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Hey bucking bar you sure put some great info on this site, thanks and I sure hope you keep bring it here.

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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking (Post 1417746)

The Tracy Aces.

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Originally Posted by syd111 (Post 1417752)

Thought the tracey aces were 1942 -1945 from tracey field.

Tracy Press - Flashbacks reveal airport?s rich heritage

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Finally in 1940, the airport took on a new life. The Boeing School of Aeronautics, which trained pilots for United Air Lines, realized that its original location at Oakland Airport was too congested and opted to come to Tracy at the urging of the Tracy Chamber of Commerce.

From October 1940 through December 1941, the school trained some 120 young pilots. All were college students who had already learned to fly. In Tracy, they lived at the Tracy Inn, took ground-school classes next door at the old Central School and practiced visual and instrument flying at the airport

Read more: Tracy Press - Flashbacks reveal airport’s rich heritage

Thx usmc I knew it was a ways back.

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1417690)

Two years ago a very close friend who had flown P-47's over Europe passed away. When cleaning out his things we ran across his early photos albums which were the coolest I've ever seen. One one page were the P-40's, P-51's, P-47's, P-38's and P-80's he flew ... on the opposite pages were hot chicks, some clad in the outfits you'd commonly see in Nose Art of the period.

This one stunningly beautiful woman stood out from the rest. She kept showing up and in one picture she was in a TWA Uniform. We had a party at our house after the funeral and I finally asked his 88 year old sister "who is this beautiful woman" ? She beamed and said "it's me, silly."

TWA selected some of their prettiest FA's to work the "Hughes flights" and she was proud that she had been selected. She was very junior and these flights were a much better schedule than she could hold. Hughes would sometimes fly, sometimes sit in back. In her opinion he was a smooth pilot. She does not describe any of the odd behavior that we read about today. Basically VIP ops were not a whole lot different than the way major airlines treat VIP charters today. Find employees that smile nice and who are flexible with the changing schedules and requests that big spenders (or owners) desire.

Thats a pretty cool story, wish I could experience aviation in those days

1965-66 reserve: DC-6,7, CV-880 F/E, CV-440,C-46 F/O. You never knew which books to bring. Now that was DAL utilization.........

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1417690)

TWA selected some of their prettiest FA's to work the "Hughes flights" and she was proud that she had been selected. She was very junior and these flights were a much better schedule than she could hold. Hughes would sometimes fly, sometimes sit in back. In her opinion he was a smooth pilot. She does not describe any of the odd behavior that we read about today. Basically VIP ops were not a whole lot different than the way major airlines treat VIP charters today. Find employees that smile nice and who are flexible with the changing schedules and requests that big spenders (or owners) desire.

Is this the way Delta finds its FAs for charters? Doesn't this subvert the seniority bidding system?

At Alaska, we pay our FAs double time for charters. The trips usually have serious dead head or empty legs on them too. This only ensures that we have the most senior crotchety FAs. I'm sure that's just what these VIPs want on their flights.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking (Post 1417746)

The Tracy Aces.

The Tracey Aces were not the UAL pilots hired in the 1960s, but were hired in the 1940s as best I recall.

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Originally Posted by cesnacaptn (Post 1417805)

The individual teams that exclusively contract with us get FAs that interview for that position and are selected by the team.

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1417922)

The individual teams that exclusively contract with us get FAs that interview for that position and are selected by the team.

They like the fact that F/As are fans of the team and know the players' names. There may be special rules to follow, for example when one player asked for a Tylenol, the F/A knew that the team doctor had to approve it.

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