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Braniff
We have not had a chance to write the fascinating Braniff
story yet. If you know the history, why not share it with us? Use the
"Share Your Memories" link below.
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N602BN - a beautiful
two year old Braniff 747 is seen in Flying Colors
in Honolulu, July 1981.
Image courtesy of AirNikon.
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References:
Allen, Oliver E. The Airline Builders. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books,
1981.
Allen, Roy. The
Pan Am Clipper: The History of Pan American's Flying Boats 1931 to 1946.
New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000.
Davies, R.E.G. Airlines
of the United States Since 1914. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1982
Davies, R.E.G. Pan
Am: An Airline and Its Aircraft. New York: Orion Books, 1987.
Bilstein, Roger. Flight
in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, Rev. ed. Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Heppenheimer, T.A. Turbulent
Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation. New York: John Wiley &
Sons, 1995. |
Share Your Memories!What do you remember about Braniff? Were you an employee? Have you any interesting stories to share? Share your stories with the world! (We print the best stories right here!)
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"I remember seeing Braniff's planes at our local airport--they were the ones which were painted in different colors, and their slogans such as "The End of the Plain Plane" and "Braniff Gets You There With Flying Colors" emphasized them. But my memories of Braniff are bitter: by the time my family made plans to fly to New Orleans on Braniff, my mother was ill with leukemia. Shortly, thereafter, Braniff would find itself in financial trouble from which it would not recover. I took a flight from my hometown (Des Moines) to Kansas City International in March of 1982, shortly after my mother had passed away. Braniff ceased operations just two months later. Even on my trip to Kansas City, I could see that the aircraft were shoddy, but it never occured to me that the great airline was going to fold. (The later reincarnations of Braniff never served the Des Moines area.)
By the way, there is a book about the demise of Braniff written by John Nance." --Anonymous |
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