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August 24, 2010 - 10:15 PM
Dj Word

<A HREF="http://djworden.com">DJ Word</A> from Holland says thanks for this site. My mum used to be an air hostess for KLM in The Netherlands. This is great memories for her as well!

August 09, 2010 - 09:59 PM
David Tipps

Hi, Huge fan of TTA having grown up in Portales, New Mexico and having flown out of Clovis in Convairs to Dallas. Funny story to tell some other time. Am a aviation artist who features TTA art work, along with Pioneer artwork. Later Dave Tipps

July 19, 2010 - 09:26 AM
Jim Morris

My dad was Nathan Morris. He started with TTA in Marfa in 1947, moved to El Paso, was station manager in Austin, moved to Love Field and ended his career at DFW with COntinental.

Thanks for this website. It brings back memories.

Jim

June 24, 2010 - 12:38 PM
Jim Peoples

Good ole TTA, I started in Carlsbad, NM, August 1966, working the DC3's. After 6 months transferred to Clovis, NM. Stayed there until 1974, then transferred to Lubbock, TX to be Chief Agent for Jack Tomlinson. Was still at Lubbock airport until that famous day in 1983 when the word "bankruptcy" became known. Even to this day, I still miss the fun we had all those years as TTA was growing up.

June 17, 2010 - 09:55 AM
Greg Bauer

Nice website. My dad was district sales manager for Braniff Airways in Shreveport, La. He, "Red" Dyer (DSM for Delta,and John Fleming(DSM for TransTexas) were good friends.

June 14, 2010 - 11:59 AM
Mike White

I use to fly out of LBB on TI all the time and later went to work for FL. The guys in LBB were great and helped me out on passes. When I was in SLC for FL our cargo building was next door to TI. We use to trade our almonds for their peanuts It was the good old days to when the cherries were ripe I could send a couple of lugs to LBB for my Dad and some for the guys in LBB as well. The good old days when airlines worked together.

June 12, 2010 - 05:53 PM
Ron Alexander

I own DC-3 N25666. This airplane flew for TTA for a number of years. I have a picture of her at HOU. The airplane still flys regularly today. I will be taking her to Oshkosh, WI in July of this year for the 75th anniversary celebration of the DC-3.

May 18, 2010 - 11:32 AM
bill jenkins

I started may 19, 1969 just after the name change.....would not change a thing...would do it again...have worked Iah, MCI, Mke, MCI, AUS, VCT, CRP...retired 2007

May 13, 2010 - 03:22 PM
Peggy "Schaefer" Nouri

Wow what wonderful memories. The five years (70-75) I was a flight attendant was the best job I have ever had. I would love to reconnect with the special ones I flew with.

April 25, 2010 - 10:26 AM
Janett Picha "JP"

Good job on the website. It was a great trip down the "jetway" of memory lane.

March 01, 2010 - 09:19 PM
Donna Baker

In the early morning of Jan. 14, 1974, I was a passenger (headed for New England) on the first-ever TTA flight from Abilene into the brand new Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. Excited passengers took pictures out the windows as we cruised into the new gates. A TTA mgmt crew grabbed my arm, & asked if I'd mind having my pic in a TTA promotional shot (fine). I still have the b/w glossy they sent later. Of course, NOTHING was working at DFW: (1) flight schedules on newly-installed computers, (2) the "people-mover" transit system, or (3) potties! In fact, someone was locked in one as we arrived! TTA mgmt realized their photo op made me late for my connecting American flight (NO clue where it was in the maze of terminals), so they offered an upgrade to 1st class for another young man & myself IF we could make it (running). "Sure!," and off we went running through the dimly-lit, nearly empty DFW from TTA to the American gates. Gasping for air & laughing very hard, we made it. TTA had called ahead to say we were on our way! Everything was slow, non-operable, but I've always remembered the time & concern TTA personnel took that early morning. The 20-something young woman from that morning is now a grandmother, but the picture & the memories of that TTA flight will always be with me. Thank you, TTA, all these years later. PS: Yes, I did get to New England on time.

February 19, 2010 - 03:04 AM
Bill Brooke

Thanks for the memories. When I was a little guy back in the late 60s I remember going out to Miller International in McAllen and watching the TTA prop airplanes come and go. I remember the men and women dress very nicely when they traveled back then. I miss the TI jets with that Texas flag paint job.

December 22, 2009 - 08:14 AM
Elmer L. Spurger

I went to work for T.T.A. fresh out of high school in 53,(Aero Sales Div)as a ground service helper. After 3 yrs. in Military service,(56 - 58) I returned as a mechanic until 1965. I have some group pictures of the mechanics if there is any interest.

December 01, 2009 - 06:42 AM
ron murdoch

i rode on a DC-3 in July of 1957 and have the "Junior Captain" cert to prove it !

just ran across the certificate the other day.

I've spent 35 years in corporate aviation. I guess that ride in 1957 had some effect on me

ron murdoch

November 18, 2009 - 09:55 AM
Ben Wheat

I worked for Trans Texas in 1952 in Uvalde, Texas as an Airline Agent. Think I made $180.00 a month and bought my own uniform.

October 21, 2009 - 10:06 AM
Pamela Montes Davidson (daughter of Claude J. Montes)

My dad flew for TTA, TI and eventually CO for 37 years until his retirement in 1994. Our family loved his job almost as much as he did. I remember flying in those DC-3's and sometimes the stewardesses (as they were known then) would let me help serve the passengers. That was really a thrill for me. Aviation is thick in the blood of the Montes family. My daughter flies for Express Jet, my son-in-law flies for Continental, one of my brothers flies for Conoco, and another brother's son flies for the Air Force. My remaining brother works in the aviation department of Southwest Energy. Dad is enjoying his retirement and all of his grandchildren (7) and great grandchildren (10). I'm going to tell him about this site so he can give his own thoughts. Enjoyed the trip! Thanks for this site!!

September 28, 2009 - 02:46 PM
Ken Early

Thanks for the website. I was working the gate in LBB on the day of the merger with CO. The flight attendant on the afternoon flight to AUS and IAH asked me for my TI tie. I thought "what the heck" and gave it to her. The captain couldn't believe I had given it to her.

September 13th 2009 - 04:39:21 PM
Roscoe C. Booker, Jr.

I am very thankful to Cheri for all of her hard work to put this site together. There was hardly anything on the net about TI until recently. I worked at DFW from 1974-1978 in Ground Ops as a Ramp Agent. I don't miss that job at all. I made some good friends a TI some whom I'm in touch with today. Thanks to TI for helping catapult my next career move to American Airlines. The Airlines world is very different today from the good ole days. I wish there was another TI DC9-30 to tour today. We all miss seeing the RED,WHITE AND BLUE TI planes with that huge star on the tail crossing the sky. Be Bless everyone.

September 6th 2009 - 02:30:11 PM
Barbara McCormack Nash

Living at Lake Conroe, and not swimming.

August 29th 2009 - 12:58:29 PM
Paul O. Romere

I am the oldest son of Delbert C. Romere, who instilled in me the love of airplanes. During WWII, while stationed around the States at various bases, he would carve airplanes from apple crates and put propellers my brother and I made from popsicle sticks on them before mailing them home to us. We lived right on the edge of Hobby airport (North end of the Nroth South runway) when we moved to Houston in 1948 and I got to the point I could tell an airplane just by its sound. Still can for many of the older airplanes still flying today. I went on to attend Texas A&M and graduate with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1962. Two weeks after graduation, I started work at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center, in Houston, TX and worked there for 35 years doing analytical and experimental aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing and data analysis on every manned spacecraft that has been flown to date. I retired in 1997 and moved to Bayfield, CO, from where I continue to remain active in the aerospace industry through consulting and am currently assisting Johnson Space Center on the Shuttle replacement, Orion. My Dad loved airplanes and throughly loved his job at TTA, TI, and eventually Continental. Considering how this became an important aspect of my own life, it was no surprise that my oldest son, David, also inherited this love of airplanes. We'll always miss my Dad and his joking around.

July 27th 2009 - 11:17:44 PM
John Blewster

My first airoplane ride was when Dad put me on a TTA DC3 from TYR to HOU in the 1950s. I retired from flying in December, 2002, making my last flight (after 36 years in the cockpit) from HOU to DFW.

July 10th 2009 - 08:52:46 PM
Shirley Allen Frank (Drummond)

Too young to retire!! LOL

July 8th 2009 - 02:18:41 PM
Roy "Melvin" Sartain

enjoyed all the jobs I did, during those years, Res, Tkt ctr, Operations, and air freight. I even was a flight Attendant on one flight from aus, sjt and maf, Ti flt 941. when the flt attendant sprained her ankle between iah and aus.rather than ti terminate flt in aus.served on ALEA, with Jim Keyes, Don Moore and several more during the late 1960's and early 1970's

July 5th 2009 - 05:15:05 PM
Bunny Barber Miles

Cheri, What a great job! Thanks so much. I only flew a few years but remember many of these names and was reminded of some truly great times. Again, Thanks

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