Flying Tigers Line
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Flying Tigers Line was a pioneering American cargo airline, originally founded by World War II Flying Tigers veterans, that became a major international air freight carrier in the postwar era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flying Tigers Line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355827 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flying Tigers Line Context triple: [Curtiss C-46 Commando, usedBy, Flying Tigers Line]
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A.
Civil Air Transport
Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
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B.
Pan American–Grace Airways
Pan American–Grace Airways, commonly known as Panagra, was a major mid-20th-century airline that operated routes along the west coast of South America as a joint venture between Pan American World Airways and W. R. Grace & Co.
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C.
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Maddux Air Lines
Maddux Air Lines was an early American airline of the late 1920s that operated scheduled passenger services, notably in California, and later merged into Transcontinental Air Transport.
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E.
Union Airways
Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flying Tigers Line Target entity description: Flying Tigers Line was a pioneering American cargo airline, originally founded by World War II Flying Tigers veterans, that became a major international air freight carrier in the postwar era.
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A.
Civil Air Transport
Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
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B.
Pan American–Grace Airways
Pan American–Grace Airways, commonly known as Panagra, was a major mid-20th-century airline that operated routes along the west coast of South America as a joint venture between Pan American World Airways and W. R. Grace & Co.
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C.
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Maddux Air Lines
Maddux Air Lines was an early American airline of the late 1920s that operated scheduled passenger services, notably in California, and later merged into Transcontinental Air Transport.
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E.
Union Airways
Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airline
ⓘ
cargo airline ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
FedEx Express
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| callsign | TIGER ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| fate | acquired by Federal Express ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Robert W. Prescott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II Flying Tigers veterans ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| IATAcode | FT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | FTE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1945 ⓘ |
| industry |
air freight
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ |
| mainHub |
LAX
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Flying Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a pioneering American all-cargo airline
ⓘ
developing international air freight services ⓘ |
| operatedAircraftType |
Boeing 707
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boeing 727 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 747 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 747-100F NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 747-200F NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadair CL-44 NERFINISHED ⓘ Curtiss C-46 Commando NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas DC-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas DC-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
Flying Tiger Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flying Tiger Line Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| secondaryHub |
JFK
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John F. Kennedy International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ NRT NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Narita International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific region ⓘ |
| serviceType |
air cargo
ⓘ
air freight ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Flying Tigers Line Description of subject: Flying Tigers Line was a pioneering American cargo airline, originally founded by World War II Flying Tigers veterans, that became a major international air freight carrier in the postwar era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.