Braniff - 1950

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

A lovely DC-6 of a proud airline long gone.

Comments

[mary-shelley77.livejournal.com]

And all I can think is South Park.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

In the 70s, we had a neighbor who was a pilot for Braniff.

[six-dollar-baby.livejournal.com]

my FIL flew for Braniff for 20 years. Still has his uniform.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

"El Conquistador" service.... -_-

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

I can't think of Braniff without thinking of the first couple of seasons of "South Park" ending each episode.

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

Berths? Sleepers???

Holy crap, how the airline industry has fallen. :(

Now you're lucky to get a seat you can fit in and not be crippled from pain when you arrive at your destination. (I'm 6'5" so airline seats suck for me)

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it costs less to fly than it does to take the bus when you travel more than 1000 miles. I save my luxury money for dinner when I arrive.

I flew from San Francisco to Sydney. Fourteen hours. After that, everything is a short flight.

To be fair, I'm 5'7" and skinnier than I used to be. I'm not hitting the bulkhead with my skull.

[13oct.livejournal.com]

:) Try flying from NYC to India via Europe. 25 hours with lay overs. You pretty much qualify for zombie status when you land.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

I fly LA to Sydney and back twice a month and oddly you get quite used to it.

[bradygirl_12]

Yeah, I think they went belly-up in the '80s.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Yes. There were actually three Braniffs, all failed.
1930-1982
1983-1990
1991-1992

[bradygirl_12]

I remember a reference to the failed airline in a Simon & Simon episode so it must have been the '82 failure.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

The 82 failure was the real one. The other two incarnations were other entities trying to capitalise on the unprotected brand.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That sounds right. I knew some girls in high school whose father was a pilot for Braniff and I remember when that happened. After that, I also remember the girls complaining about how their family never had any money anymore. Their family still was doing a lot better than mine was so I didn't feel too sympathetic.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't it be CHIB*A*LBLIMBUE? And is that anything like Xibalba, the Mayan Underworld? :D

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Yes, with music by Chumbawamba.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Great artwork.