By 1962, Piedmont's service extended to Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Their entry into the jet age was powered by a Boeing 727 in 1967. Piedmont started to operate Boeing 737s the next year. #DefunctThursday#Piedmont#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday#USAirwaysThis tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
The Piedmont Airlines is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Piedmont Aviation was incorporated in North Carolina on July 2, 1940, by Thomas Davis. Initially, Piedmont Aviation began as an airplane repair service and a training school for pilots and did not operate its first passenger service in February 1948. #DefunctThursday#PiedmontThis tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
TWA (Trans World Airlines) was the only other major carrier to order the Martin 4-0-4, and operated a fleet of forty. Other airlines operating the 4-0-4 included Southern Airways and Piedmont Airlines. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
This month, Virgin America will start daily flights from SFO to Denver, Colorado.
This image was posted on March 15, 2016.
Today’s #DefunctThursday episode has a plot twist: USAir changed the name of an affiliated subsidiary, Henson Airlines, to #Piedmont Airlines in 1993. This new iteration uses the same logo as the earlier company and is a subsidiary of American Airlines. #DefunctThursday#PiedmontThis tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
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luggage label: Piedmont Airlines; 1950s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges in memory of Robert May
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timetable: Piedmont Airlines; 1949
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.167.617This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
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All: Martin 4-0-4
TWA; c. 1950
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
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Southern Airways over Atlanta; 1960s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
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Piedmont Airlines, Atlanta Airport; 1960s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1790This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
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photograph: Piedmont Airlines, Boeing 727; c. 1970
Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection
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photograph: Piedmont Airlines, Boeing 737; c. 1970
Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection
2011.061.0272This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
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annual report: Piedmont Airlines (Piedmont Aviation, Inc.); 1985
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.213This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.