While renting a Harley Davidson in Saint Helena, CA - I was sitting at Mike, the shop owner's old wooden desk in his open area office, when I glanced down and saw this picture under his glass. This su

Depicted below is the painting by Kenneth W. Thompson. It appeared in the company brochures to market Pan Am’s routes. The painting was displayed in Juan Trippe’s office in New York. Came across thi

In Carlsbad Jet Center ( CRQ ) , and with a quick glance I see on the wall see some welcomed history on a poster that reminded me of the Flying Boats, Hawaii and all the work you do for this site Tom

Following some very unfortunate accidents involving two separate Grumman Goose G21A aircraft in 2008, and the growth of the Regional Airline "land aircraft" flight schedule, a new airline division,

I worked for Air Boats from April 1968 to November 1968 in ticketing, maintenance, and as STT station manager before going to over to Pan Am as an operations representative at the airport. I really en

Tom, Thought you would appreciate this piece of art work hanging in my room at the VNY airport, California. The history of Air Boats never seem to leave us. Always appreciate your fine work on this s

Gooses & Mallard at the Christiansted, St. Croix Seaplane Ramp

For many years in British Columbia, Canada, the Grumman Goose was the workhorse on the coastline. This fellow ”Air Boat” did everything from RCMP police work, commercial passenger travel, forest work,

Thanks for making this site, I flew on a few AAB flights Fajardo-St.croix, around 1974, I was just a kid, my father worked at the refinery in st.croix. I remember riding in the co-pilots seat and the

A good friend of mine called me the other day just to make sure all was well during this COVID-19 pandemic. That reminded me of his adventurous new job, and the aircraft he was flying. Rob, was a Chi

I was told that sometime around the late 1960s Charles and Maureen purchased an 18-foot cabin cruiser, that my father had built a few years earlier from plans sold by the "Glen L" company. I vaguely

I worked for AAB from 1973 to about 1980. 4 years in STT and the remainder in STX. one morning, coming in to work at the STT ramp, I spotted something in the water at the bottom of the ramp close to t

Looking to increase our contact of past employees and friends of AAB. We know that many have passed and we will still try to tell each story the best we can. It is never to late to tell a story.

As I continue to work on this website, I thought a forum rather than Blog would work much better. I hope that you will join the conversation, add photos or stories here. Ask questions.