About Us

Airborn Flightware was first established in 1991, as a result, believe it or not, of Desert Storm. The magnitude of watching our country at war on television, had a tremendous impact on us. The pride we felt for the brave men and women of our military was overwhelming—and so, Airborn was born!

We started selling our merchandise by mail-order in our basement. To further our marketing, we began participating in air shows. Not an easy chore, since I was a New York City English Teacher at Aviation High School, raising two wonderful children, and had not had the time nor the ability to be bi-locational. Nonetheless, we persevered. All too often, Warren was on his own, traipsing across the country, following the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds at all the shows we were able to gain entry to.

Our hard work paid off! The success of our tee shirt sales, led to Airborn’s purchase of Blackbird International, a premier tee shirt company in the aviation industry. This opened many new opportunities to us, including an increased wholesale presence.

Airborn subsequently relocated the Blackbird operation to New York from Arizona, moving, not back to the basement at home, but to a 9,500 square foot, state-of-the-art facility on Long Island. This move allowed us to add embroidery to our existing line of screen printed merchandise, graphic art designs, and custom work.

Now that I have retired from teaching, and the children have grown and left us empty-nesters, we have dedicated ourselves to expanding our line, our air show schedule, and, of course, maintaining the highest degree of workmanship our customers have become accustomed to.

Though I do not do as many air shows as Warren, I do look forward to the shows I can attend, and I especially enjoy meeting some of the many thousands of customers we have been lucky enough to have.

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