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Tim Haskin has hung around airlines and airports since he was a little kid, and that led to a career with airlines, then in travel technology, time as a private pilot and aircraft owner, an obsession with collecting airline memorabilia, and a deep knowledge of the airline industry and its history.
Those many experiences filled his head with a lot of airline stories, but the people around him are tired of hearing about it. The result was Airline Time Machine and a website, social media presence, and now podcast to provide an outlet for the stories of the airlines, the people, the aircraft, and the airports that contributed to our air travel experience today, with new episodes across a wide range of topics each week!
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LUX & Bucks - How An Icelandic Airline Made Luxembourg Famous!
The story of the scrappy Icelandic airline Loftleiðir, how it became a significant player in budget travel transatlantic tourism in the Jet Age, and the role it had in promoting tiny Luxembourg as a…
S3E2 Captain Emily: The First Female U.S. Airline Captain
United Airlines recently announced that a woman is now the airline's most senior captain, a first for a major airline.But women piloting U.S. jetliners is something that only began to occur in the…
S3E1 A Stewardess' Story
After keeping a secret for seventy years, a former stewardess shares her story of a rainy day, a DC-3, a famous journalist, and a crash landing at Yakima, Washington!Send us Fan Mail
S2E8 The Airline Name Code Episode!
Every airline in the world has a two-character designator code that represents the airline’s name identity across reservation systems, flight information displays, ticketing details, luggage tags,…
S2E7 Let’s Have a Look! - An Airliner Window History
Have you ever found yourself looking out of a cabin window on an airliner, and wondered what was keeping you in - and the outside out - during your flight?If you ask an aerospace engineer what their…
S2E6 Delta, Detroit, and a Little Bit of Hub History!
Delta Air Lines has a rich history in the air travel business, and this year is celebrating its one hundredth year of operations.And while a lot of Delta’s story is focused on the southern United…
S2E5 Warren Wheeler and The First Black-owned U.S. Airline
During the first fifty years of air travel in the United States, the airline industry - as a service provider, and as an employer - is largely focused on White people.Black Americans are usually…
S2E4 Whatever Happened To: AirTran Airways?
One of the most successful U.S. start-up airlines of the 1990s had six airline brands, and several legal names, involved in just its first four years.Then it settled down to become a nimble…
S2E3 Tickets, Please! - How Airline Tickets Have Evolved
Airline tickets have changed dramatically over the roughly hundred years of passenger air travel, transforming from a simple paper “proof of purchase” modeled on railroad passenger tickets, to…
S2E2 Food Fight! The Great Transatlantic Sandwich Scuffle
Before large jet airliners accelerate air travel growth in the late 1950s, flying between continents is an exhausting experience, requiring fifteen hours or more for the flight to New York from…
S2E1 The U.S. Local Service Airlines - Air Service Everywhere!
The growth of the oldest U.S. Trunk or Mainline air carriers after 1945 drives demand for air travel, and new, larger airliners to meet that need. But as the airlines and their aircraft grow, many…
S1E17 Above It All - America’s Helicopter Airlines
In some of the largest U.S. urban areas, road traffic congestion can be one of the biggest challenges to moving between the downtown area and the airport.Imagine, though, being able to get from…
S1E16 America's First Black Flight Attendant
During some of the most exciting developments and innovation in a young and emerging U.S. airline industry - from the 1930s through the late 1950s - two of the most sought-after airline career paths…
S1E15 Boeing 367-80: The Aerobatic Maneuver That Launches a Titan
The early 1950s is an exciting time in the airline business, and - more specifically - the airliner business.Airliner manufacturers are developing new planes that fly faster, farther, and with more…
S1E14 Let's go to the CTO - Airlines And Their City Ticket Offices
Beginning in the 1930s, many airlines maintain large networks of City Ticket Offices to conduct business with their customers in high-traffic shopping, office and hotel neighborhoods, far removed…
S1E13 Concorde, Collins & Live Aid 1985
Tens of thousands of airline flights operate daily around the world, but every now and then one stands out because it helps make history, even though it was just another flight, on just another…
S1E12 Slippers, Stogies & Scotch - A Look at Men-Only Flights
The idea that some things are segregated by gender is not uncommon for many of us as we encounter washrooms, gym locker rooms, private schools and clubs, or religious facilities with restricted…
S1E11 The Flying Mouse - When Walt Disney World Had an Airport
If you’ve visited central Florida for a Disney vacation, you may have wished there was an easier, faster, way to get from the Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World.Before that resort…
S1E10 The VERY VIPs - Head of State Air Travel
Some air travelers are more than VIPs - they’re the VERY VIPs, the heads of state or monarchs whose travel comes with unusual requirements for privacy, secrecy, and security that just can’t typically…
S1E9 When You've Gotta' Go... The Lavatory Episode
Lavatory. Water closet. Washroom. Toilet. WC. Commode... or there's many more!Whatever name you choose, an airliner’s onboard personal comfort facilities are seen by a lot of travelers as an…
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The Airline Time Machine Podcast has published 28 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Aviation, History.
The Airline Time Machine Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 21m.
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