Another vintage advertisement photo

[Mcstealth]

I think this was an advertisement photo. Which airport do you think this is? San Antonio? Austin?

[LANCECASPER]

11 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

I think this was an advertisement photo. Which airport do you think this is? San Antonio? Austin?

Kinda looks like the old terminal in San Antonio

 

CORRECTION: As pointed out below, it's an early picture of Houston Intercontinental.

 

[Shadrach]

N9223V has a current registration but no recent flight history. 

[N201MKTurbo]

Who gets to park their Mooney sideways in the middle of a taxiway at a major air carrier airport and have a business meeting on that taxiway? And how did that guy get out on the taxiway to meet him?

[LANCECASPER]

Looks like a late 1960's drug deal going down . . lol

[Mcstealth]

What is the prop plane in the background?

Edited August 24, 2023 by Mcstealth

[Mcstealth]

And look at the prop. Perfectly vertical. 

[1980Mooney]

4 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

I think this was an advertisement photo. Which airport do you think this is? San Antonio? Austin?

That is Houston Intercontinental new terminals which just had opened June 1969.  That is the old control tower that was decommissioned in 2019.  

First official flight at IAH took place 50 years ago this weekend | Houston Airport System (fly2houston.com)

1969 Photo

Edited August 24, 2023 by 1980Mooney

[The Other Red Baron]

1 hour ago, Mcstealth said:

What is the prop plane in the background?

Some kind of Convair?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family

Edited August 24, 2023 by The Other Red Baron

[1980Mooney]

4 minutes ago, The Other Red Baron said:

Some kind of Convair?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family

Convair 600 conversion with Dart turboprop engines

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by 1980Mooney

[1980Mooney]

1 hour ago, Mcstealth said:

What is the prop plane in the background?

That is a Convair 240 converted to a "600" with Dart turboprop engines.

Texas International Airways was called Trans -Texas Airlines prior to changing their name in 1969.  The advertisement shows the Convair in "TTa" colors.

 

In Texas International colors...

Houston Intercontinental Airport (departedwings.com)

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by 1980Mooney

[Ragsf15e]

2 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Who gets to park their Mooney sideways in the middle of a taxiway at a major air carrier airport and have a business meeting on that taxiway? And how did that guy get out on the taxiway to meet him?

And who can climb into their Mooney wearing a stiff wool suit and tie?!  In Texas heat no less?!

[1980Mooney]

4 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

I think this was an advertisement photo. Which airport do you think this is? San Antonio? Austin?

Can you imagine wearing a suit getting into an un-airconditioned plane in hot, humid Houston?  What a marketing imagination.

This one is even better.  An M20B Mark 21 - It looks like a clown car....how many more will be getting out?  With plenty of briefcases and audit bags....

 

[1980Mooney]

2 minutes ago, 1980Mooney said:

Can you imagine wearing a suit getting into an un-airconditioned plane in hot, humid Houston?  What a marketing imagination.

This one is even better.  An M20B Mark 21 - It looks like a clown car....how many more will be getting out?  With plenty of briefcases and audit bags....

 

And if the first guy is carrying a big leather traditional pilot's bag, I wonder who's lap it sat on during the supposed flight....

[Planejim]

Definitely IAH.   I used to work for Texas International and their DC9 is in the background.

[LANCECASPER]

8 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

What is the prop plane in the background?

It's a Convair CV-600 also with the Texas International Airlines paint scheme. (Texas International who merged with Continental who merged with United)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_International_Airlines

[FlyingDude]

Do we have a folder by any chance where old advertisement pictures can be stored?  They are really cool!!!

[hammdo]

lot in here, I added the first post image from here…

-Don

[Fly Boomer]

1 hour ago, FlyingDude said:

Do we have a folder by any chance where old advertisement pictures can be stored?  They are really cool!!!

As far as I know, all files (including images) are "owned" by the poster -- there are no files "owned" by the forum.  BeechTalk has a huge archive of documents that are apparently curated by the admin, and not subject to the whim of the original poster.

[1980Mooney]

1 hour ago, Fly Boomer said:

As far as I know, all files (including images) are "owned" by the poster -- there are no files "owned" by the forum.  BeechTalk has a huge archive of documents that are apparently curated by the admin, and not subject to the whim of the original poster.

It's not just the "whim" of the original poster.  Somethings were lost when Mooneyspace changed web hosting platforms a while back.  Also the new platform is much more limited in total file size so you have to dump some of your old attachments from time to time if you post much.  

[Mooney in Oz]

On 8/24/2023 at 9:07 AM, Mcstealth said:

I think this was an advertisement photo. Which airport do you think this is? San Antonio? Austin?

Those Rolls Royce Dart engines (also on the Fokker F27 and HS748) are real screamers. Those two men would’ve needed hearing protection.