That can't be an accurate restoration of an Eastern DC-7; both sides of the airplane are freshly painted and clean!
(Rickenbacker was alleged to only keep the boarding door side of their aircraft this being in the days prior to jetways where airplanes parked "abeam" of the terminal.)
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It should be mentioned that that military version of the DC-3 was referred to as the C-47, with a "code name" of Dakota.
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Some (all?) of the Lufthansa 737-100s migrated over to PeoplExpress, so many more passengers in the USA got to ride in these first 737s than you posted. I'm not sure if they stayed in service after the PE merger with CO.
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@Allyn Cutts: Boohoo and watch your mouth! Issuing credits is a standard industry practice. @Brian: The blog's comments section needs a "Flag this Post" button.
Actually, 707's were regularly in use for long/thin international service until the early 1980's when they were replaced by 767's. See some old TWA and PanAm schedules from that time.
@Gerard: Southwest flew into Ben Stapleton's aerodrome in the mid-1980's to/from Albequerque. I had the pleasure of flying the route once.
It is amazing to think how many airlines were HQ'd in Texas at that time:
Southwest
American
Continental
Texas International
Continental
Braniff
Any others?
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My first ever flight on WN was from ABQ to Stapleton in 1986 with a ticket purchased from the cash register.
You did leave Denver once!
P.S. Could you do a post about the Cash Register era? Also you had an electronic ticketing machine (with a lot of rectangular buttons, IIRC) a long time before the check-in kiosks of today. Southwest's past ticketing and check-in, once again being way ahead of the curve, would be a fun subject.
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11-13-2008
02:14 PM
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Regarding the livery on the above Electra...
I smell a good idea for a special livery on one of LUV's 737's!
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