A new container for shipping perishables was introduced on March 24th 1959. Strawberries were the freight aboard this Los Angeles to Boston Flight.

Al Comier who became a legend as the company's "Ambassador of Goodwill" was already busy with the donation of toys to the needy am underprivileged.

 Bob Prescott Greg "Pappy" Boyington,and Dick Rossi. Boyington  worked for a short time for Tigers as a pilot on the company's Cessna 310.