In today’s aviation careers most aspiring pilots look to flying the airlines as their ultimate goal. There is still the perception that being a commercial airline pilot is really the top of the pack. Taking away the glamour of the position you might peel back some interesting facts about the freight hauling industry. What most [...]
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Ameriflight
January 24th, 2012 
junkie Ameriflight is a specialist in cargo flying under Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. Its headquarters is in Burbank, California. The carrier employs about 600 people and provides services in 30 US states as well as limited international coverage. Ameriflight operates short-range feeder routes to smaller communities to provide them with connections to centralized [...]
UPS, History In The Making
January 14th, 2012 junkie Although their chocolate brown box trucks are now a common site in cities and towns all over the globe, the United Parcel Service has grown up from humble beginnings. The company was founded as the American Messenger Company in 1907, though it didn’t get it’s first vehicle, a model T Ford, until 1913. Over the [...]
Freight Dogs
February 17th, 2011 junkie This is a great video I found about flying freight. So many people have no idea what really goes on at night nor how their packages get moved around the country. I really liked how the video showed the guy getting dressed, still figuring out how he did that. This video goes perfectly with this [...]
What is a Freight Dog?
December 3rd, 2010 junkie A freight dog is a pilot that flies strictly freight and usually for one of the major freight haulers like Federal Express or UPS. Hauling freight can be a tough living since you work during the later hours of the night. Freight (or packages) are processed through a central network at night. They are sorted [...]
Freight Dogs
November 1st, 2010 junkie If you have ever been a freight dog you really understand how the package industry works. But we really do not give a lot of credit where it is due for the guys that fly the backside of the clock. I spent more than a few years freight doggin for the big three carriers. I [...]
