-Scheduled Charter Airlines like flying Tigers and World Airways. Our average trip was at least 10 days and they were almost always international. When TIA promised world travel they didn't mean just Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, Rome and London....they also meant places like Diego Garcia, Northern Greenland, Africa and Viet Nam (ahh you may know there was a war going on there at the time). We worked hard and very long hours and we played equally. I have many pictures of TIA crew parties, flights and travels to share here. If you flew for TIA in the 70's you might see yourself or someone you know, I know you'll see some sights you remember! |
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 Norm Moonitz was a Captain for TIA He flew in the Israel Air Force before TIA
This
photo was taken on July 15, 1948, only minutes before American pilots Bill
Katz, Al Raisin and Norm Moonitz (standing, third from left) took off from
Czechoslovakia on Israel's first bomber raid of the War of Independence.
Israel's entire bomber squadron consisted of the B-17 shown here and two
others, all of which had been smuggled out of the United States only a month
earlier. The main target for the historic raid was the Egyptian capital of
Cairo. |
 Steve Lantz was also a TIA Captain This award-winning photo taken at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. Photographer Bonnie Bartel captured this touch-and-go by EAA member Steve Lantz of Crystal Bay Nevada in his Tahoe Special Experimental Republic Sea Bee. The photo earned Bartel a Second Place award in the 2005 Fence Check photo competition and an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine photo contest. |
 Captain Norm Moonitz in his Snoopy hat April 25, 1977 My last flight was a ferry flight and I rode it the cockpit for touchdown. |
 Doug Baker - Engine Room in c/p out of Anchorage 2006 |
 Doug Baker was a TIA Flight Engineer - here he is taxing a DC8 out for take off in Honolulu 2006 |
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Remember the
old Hong Kong Airport? I do. If the approach wasn't enough fun, note that the runway is short. More than one went off the end, or the side and into the bay. Missed approach? See those hills? Yep, another hard right turn and climb, baby, climb! The weather was usually not clear. Clouds were the norm, with fog or mist, and sometimes heavy rain. it's tropical there. There was an approach to the other end of that single runway. it wasn't much better. More hills and the "missed approach" was a hard left turn to avoid hitting the tall buildings and checkerboard mountain! |
Did
I mention what braking was like on a rainy day on that short runway? |
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A page from a TIA Brochure |
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View my Pictures & Memories of TIA Trips by Year View my Flight Logs for Trips & Crews by Year [ Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) ] |
