===========TEXAS INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT PLANS ver 1.0==========

HISTORY:

Houston, Texas based Texas International Airlines, Inc. was formed in the early 1940's as Aviation Enterprises and later changed their name to Trans-Texas Airlines or TTa. In 1968 the corporate name was again changed to Texas International to reflect growth into international markets. By the early 1980's, the carrier had major hubs at Houston Intercontinental and Dallas/Ft Worth Regional airports, a system which served cities from coast to coast, from the northeast to the southwest and more markets in Mexico than any other US airline! Expansion in the late 70's saw the formation of New York Air which served the northeast shuttle markets of Boston-New York/Newark-Washington D.C. That carrier later expanded itself to serve cities up and down the atlantic coast as far south as Florida. A failed attempt in the early 80's to aquire National Airlines yielded a cash windfall enough to give it the buying power it needed to purchase Continental Airlines. All three carriers were later merged, and because it was decided that the Continental name had a broader market appeal, the Texas International brand faded into history.

INCLUDED:

These flight plans were compiled from a TI timetable dated April 1, 1981. This is the closest I could come to the actual schedule and because of a limitation in FS2002, flights
do not overnight at their intended destinations but rather at the original upline station from which they departed on that day. To assist you in identifying these "return to origin" flight segments, I have them listed under a 600 series flight number. TI used only flight numbers in the 400, 700, 800 and 900 series.

INSTALLATION:

These flight plans are intended for installation using Traffic Tools by Lee Swordly. It is assumed that you are familiar with TTools and know how to install flight plans. I will not offer any support for the installation of these flight plans.

COPYRIGHT:

These flight plans may not be altered, uploaded to any site which requires payment, nor added to any pay/share-ware software without the authors permission.

Contact:

Comments or questons? contact Sheppard Avery at: BraniffPlace@aol.com (note: type "FLTSIM" in subject field to avoid being filtered out with junk mail!)

ADDITIONAL:

To complete your Texas International experience, I have uploaded TI DC-9-10 texures for The Vans Aircraft Company's DC-9 package and will be uploading TI repaints for the DC-9-30, -40 and -50 shortly. A repaint of the Flight1 DC-9-30 is forthcoming as are repaints for PAI, FFX and Aardvark DC-9's. You may also wish to install Chris Grall's excellant KIAH scenery. Texas International's hubs occupied the south concourse of Terminal C at Houston Intercontinental (KIAH) and Terminal 2E (current day, Terminal A) at Dallas/Ft. Worth (KDFW) and using AFCAD you can bring TI back to life at these major airports and others coast to coast for less than the cost of peanuts:).