tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52413905486981469272024-03-05T10:52:54.853-08:00Sunshine Skies Blog: news, updates, and extrasNews, updates, photos, and ruminations about historic regional and commuter airlines of Georgia and Florida.Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-46150949986267182592013-02-25T12:26:00.000-08:002013-02-25T12:29:03.571-08:00Movie Work For Former PBA DC-3<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ron Alexander's DC-3 N28AA was seen at Fulton County airport on February 20th during filming for <span class="userContent">the movie The Last Of Robin Hood, currently in production in Atlanta. The movie is the true
story of Errol Flynn's last (and under age) girlfriend Beverly Aadland
and stars Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, and Dakota Fanning. Photo
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">The detailed <b><a href="http://www.sunshineskies.com/n28aa.html" target="_blank">seven decade history</a></b> of this great aircraft can be found at the main Sunshine Skies website. It was previously registered as N139PB and flew for Provincetown-Boston Airline in south Florida and Cape Cod. </span></span></div>
Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-32688374682870425532013-02-15T07:50:00.004-08:002013-02-15T07:53:39.351-08:00Airline Consolidation Chart<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With the announcement of the American/ US Airways merger, The New York Times published a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/14/business/Airline-Consolidation-Continues.html?ref=business" target="_blank">fascinating chart</a> that follows the family trees of the surviving major U.S. air carriers. The chart begins in 1975, three years before deregulation, and the changes are (of course) dramatic. Hi-res version <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep20b-JUFhhHQTGV_LGR81KVJ0FVIcWU58wWOLRMJzATGTDlRmJnM1iw2Eq2dMu9w7WQI7-Wj327kLXplRFITBsE42bsJrEmE4bucF4ZwR6BFZrmsAXSGTCgwaEyEn6jgY3qh0TrCVIM/s1600/airline_consol_nyt_2_15_2013.bmp" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Enjoy (or weep)...</span><br />
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<br />Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-27054113961370559092012-11-11T10:48:00.003-08:002012-11-11T10:58:04.400-08:00Sunshine Skies website has moved<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A
long comedy of errors involving my domain registrar, hosting company,
bank mergers, ISP mergers, and my inabilty to keep up with all of their
shenanigans has forced a shut down of <span style="font-weight: bold;">sunshineskies.net</span>
and a move to <a href="http://sunshineskies.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">sunshineskies.com</span></a>.
Please update your bookmarks! All of the content is back online but I
lost hundreds of emails sent to the website. If you sent photos or
information in the last year and don't see it on the site, please <a href="mailto:david@sunshineskies.com">CONTACT ME</a> !
We also have a new <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunshineskiesdc3">FACEBOOK PAGE</a>! Please check it out. <span style="font-size: small;">- David Henderson</span></span></span></span></div>
Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-31288182577129415832012-03-14T10:43:00.000-07:002012-03-14T10:43:13.542-07:00Cruising over Columbia in a DC-3Check out this great video and <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/03/13/148520410/cruising-over-colombia-in-a-plane-from-another-era" target="_blank">article about a DC-3 still in service in the jungles of Columbia</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Propeller Investments, an equity firm from New York, has approached Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta with the idea of privatizing Briscoe airport (LZU). The firm proposes buying the airport and building a 10-gate airline terminal that would handle aircraft up to the size of a 737-900. Their website, </span><a href="http://www.whyprivatizebriscoe.com/" style="font-family: verdana;">whyprivatizebriscoe.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, includes bold renderings that show aircraft of Delta, Continental, Jet Blue, and</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Southwest on the runway and around the terminal. While it is unlikely Delta would ever use the airport, this could be the perfect opportunity for Southwest to enter the Atlanta market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">15 years ago, the DOT proposed turning Briscoe into a </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">reliever airport for Hartsfield-Jackson but public opposition quickly derailed the plan. Today, the area is now dominated by commercial and industrial development and residential opposition might be less of an issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">While is the idea of jet airliners at Briscoe is a bit difficult for some to imagine, the airport received scheduled airline service as recently as Spring 2009 when </span><a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/wings.html" style="font-family: verdana;">Wings Air</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> operated commuter flights between Lawrenceville and Hartsfield-Jackson.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-9412827956836415312009-12-17T07:32:00.000-08:002012-03-05T10:09:03.833-08:00AirTran and Delta begin 737 flights to Key West<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photos courtesy of flickr photographer </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n701dn/sets/72157623021706174/" style="font-style: italic;">Chris W</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">For the first time in 20 years, large jet airliners return to Key West as AirTran and Delta begin 737-700 service today to the Conch Republic. AirTran will operate 4 weekly round-trips from Orlando and Delta will fly a daily round-trip from Atlanta. While <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/asa.html">ASA</a> has been flying smaller regional jets into Key West, the city has been primarily served by small pr</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">opeller aircraft during the last 2 decades. One of the </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">main reasons airlines have been hestitant to fly full-size jets into Key West is because the airport's sin</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">gle runway is only 4801 feet long, an uncomfortably short distance that leaves little room for error.</span> In fact, Key West has the shortest runway of any airport in North Amercica that handles aircraft as large as a 737.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2n1pglwYRcAdEfZa-QHagt3fTtESiTak4hOPU83917Y-q4rAhMr2PGeDk_ttfo0cLZdenMmx7ENJ0QV-uIfECWkH3bNFmL2tkIEdiG0UtwnSzmbxVeG-pUinHKu-nF9NTcemeseKTR3E/s1600-h/N303DQ_EYW_5.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417047235240951938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2n1pglwYRcAdEfZa-QHagt3fTtESiTak4hOPU83917Y-q4rAhMr2PGeDk_ttfo0cLZdenMmx7ENJ0QV-uIfECWkH3bNFmL2tkIEdiG0UtwnSzmbxVeG-pUinHKu-nF9NTcemeseKTR3E/s640/N303DQ_EYW_5.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" width="630" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%;">Eastern Airlines was the last airline to fly large jets into Key West when they operated a single daily 727 flight between Miami and Key West for a few years during the late 1980s. Prior to that, Piedmont and its successor US Air flew Fokker F-28s during the mid to late 80s, Air Florida flew 737s to Key West from 1979 into the early 80s, and National Airlines operated 727s in the late 60s and early 70s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Some other historic airlines that once flew to Key West include: <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/pba.html">PBA</a> , <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/airsunshine.html">Air Sunshine</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/aat.html">American Air Taxi</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/dolphin.html">Dolphin Airways</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/chalks.html">Chalk's</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/aerosun.html">Aerosun</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/airwaysint.html">Airways International</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/northamerican.html">North American</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/redcarpet.html">Red Carpet</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/vintage.html">Vintage Airways</a>, <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/keywest.html">Key West Airlines</a> and <a href="http://www.sunshineskies.net/afc.html">Air Florida Commuter</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Orlando to Key West</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;">Flight 868 Departs 11:30a Arrives 12:40p</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Flight 833 Departs 1:30p Arrives 2:40p</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Atlanta to Key West</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;">Flight 1113 Departs 10:00am Arrives 12:00pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Flight 1122 Departs 12:40pm Arrives 2:45pm</span></div>Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241390548698146927.post-34532501759835762392009-02-06T15:13:00.000-08:002013-10-28T15:15:00.839-07:00Wings Air Ends Flights to Athens, GA<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Article from online Athens:</span><br />
<a href="http://onlineathens.com/stories/020609/bre_385370645.shtml"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://onlineathens.com/stories/020609/bre_385370645.shtml</span></a>Zeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489006515461647354noreply@blogger.com0