Simmons Airlines in my youth. Oh the memories...

Northwest Airlink used to fly these. Yeah, you really had to get to the destination to fly in one of these. Yikes...

I flew in one, once. Wow... But even a Beech 1900 is transportation. You get to know who you are flying with. I remember a flight out of MIA to NAS. The Beech 19 had a glitter ball like on the Millennium Falcon. Seriously. I laughed so hard... It was a young crew, and they were having fun that day. It was cloudless, and toasty warm. A beautiful day to fly.

But the Short I flew in? It was raining, and in the 40's. A 'FUGLY' day, made all the more FUGLY by the flight, the noise, the crowding, the primitive services, the turbulence. *sigh* I survived. I missed the return flight as we drove back. YIPPEE!!!

Wow, beautiful. I flew an Allegheny Commuter 360 from PHL to JFK on a rainy October day in 1986. Widebody comfort in an unpressurized box. It was fun to watch the vortices created by the spinning props from the puddles on the tarmac. In-flight, the flight attendant had to knock on the cockpit door to ask to turn down the thermostat. I stepped off the 360 at JFK to board a Pan Am A300 to Miami. Wow.

Thanks for posting.