Missed part one? Catch up here. In the DFW control center, their main function is to orchestrate the aircraft traffic coming in and out of the airport to ensure a safe, orderly operation. Like maestros conducting a symphony, the Envoy ground traffic controllers and coordinators carefully arrange the DFW ramp into a beautiful song composed… Read more »
Last December, Envoy and American Airlines partnered with the Armed Forces YMCA (ASYMCA) to charter two flights sending soldiers and wounded warriors plus their families to the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas. Envoy provided Embraer 175 and 145 jets to charter passengers from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; El Paso, Texas (Fort… Read more »
The sun was barely peeking over the horizon, beginning to shed light across the ramps and runways at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Inside the airport, shuffling through the crew lounge doors were two wide-eyed pilots reporting for duty. Only, on this morning, they were not preparing for flights but instead preparing for their moment… Read more »
Fifty-four years ago, Zane Lemon watched movies like John Wayne’s Flying Tigers, a World War II-era film about daring fighter pilots, and dreamed about a life of aviation. Sure enough, Zane joined the U.S. Air Force in 1970 as a fighter pilot on the F-4 Phantom and, after his retirement from the military in 1978,… Read more »