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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA)
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) began providing service within
California on May 6, 1949 with a DC-3 flight from San Diego to Los
Angeles. As California grew, so grew PSA led by its low fares and
innovative marketing.
Shortly after an unfortunate
accident, PSA offered its first service outside of California with
flights to Reno. Deregulation allowed both
PSA and arch-rival Air California to
expand service. Both airlines would be gobbled up by bigger airlines
before the Awesome80s were over: PSA was acquired by USAir
in 1988. Although all the aircraft were soon painted in USAir colors, a
few smiles (see picture below) mischievously remained or were reapplied.
We know that a number of you know the PSA story really well. We've
created over 10,000 pages on our two sites and simply haven't had the time
to write a story worthy of PSA. If you know the history, why not share it
with us? Use the "Share Your Memories" link below.
Slogans:
Known Fleet: BAe 146s, Douglas
DC-3s, DC-4s, DC-6s, DC-9s, MD-80s,
Lockheed L-188 Electras, L-1011
TriStars, Boeing 727s,
737s.
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A PSA Boeing 727 - with the
distinctive smile - seen on landing at LAX in June
1974.
Image courtesy of AirNikon.
Find more of his photos at Airliners.net |
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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 PSA? 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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