Hold on folks! Weβve lost the story hereβ¦ All these posts about Pan Amβs old IGS service, the A300Bs,727s flying in Japan, etcβ¦.That all ignores THE MOST COOL thing Borfitz said in his original post.
HE SAW JETHRO TULL LIVE!!!!!... β¦ apparently in/near Toulouse back in the day when Ian Anderson and his merry wierdoes were about the coolest, most interesting, most excellent and most entertaining musicians on the planet. WOW! THATβs amazing! In those days I was just becoming a Tull fan and would have given almost anything to have seen them live. Alas, Jethro Tull played very few dates outside Europe β and certainly not within the 70-mile radius in Arkansas that my parents said was the limit to which I could wander in my beat up old car back in high school. Cheers π Dan Reed From: Tom Ronell via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 1:10 PM To: Robert S. Distler via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Cc: Tom Ronell <tron...@verizon.net> Subject: [Mifnet π° 73748] Re: Fun Fact of the Day Northwest also had a B727-251 operating out of Osaka. One time we sent a replacement out of check from Minneapolis with a large temporary INS box taped to the cockpit floor. Some hours later, I received a call from a very irate and profane captain yelling at me that we installed it backwards. I asked if he was calling from Gander, which didn't help. Apparently, he had found his way as far as Seattle. TR _____ From: Robert S. Distler via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> > To: mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> CC: Robert S. Distler <r...@rsd.aero <mailto:r...@rsd.aero> > Date: 2025-08-21T17:41:54Z Subject: [Mifnet π° 73746] Re: Fun Fact of the Day The IGS (Internal German Service) Berlin operation also served DUS, STR and NUE. The LHR narrow-bodies operated cross-channel routes at various times to AMS and BRU as well as a single FRA flight, but never nonstop to TXL (it was served via HAM). And a single 727-235 operated a daily NRT-OSA extension, with four per week continuing to SEL (now GMP). Bob Distler From: Carl Stork via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 20 August, 2025 18:18 To: mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Cc: Mike Borfitz <borf...@gmail.com <mailto:borf...@gmail.com> >; Carl Stork <cst...@live.com <mailto:cst...@live.com> > Subject: [Mifnet π° 73720] Re: Fun Fact of the Day On the one hand, Pan Am operated a European connecting operation as well as being the primary Berlin shuttle operator. LH wasnβt permitted to overfly the DDR. PA offered hourly FRA-TXL flights, 2-hourly MUC-TXL, and I think they had some HAM-TXL and LHR-TXL. I donβt remember if they had any CGN or DUS flights. They also had an LHR-FRA narrowbody service, and over the years offered various narrowbody tags to places like ATH, CAI maybe TLV. And of course had U.S. domestic narrowbody service mainly to feed JFK. They may have had some narrowbody tags in Asia, too. All were fifth freedom flights. PA once had quite the operation at LHR including flights to SEA, SFO and LAX βthe only West Coast-Europe flights by a U.S. operator. From: Mike Borfitz via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 5:11 PM To: mifnet@lists.mifnet.com <mailto:mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Cc: Mike Borfitz <borf...@gmail.com <mailto:borf...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Mifnet π° 73718] Re: Fun Fact of the Day What struck me as odd was the A320 part. I saw Pan Am as a long haul outfit. Good time for me to add why I appreciate MifNet. Nobody is afraid to challenge statements, which means watch your a%$. Secondly is the fact that I'm so outnumbered in areas where I've had very little exposure. Not really a steep learning curve but more like interesting bits & peeks into the airline business world. Mike Borfitz, DER
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