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Introduction
One of the famous stories in the airline industry, is that the idea for Southwest Airlines (WN) was conceived on a napkin. Well, cruisinaltitude.com was conceived at 37,000′ over southern Paris at 10:20 a.m. on May 29, 1997 on the back of a piece of paper with the map of France on it. I was going to see a friend from college. Here is the Mission as I saw it then:
Mission
To promote commercial aviation and the airline industry to the average person.
As I launched the site on April 24, 1998 at 2:19 a.m. the mission remains the same. This site have been (and continues to be) primarily created while flying around the world, thus the name cruisinaltitude.com.
At cruisinaltitude.com, I share my journey with you. You also have the abilitiy to see the world through my eyes in pictures and videos. The site also allows you to view airline schedules, airplane and airport photos as well as see pictures from special aviation events.
Vision
To build the premier place on the Internet for commercial aviation enthusiasts and travelers to learn about the rest of the world.
About the founder
Kerwin is a commercial aviation enthusiast living in the United States. He has worked in the airline industry for more than 14 years. He holds a Masters degree in Aeronautical Sciences from “Harvard of the Skies,” Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
He still remembers his first airplane flight in the summer of 1974 as if it were yesterday. His flight was on a Cessna SkyMaster from the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica, to Boscobel, Jamaica, lasting a little under two hours. He was elated as his dream to fly on an airplane had finally come true!
His first commercial airplane flight was during the summer of 1980 on BWIA (now Caribbean Airlines), from Kingston, Jamaica, to Fort-de-France, Martinique. He spent 17 days there as a French Exchange student. On his way back, he stopped in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, for two days.
Today, he flies as often as he can, sometimes just for the sake of being in the air and around an airport or an airplane. His itinerary may take him to Nagasaki, Japan, or as close to home as Corpus Christi, Texas.
In 2008, Kerwin flew approximately 450,000 miles to places such as Kiev, Ukraine and Bucharest, Romania. He is looking forward to visiting more exciting destinations this year and the years ahead as he strives to break the 500,000 mile mark yet again.
