American Airlines - Last one standing

AA last one standing? There are many others that qualify for major status but AA isn't the only legacy that hasn't filed. What about Continental?

Originally Posted by George Patterson

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?

I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s. Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta (there were
a few cargo carriers using them).

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3 operator you remember:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/DouglasDC-3.htm

SF3aviatrix wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:-
He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest
qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?-

I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s.
Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta
(there were
a few cargo carriers using them).

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest
Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3
operator you remember:

The DC3 thing sound strange to me too. I remember mixing with SW's
737s operating out of Dallas Love. At that time, I thought they flew an
extremely limited set of routes that did not reach the SE US or anywhere
else outside of the SW.

SF3aviatrix wrote:

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest
Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3
operator you remember:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/DouglasDC-3.htm

Yep, that's it.

George Patterson
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use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

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Yep, that's it.


I don't think so. I think it's this one:

http://www.southernairways.org/image...%20DC-3atl.jpg

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Yep, that's it.

I don't think so. I think it's this one:

Nope. I distinctly remember the circular sort of Aztec symbol. And it was
definitely Southwestern.

George Patterson
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Nope. I distinctly remember the circular sort of Aztec symbol. And it was
definitely Southwestern.


Southwest Airways routes definitely did not extend to Atlanta. Southwest
ceased using DC-3s around 1955 and in 1958 changed it's name to Pacific Air
Lines, so I don't see how you could have seen Southwest Airways DC-3s
serving Hartsfield in the late 70s.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Southwest Airways routes definitely did not extend to Atlanta. Southwest
ceased using DC-3s around 1955 and in 1958 changed it's name to Pacific Air
Lines, so I don't see how you could have seen Southwest Airways DC-3s
serving Hartsfield in the late 70s.

Perhaps a privately owned restoration? I definitely saw a pristine DC-3 in that
livery taxi by at Hartsfield in '78 or '79.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

May be possible,
There was a place in Athens, GA that restored several DC-3's, but I am not
sure of the earliest project. Used most for frieght haulers, but it is
possible they restored one to look like it?

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

Southwest Airways routes definitely did not extend to Atlanta. Southwest
ceased using DC-3s around 1955 and in 1958 changed it's name to Pacific
Air Lines, so I don't see how you could have seen Southwest Airways DC-3s
serving Hartsfield in the late 70s.

Perhaps a privately owned restoration? I definitely saw a pristine DC-3 in
that livery taxi by at Hartsfield in '78 or '79.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

("George Patterson" wrote)
Perhaps a privately owned restoration? I definitely saw a pristine DC-3 in
that livery taxi by at Hartsfield in '78 or '79.


George, I can't remember what I had for breakfast yeasterday. :-)


Montblack

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Perhaps a privately owned restoration? I definitely saw a pristine DC-3 in
that livery taxi by at Hartsfield in '78 or '79.


I don't recall any fitting that description. Was it at an airline terminal?