What might be surprising about this cover is not that these two petrocapitals were connected, but that it began way back in 1957. One might have guessed that European airlines did not arrive in Texas until the 1970s oil boom at the earliest. Undoubtedly, this routing was via Newfoundland and the east coast.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
KLM: Amsterdam-Houston
What might be surprising about this cover is not that these two petrocapitals were connected, but that it began way back in 1957. One might have guessed that European airlines did not arrive in Texas until the 1970s oil boom at the earliest. Undoubtedly, this routing was via Newfoundland and the east coast.
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