Braniff International Airways was an American airline that existed from 1928 until 1982. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Howard D Putnam (b August 21, 1937) is the former CEO of Southwest Airlines and Braniff International Airways and Group VP Marketing United The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) It operated in the central midwest, South America,Panama, Asia and Europe. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The airline ceased operations on May 12, 1982, a victim of escalating fuel prices, aggressive expansion, and fierce competition. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Founding and first decades

In 1928 an insurance salesman and financier named Thomas E. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Braniff financed an aviation company with his brother Paul Revere Braniff, named Paul R. Paul Revere Braniff ( August 30, 1897 -June 1954 was an Airline Entrepreneur. Braniff, Inc. The airline was named Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airways and offered passenger service between most of the major cities in Oklahoma. The original Braniff brothers would remain a part of the company, even as the ownership was transferred repeatedly. Eventually Braniff was purchased by what was to become today's American Airlines. However, after briefly operating the Braniff division, the holding company incorporated it into AVCO.

First Braniff Airlines logo, ca. 1928-30

The Braniff brothers started another airline in 1930 as Braniff Airways, Inc. During the 1930s, Braniff Airways expanded its service throughout the Midwest. Braniff’s long-term survival was assured when Paul Braniff, then General Manager, flew to Washington, D. C. , to petition for the Chicago-Dallas airmail route. The United States Post Office granted Braniff its first airmail route, in the wake of the 1934 Air Mail Scandal. The Air Mail Scandal, also known as the Air Mail Fiasco, is the name that the American press of the 1930s gave to the political scandal resulting from a congressional In 1935, Braniff became the first airline to fly from Chicago, Illinois, to the U.S.-Mexico border. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Paul Braniff left the airline in 1935 to pursue other interests but Tom Braniff retained control of the carrier and hired Charles "Chuck" Beard to run the airline's day-to-day operations. Beard became President and CEO of Braniff in 1954.

Over the years, Braniff acquired a number of other airlines, as well as new Douglas DC-2 and Douglas DC-3 aircraft to fuel its expansion. The Douglas DC-2 was a 14 seat twin-propeller Airliner produced by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation starting in 1934. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Most of its operational network remained focused on the midwestern north-south portion of the United States. During WWII, the airline leased a portion of its fleet to the United States military, and facilities at Dallas Love Field and throughout the country became training sites for pilots and mechanics. Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public-use Airport located five Nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the Central business district of During the 1940s, Braniff was allowed by the Civil Aeronautics Board to serve the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America. Governments have played an important part in shaping air transportation The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a These routes were served by the new and improved Douglas DC-6 aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

During the 1950s the airline expanded nationwide. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The acquisition of Mid-Continent Airlines in 1952 allowed Braniff to add several more domestic cities to its already established north-south route system. Mid-Continent Airlines operated in the central United States through the 1930s until merging with Braniff Airlines in 1952 On January 10, 1954, Thomas E. Braniff died in a United Gas plane, which, after icing up, crashed lakeside, on the shore of Wallace Lake, 15 miles outside of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

According to information from Captain George A. Stevens: Mr Braniff was on a hunting expedition with a group of important citizens of Louisiana, (including Milton Weiss - brother to Seymour Weiss, of Huey Long Fame). They were departing from a small duck hunting lake out of Shreveport in a Grumman-Mallard aircraft with no deicing system. The wings iced up and they attempted to land. One of the wings hit cypress stumps and the plane crashed against the shore. It caught fire and all 12 lives aboard were lost (including a number of Shreveport's most important civic leaders).

Paul R. Braniff died later that year of cancer. Charles "Chuck" Beard became the first non-Braniff President of the carrier after Tom's death. He would lead Braniff into the jet-age, and would be instrumental in turning Braniff into a 95% jet carrier by 1965.

In 1959, Braniff entered the jet age with the introduction of the Boeing 707-227. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The End of the Plain Plane

In 1965, Troy Post — then the chairman of Greatamerica Corporation, an insurance holding company based in Dallas, Texas — purchased Braniff as part of an expansion of holdings which also included National Car Rental. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. National Car Rental is a Rental car company based in Tulsa Oklahoma. Both Braniff and National were chosen after Greatamerica CFO C. Edward Acker identified them as particularly poorly managed companies. As part of the acquisition, Acker became Executive Vice President and CFO of Braniff as well.

In 1965, Post hired Harding L. Lawrence, the Executive Vice President of Continental Airlines, to become the new president of Braniff International. Harding believed Braniff to be a "backwater" airline — although the airline had routes from North Dakota to Argentina, and was already the 11th-largest airline in the world - and sought to give Braniff a new image. Over the next 15 years, Lawrence's aggressive expansion into new markets - combined with ideas unorthodox for the airline industry - led Braniff to record industry performance, expanding earnings tenfold despite load factors of about 50%. However, the same ideas which made Braniff very well-known in the US eventually doomed it to bankruptcy.

To overhaul the Braniff image, Lawrence hired Jack Tinker Associates, who assigned advertising executive Mary Wells as account leader. Mary Wells Lawrence (born Mary Georgene Berg 25 May, 1928, in Youngstown Ohio, United States) is a retired American advertising executive First on the agenda was to overhaul Braniff's public image — including the red, white, and blue livery which they perceived as "staid" (in reality, "The El Dorado Super Jet" Braniff livery from 1959 had won design awards). A livery is a Uniform or other sign worn in a non-military context on a person or object (such as an airplane or Vehicle) to denote a relationship New Mexico architect Alexander Girard and Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci, were called in, and with this new creative talent, Braniff began the "End of the Plain Plane" campaign. Alexander Girard (May 24 1907 – 1993 was born in New York City to an American mother form Boston and a French-Italian father The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento ( November 20 1914 &ndash 29 November 1992) was an Italian fashion designer and politician

At Girard's recommendation, the old livery was dropped in favor of planes painted in a single color, selected from a wide palette of bright colors. Girard wanted the planes painted from tail to nose in colors like "Chocolate Brown" and "Metallic Purple. " He also favored a small "BI" logo and small titles. Braniff engineering and Braniff's advertising department modified Girard's colors, enlarged the "BI" logo, and added white wings and tails. This, ironically, was based on the 1930s Braniff "Vega" Schemes, which also carried colorful aircraft paint with white wings and tails. The new "jelly bean" fleet consisted of such bold colors as beige, ochre, orange, turquoise, baby blue, medium blue, lemon yellow, and lavender (lavender was dropped after one month, as lavender and black were considered bad luck in Mexico). The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Girard also outfitted the interiors with 57 different variations of Herman Miller fabrics. Herman Miller Inc, based in Zeeland Michigan, is an American Manufacturer of office 15 colors were used by Braniff for plane exteriors during the 1960s (Harper & George modified Girard's original seven colors in 1968). The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Many of the color schemes were applied to aircraft interiors, gate lounges, ticket offices, and even the corporate headquarters. Art to complement the color schemes was flown in from Mexico, Latin America, and South America. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a

Pucci used a series of nautical themes in overhauling the crew's uniforms. For the stewardesses, Pucci used "space age" themes, including plastic bubbles (resembling Captain Video helmets) which the stewardesses could wear between the terminal and the plane to prevent hairstyles from being disturbed. However, the "space bubble" was dropped after about a month because the helmets cracked easily, there was no place to store them on the aircraft, and jetways at many airports made them unnecessary. The word “jetway” is sometimes used for a high-altitude airway. Stewardesses were called "hostesses" at Braniff & were attired with uniforms & accessories composed of interchangeable parts which could be removed and added as needed. In 1969 Pucci designed "Pucci IV", for the intro of "747 Braniff Place" (1971). The collection was debuted at the Dallas Hilton by Pucci himself, in 1970. Today all of the vintage Pucci attire designed for Braniff is valuable.

In 1968, Braniff expanded an advertising campaign that showed the likenesses of Andy Warhol, Sonny Liston, Salvador Dali, Whitey Ford, the Playboy Bunny, and other socialites of the time, all flying Braniff. For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol Charles L "Sonny" Liston (May 8 1932?–January 5 1971 was a professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (born October 21, 1926) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at the Playboy Club. The Playboy Clubs were originally open from 1960–1988 It became one of the most celebrated marketing efforts Madison Avenue had ever produced, blending style and arrogance; one advertising slogan was "if you've got it — flaunt it!" Though management considered the campaign a success, Braniff's core customers were outraged by the grandiose behavior and perceived "bragging", causing many corporate accounts to leave Braniff.

Operationally, Braniff entered the jet-age in 1959 with the 707-227. Braniff took delivery of four of these, & another crashed before delivery; in 1971 the -227s were sold to BWIA. Braniff was the only airline to order the -200 series from Boeing. Boeing 720s were added shortly after. In 1961, Braniff became the launch U. S. customer for the British-built BAC-111 twin jet. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout By 1965, Braniff had a 95% jet fleet. With Lawrence's arrival in late spring, 1965, the brash executive cancelled most of the remaining BAC-111 orders (placed under Charles Beard, Braniff President 1954-1965) in favor of the larger Boeing 727. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Braniff eventually ordered several variants of the new Boeing type including the new "quick change" cargo/passenger variant, the stretched -200, and later the -200 Advanced. By 1969, the turboprop planes were all retired, making Braniff an "all jet" airline. By the mid-1970s, Braniff operated the largest fleet of Boeing 727s in the world, and pioneered the concept of fleet standardization and the efficiencies that a single type of aircraft could produce. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Also during this period (1967), Braniff acquired Pan American-Grace Airways, which increased its already strong presence in South America. Pan American-Grace Airways, better known as Panagra, was an Airline formed as a Joint venture between Pan American World Airways and Grace

1970s redesigns

In 1973, Alexander Calder was commissioned by Braniff to paint an aircraft. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Alexander Calder (22 July 1898 – 11 November 1976 also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and Artist most famous for inventing His contribution was a Douglas DC-8 known simply as "Flying Colors. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout " In 1975, it was showcased at the Paris Air Show in Paris, France. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Paris Air Show ( Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Its designs reflected the bright colors and simple designs of South America and Latin America, and was used mainly on South American flights. Later in 1975, he debuted "Flying Colors of the United States" to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on Sunday July 4, 1976, the 200th Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence This time, the aircraft was a Boeing 727-200. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout First Lady Betty Ford dedicated "Flying Colors of the United States" in Washington, D.C.. Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Warren Ford (born April 8 1918 is the widow of former United States Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Calder died in 1976 as he was finalizing a third livery, termed "Flying Colors of Mexico"; this livery was not used on any plane.

In 1977, Braniff dropped Pucci as its designer of uniforms. Pucci may refer to Antonio Pucci (ca 1310-1388 Florentine author Cindy Pucci, American model Emilio Pucci (1914-1992 American fashion and couture designer Halston was then brought on to bring a more American look back to Braniff. Roy Halston Frowick, also known as Halston ( April 23, 1932 – March 26, 1990) was a Clothing Designer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His all-leather looks—dubbed the "Ultra" look—were applied to uniforms and the fleet, including Braniff's new Boeing 727-200s (and the "Flying Colors" planes as well). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout His uniforms and simplistic design were praised by critics and passengers.

In 1970, Braniff accepted delivery of the 100th Boeing 747 built—a 747-127 model, N601BN—and began "jumbo jet" service to Hawaii on January 15, 1971. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the This plane, dubbed "747 Braniff Place" and "The Most Exclusive Address In The Sky", became the flagship of the airline. In 1978, N601BN flew the inaugural flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Additional 747s, including the 747SP, were acquired for service to Asia and Europe. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Douglas DC-8s were aging toward the end of the 70s, and there was speculation whether new McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, Boeing 757s, or Boeing 767s would be purchased to replace the DC-8-62s (which flew the South American routes). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout However, financial problems at the airline soon made this question irrelevant.

Deregulation

Up to 1978, Braniff remained one of the fastest-growing and most-profitable airlines in the United States. But deregulation of the airline industry was to be introduced in 1978, and Braniff under Lawrence misjudged this change.

Lawrence believed that the answer to deregulation was to expand Braniff's route system dramatically; consequently, the domestic system became 50% larger, with flights to 16 new cities. International hubs were created in Boston and Los Angeles to handle expected increases in travel outside North America. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West This would have included flights to Tokyo, as well as an "oil run" between Dallas, Houston, and Dubai; these routes never entered service. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE

Unfortunately, little of the expected new business materialized; 747 service from the new Boston hub proceeded particularly poorly, with the huge planes flying nearly empty. The expense of the new equipment and the new hubs increased Braniff's debt tremendously; more debt was incurred in shifting Braniff's main base of flight operations from Love Field in Dallas to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, complete with a sprawling new headquarters just inside the new airport on the west side. Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public-use Airport located five Nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the Central business district of Braniff's sub-par load factors, which were especially intolerable on the expensive-to-run 747s, and the large debts combined to produce massive financial shortfalls. The rising debts in addition to allegations of accounting fraud led to the removal of Harding Lawrence in 1980. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

Concorde

Concorde, the world's second supersonic airliner (the first being the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144) was the culmination of an Anglo-French investment between Britain's BAC and France's Aerospatiale. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For other uses see Supersonic. The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the Speed of sound ( Mach 1 A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The term Anglo is used as a prefix to indicate a relation to the Angles, England or the English people, as in the phrases ' Anglo-Saxon ' ' The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC) was a British Aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Aérospatiale was a French Aerospace manufacturer that primarily built both civilian and military Aircraft and Rockets The company was created in 1970 The airline started service with Concorde in 1979 between Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, D.C., to Paris and London on interchange flights with Air France and British Airways. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Air France (formally Société Air France) is one of the world's largest Airlines Air France is based in Paris, France, and is a subsidiary of British Airways plc ( is the national Airline and Flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe Flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington Dulles airports were commanded by Braniff cockpit and cabin crews (including Braniff Captains: Manton Fain, Ken Larson, Glenn Shoop, and Dean Smith to name a few) while British or French crews would take over for the remaining segment to Europe. Washington Dulles International Airport is a public Airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the Central business district of Washington D The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Over U. S. soil, the Concorde was limited to Mach 0. Mach number (\mathrm{Ma} or M (generally ˈmɑːk sometimes /ˈmɑːx/ or /ˈmæk/ is the speed of an object moving through air or any Fluid 95, though crews often flew just above Mach 1; the planes flew at Mach 2 over open water.

The Concorde service proved a fiscal disaster for Braniff. Though Braniff charged only a 10% premium over standard first-class fare to fly Concorde - and later removed the surcharge altogether - the 100-seat plane often flew with no more than 15 passengers. Meanwhile, Boeing 727s flying the same route were filled routinely. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Consequently, Concorde service ended little more than a year after it began.

Although many postcards show a Braniff Concorde, the Braniff livery was never applied to both sides of a Concorde, and the aircraft remained in the ownership of British Airways throughout the operation. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Aircraft livery is a paint scheme applied to an Aircraft, generally to Fuselage, Wings Tailfin or Jet engines

Bankruptcy

On May 12, 1982, Braniff Airways ceased all operations, thus ending 54 years of service in the American airline industry. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license N601BN "747 Braniff Place" (also known as "The Great Pumpkin" because it was painted orange) made the very last Braniff flight from Hawaii to Dallas/Fort Worth on May 13.

The day before on May 11, 1982, the airline's CEO, Howard Putnam, who was President of Southwest Airlines from 1978-1981, left a courtroom at the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, after he failed to gain an extension from the airline's principal creditors because of the massive debt built up under the Harding Lawrence regime. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Howard D Putnam (b August 21, 1937) is the former CEO of Southwest Airlines and Braniff International Airways and Group VP Marketing United Southwest Airlines Co ( is an American low-cost Airline based in Dallas Texas, with its largest focus city at Las Vegas ' McCarran

Successor organizations

Three airlines were formed following the shutdown of Braniff. Former Braniff employees founded Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines in 1983. MN Airlines LLC, Operating as Sun Country Airlines, is an American Low-cost airline headquartered in the Minneapolis-St It flew a fleet of Boeing 727-200s and DC-10s until 2001. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It reorganized and currently flies a modern fleet of Boeing 737-800 series aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Two other airlines were formed from the assets of Braniff:

• Braniff, Inc, founded in 1983 by the Hyatt Corporation under the umbrella corporation "Dalfort. Braniff was an airline based in Dallas It was partially formed from the assets of Braniff International Airways. Hyatt is an international brand of hotels within the Global Hyatt Corporation that operates numerous properties "
• Braniff International Airlines, Inc., founded in 1991 by financier Jeffrey Chodorow. Braniff International Airlines Inc was an airline formed in 1991 by Jeffrey Chodorow and Scot Spencer with Boeing 727-200s and a lone Douglas DC-9 Jeffrey Chodorow (born 2 March 1950 in New York City, New York) is an American restaurateur and Financier.

The remains of the original Braniff (including Braniff Airways original Tax ID number) are retained by a company named "Asworth" in Dallas. Asworth was formed out of the old "Dalfort" corporation and is responsible for paying pilot pensions according to the Braniff Retired Pilots Group, B. I. S. E.

Incidents and accidents

• Braniff Flight 542 crashed in Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959. NOTE This article is about the city in Leon County Texas A similarly named place exists in Henderson County Texas, the settlement of John H Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was en route to Dallas, Texas, from Houston, Texas and the crash resulted in the deaths of twenty-nine passengers and five crew members. The plane, registration number N9705C, was an 11-day old Lockheed L-188 Electra. The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American Turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the crash on the "whirl-mode" prop theory.

• Braniff Flight 250 crashed in Falls City, Nebraska, on August 6, 1966. Braniff Airways Flight 250 crashed near Falls City Nebraska, on August 6, 1966. Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. It was en route to Omaha, Nebraska, from Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Thirty-eight passengers and four crew members were killed in the crash. The plane was a BAC One-Eleven 203, registration number N1553. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

• Braniff Flight 352 crashed in Dawson, Texas, on May 3, 1968. Braniff International Airways Flight 352 was a scheduled domestic flight from William P Dawson is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 852 at the 2000 census Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Like Flight 542 nine years earlier, It was en route to Dallas, Texas, from Houston, Texas. Seventy-nine passengers and five crew members were killed in the crash. The plane was a Lockheed Electra II, registration number N9707C. The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American Turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. Two other Braniff employees, a Cargo secretary, and a Braniff Construction Engineer were among the dead.

Trivia

• In 1981, Braniff dedicated a Boeing 727-227 with the colors of the Dallas Cowboys, an American football team that chartered the aircraft for road games. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with The aircraft featured a Cowboys helmet on its tail section. The Cowboys had been a customer of Braniff throughout the 1970s.

• Many Braniff groups are active today, including:
  • The Retired Pilots, "The Braniff International Silver Eagles"
  • The Retired Hostess Organization, "The Clipped-B's"
  • The Braniff Retirement Club (Based in Dallas)
  • The Braniff Family Annual North Texas Reunion Organization
  • Braniff/Mid-Continent Reunion Club (who have met every year in Minnesota since 1978)

• A portion of an old Braniff advertisement with a Boeing 727 appears after the end credits (where production company logos normally go) of every episode of South Park. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central However, in 2001, the New York Trust that still owns the Braniff Trademarks required South Park Studios not to use Braniff in any other formats. The 12-note riff played on top of this ad during earlier South Park episodes is from a song, "Shpadoinkle Day" from Trey Parker's collegiate film project, "Alferd Packer: The Musical" (later filmed as Cannibal! The Musical). Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Cannibal! The Musical is a Student film directed by future creator of South Park, Trey Parker, while studying at the University Cannibal! The Musical is a Student film directed by future creator of South Park, Trey Parker, while studying at the University The lyrics associated with those notes are "The sky is blue/and all the leaves are green. "

• Braniff International items with the now-famous "BI" logo on them such as playing cards, posters, air schedules, aircraft models, pins and serving ware have become collectibles.

External links

• BraniffPages.com History and Current Reunion Info
• BraniffInternational.com General
• BraniffList.com For former Pilots
• thebranifffamily.org For ex-employees
• BraniffMemories.com Braniff Memorabilia
• Airtimes.com Extensive Braniff Timetable Archive