Texas-based Braniff International Airways, which operated from 1930 to 1982, has the distinction of being one the very few airlines named eponymously for its owner. #DefunctThursday#Braniff#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
The Boeing 727 is a medium range, intermediate-capacity jetliner that features a clean swept wing, a high horizontal stabilizer, and a unique tri-jet configuration.
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The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s last design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner layout that began with the DC-4.
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The Lockheed Electra 10, built and designed to compete with the Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-2, made its first flight #onthisday in 1934.
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The inaugural flight of the #Concorde for the #Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint #SST service to London from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, D.C. was inaugurated #onthisday in 1979. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2020.
The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, DC, to London departed #onthisday in 1979. #Braniff#Concorde#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2023.
The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, DC, to London departed #onthisday in 1979.
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The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service to London from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, D.C. was inaugurated #onthisday in 1979.
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#avgeek#aviationhistory#ba#braniff#concorde
This Douglas DC-8-62, named Flying Colors of South America, entered service in 1973, on routes between the U.S. and premier South American destinations. Do you have a favorite airline livery? #avgeek#braniff#AlexanderCalderThis tweet was posted on July 22, 2021.
This is your last week to see "When You Got It- Flaunt It: #AdvertisingBraniff International," which highlights two decades of #Braniff International Airways' marketing history. https://t.co/8sbBw9rlm5 This tweet was posted on June 12, 2018.
Western Airlines, Continental Airlines, TWA, Braniff, SFO Helicopter, and Golden West Airlines were all located in the old Pier F in San Francisco International Airport in 1974.
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What's going on in the design lab? We're currently designing our newest exhibition on #Braniff Adverts. Do you recognize any of these ads? This tweet was posted on October 13, 2017.
When Lois, Holland, Callaway took on #Braniff International's advertising account in 1968, they introduced "When you got it- flaunt it." #AdvertisingBraniffThis tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.
While the Concordes were flown at Mach 2 (over 1,300 mph) out over the Atlantic, Braniff could not exceed Mach 0.95 on the overland DFW–IAD leg. Service only lasted a year and a half and was canceled in June 1980. #Braniff#Concorde#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 14, 2023.
While the Concordes were flown at Mach 2 (over 1,300 mph) out over the Atlantic, Braniff could not exceed Mach 0.95 on the overland DFW–IAD leg. Service only lasted a year and a half and was canceled in June 1980. #Braniff#Concorde#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2023.
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1. photograph: Braniff International, Concorde; 1979
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2. photograph: Braniff International, Concorde; 1979
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3. model airplane: Braniff International, Concorde; 1970s
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flight attendant smock: Braniff International; 1968
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https://t.co/LAit576DRyThis tweet was posted on July 18, 2022.