Paul SopranoJul 16 min read95+ Years of Historic Firsts at CLEOn July 1, 2024, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport celebrated 99 years of service to Northeast Ohio and the world. It may be hard...
Paul SopranoJun 811 min readTAG Airlines: “The World’s Busiest” AirlineHistory of TAG Airlines that operated frequent air taxi service between Downtown Cleveland and Detroit. A tragic plane crash ended TAG.
Paul SopranoApr 30, 20236 min readCLE: "An Exceptionally Well Managed Municipal Undertaking" (It really was in 1937!)A look at CLE's new Airport Director, Bryant L. Francis, and the nearly century-old airport's first leader, Major John "Jack" Berry.
Paul SopranoNov 24, 202224 min readContinental Airlines' CLE Hub: Part 3In Part 1 of this series of three articles on its hub at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), we saw the initial investment by...
Paul SopranoJul 29, 202216 min readContinental Airlines' CLE Hub: Part 1The history of the various air carriers that would eventually become Continental, the start of the CLE hub, and the hub's first decade.
Paul SopranoAug 8, 20216 min readThe Early Days of Commercial Aviation in Cleveland II: Thompson Aeronautical CorporationAnother early pioneer in Cleveland’s aviation history was the Thompson Aeronautical Corporation (TAC), later to become part of American Air.