Airlines and destination from 2005 are below – every Florida city listed had scheduled commercial flights in 2005. Part I is here. Daytona Beach Continental Express Cleveland, Newark Delta Atlanta Delta Connection Cincinnati Fort Lauderdale AeroMexico Mexico City Air Canada Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto Air Jamaica Kingston, Montego Bay AirTran Atlanta, Baltimore, Gulfport/Biloxi, Dallas/Fort Worth, […]
I recently engaged in a labor intensive analysis of multiple Official Airline Guides (OAG) copies from 2005 of routes to/from Florida. This was the era between several major airline failures and the most recent consolidation of the industry which also has spawned a new era of low cost carriers. Below is an analysis of the […]
Our latest Florida Squeeze Documentary looks back at Governor Dan McCarty. A few weeks ago we released a Florida History Podcast on Dan McCarty’s political career- a transformational figure in Florida Politics, McCarty was the first resident of South Florida ever elected Governor. He was also what we would consider the first “National Democrat” post-FDR […]
Our latest documentaries about the state’s history are now available for quick viewing on our new YouTube channel. In the future we plan to add audio from select Florida History Podcasts to the channel.
Few were caught by surprise when former Tea Party Congressman Justin Amash (I-Michigan) who is one of the few remaining consistently admirable officeholders in Washington, announced he was running as a Libertarian for President earlier this week. Let me preface this article by saying, I oppose Amash’s positions on a large number of issues including […]
After several false starts, it appears that Tara Reade’s allegations of sexual violence against Joe Biden are finally being prosecuted. Reade is a former Senate staffer of Biden’s and the alleged incident took place in 1993, when Biden was Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Conspiracy theories are abound as to why Reade’s allegations weren’t […]
The late Christopher Hitchens was one of the most original thinkers and writers in Anglo-American political discourse. Hitchens unique ideological combination of social liberalism, borderline socialism economically and neoconservatism on foreign affairs was tied together neatly by his disdain for religion – he is what we would call an anti-theist. Hitchens passed in 2011 of […]
While most modern historians and political activists would point to November 7, 2000 as the most significant election in Florida’s history as far as national implications, it can be strongly argued the most important election in the state’s history as far as impacting national politics was on May 5, 1950. The 1950 US Senate Democratic Primary […]
Eastern Airlines was from the 1920’s until the 1980’s the primary airline transporting people to/from Florida In the days of airline regulation, Eastern was awarded the bulk of lucrative north/south routes from Florida. Eastern served 15 Florida destinations in 1970. Below is a list of where Eastern flew from Florida, in a timetable dated 50 […]
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