Nuts About Southwest

The battle rages on in our efforts to Free Hobby.  We have made huge strides in our quest for international service from Houston’s Hobby.  Understand that the battle is not over and the time to take action is NOW.  Join the over 33,000 supporters who have voiced their support at www.freehobbyairport.com.   20 ... read more

As I have mentioned in other Flashback Fridays, photos from our early days in Houston are kind of rare, although I have been fortunate enough to uncover more material as I dig deeper through our archives.  This week we don’t have any creepy characters in fur costumes, but we 153 ... read more

One of the things I enjoy best about creating Flashback Fridays is bringing photos to you that may have never seen the light of day.  Today’s batch comes from a big box of black and white negatives that were at our original advertising agency, the Bloom Agency.  Even more cool is that these are photos of our operation at Houston Hobby (HOU).  Previously, I have brought 460 ... read more

This week, we flashback to Hobby Airport in Houston before it was Hobby Airport and before Southwest was a twinkle in Herb’s and Rollin’s eyes.  I confess that I owe the inspiration for this post to Michael Bludworth who is a volunteer with the 1940 Air Museum at Hobby.  (I’m saving that building for a future Flashback beca 122 ... read more