CAT 2.0 T-shirt
Red / S
$26.50
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Some airlines offered complimentary cocktails, comfortable seats, and friendly service. Others offered all of that, plus a suspiciously close relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Founded by General Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946, Civil Air Transport was an airline with a rather unconventional business model. By the 1950s, it was operating as a CIA proprietary, flying commercial passengers when it wasn't busy supporting covert operations, supplying friendly forces, and making deliveries that didn't always appear on the manifest.
This vintage-inspired design celebrates CAT's gloriously improbable aviation history, featuring a 1950s advertisement for the Convair 880 Mandarin Jet—a reminder of an era when the line between commercial aviation and clandestine logistics was occasionally just a matter of paperwork.
DISCLAIMER: American Spy Corps cannot guarantee that your flight crew is read into your mission. Your luggage, however, may already be at the drop zone.
CAT 2.0 T-shirt
$26.50
Founded by General Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946, Civil Air Transport was an airline with a rather unconventional business model. By the 1950s, it was operating as a CIA proprietary, flying commercial passengers when it wasn't busy supporting covert operations, supplying friendly forces, and making deliveries that didn't always appear on the manifest.
This vintage-inspired design celebrates CAT's gloriously improbable aviation history, featuring a 1950s advertisement for the Convair 880 Mandarin Jet—a reminder of an era when the line between commercial aviation and clandestine logistics was occasionally just a matter of paperwork.
DISCLAIMER: American Spy Corps cannot guarantee that your flight crew is read into your mission. Your luggage, however, may already be at the drop zone.