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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 #AvGeek This 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 #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
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 #Piedmont This 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. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
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 #Piedmont This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
📸 1/3: luggage label: Piedmont Airlines; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges in memory of Robert May 2001.109.094 timetable: Piedmont Airlines; 1949 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.167.617 This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
📸 2/2 All: Martin 4-0-4 TWA; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.885 Southern Airways over Atlanta; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1350 Piedmont Airlines, Atlanta Airport; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1790 This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
📸 2/3: photograph: Piedmont Airlines, Boeing 727; c. 1970 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0273 photograph: Piedmont Airlines, Boeing 737; c. 1970 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0272 This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
📸 3/3: annual report: Piedmont Airlines (Piedmont Aviation, Inc.); 1985 Gift of William Rys, Jr. 2019.085.213 This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.