I grew up in the caribbean and remember fondly the Pan Am flights we took every summer from Antigua to New York to visit my Grandmother.

The best however were from the Turks & Caicos Islands to the States - some of the carriers that I remember - Mackey Airlines, Red Carpet, Southeast.DC-3's and Convairs.

It was fantastic. It would take 8 hours to get from our Islands to Miami, stopping at every Island up through the Turks & Caicos & Bahamas. At each stop someone would come on with a bottle of rum, lobster sandwiches, conch fritters, or whatever the catch of the day, and share with everyone on board. By the time we reached Nassau all the adults were dancing in the aisles to a boombox that someone had brought onboard.