Tiger Tales

We love a challenge. We’ve moved everything from aircraft engines to ostriches to ancient ice core for scientific research. Here are just a few of the challenges we have helped our customers solve through our charter management expertise:

Challenge:  Move a 1965 Shelby Cobra replica from Houston, Texas to Europe to be part of a car show.

Solution:  Our new operations agent, Jose Cedillo, arranged for the Shelby Cobra replica  to go onto a 747 freighter that had enough space to house a 16 foot airline pallet. Tailwind was able to utilize a co-load and thereby save the customer a significant  amount of money.

   

 

Challenge: Return of the Navy Surveillance EP-3 aircraft from China.

Solution:  Michele Wilkinson set up a hub operation in Okinawa. A Gulfstream IV took the Lockheed technicians to Lingshui to dismantle the EP-3.  After many AN 124 flights with dismantled pieces, the final flight brought the fuselage home to the USA.

  

 

Challenge: Move rock-band equipment for three back-to back concerts in different states.

Solution: Flew the equipment from Chicago to Phoenix to New York City in a Convair
turboprop over a two-day period – 3,700 miles!

  

 

Challenge: Fly critical natural gas equipment from Dallas, TX to get to Miami, FL in time to reach a scheduled flight to Aruba.

Solution: The eleven foot long crate will just fit into a Learjet. The flight time was only one hour and fifty-five minutes!

  

 

Challenge: Move high value communications equipment from Plano, TX to Port au Prince, Haiti right away.

Solution: We flew a 727 into the Addison, Texas Airport, just minutes away from Plano, to avoid the congestion of DFW airport.

  

 

Challenge: Deliver critical tradeshow graphics delayed in Dallas, TX to Las Vegas, NV that afternoon in time for a convention.

Solution: A Falcon in the Dallas area was available and the graphics were flown in with time to spare!

  

 

Challenge: Move a 44-foot racing boat to Italy for a race.

Solution: A co-load opportunity became available and a 747 freighter; flew from New York and moved it for a fraction of the cost of a charter.