World’s First Shuttle VARIG Celebrates 30 Years of the Ponte Aerea Story and photos by Henry Tenby Airliners Magazine, Spring 1989 In the summer of 1987, I was attending UC-Irvice earning my MBA and just completed my first year in the programme. As a 23 year old enthusiast aviation fan with a solid interest in […]
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Ponte Aerea: The Brazilian Air Bridge by Henry Tenby
Ponte Aerea: The Brazilian Air Bridge by Henry Tenby Airline Executive, April, 1989 In the summer of 1988, I had the life-influencing opportunity to make a series of visits to VARIG Airlines in Rio to document their amazing Lockheed Electra Ponte Aerea (Air Bridge) operation which then connected Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport with Sao Paulo’s […]