In December of 1992, JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby was visiting Miami International Airport on one of his many slide photography visits to famous airport during the pre internet era. Back then, the airline hobby largely involved taking colour 35mm slides of airliners and exchanging slides with other airline fans around the world. Thus, airline fans were connected through their collection of airline slides and photography, instead of being connected via the internet today.

Miami airport had a global reputation as being one of the best airports in the world to see and photography classic jetliners and classic propliners. Airlines from Latin and South America were not as wealthy as North American and European airlines, so the hand-me-down tired airliners from the front line airliners migrated down to South America so serve out their final years. And many of the aircraft brokers and overhaul shops that facilitated the transfer of the clapped out airliners to Latin America were based at Miami airport. Hence it’s reputation in the 70s, 80 and early 90s as being mecca for old airliners.