From: SMS on
Ron Hamilton wrote:
> Reagan wrote:
>> Any idea what happened to Bill Mattocks? His posts and trip reports
>> were so humorous.
>>
>> What about Helen Rose? Her trip reports were so very informative.
>>
>> I know neither person personally. I never wrote them or met them in
>> person, but I was simply nostalgic, and curious.
>>
>> reagan
>
> How about these names from the past?
>
> Western Airlines
> Trans-World Airlines
> Pan American World Airways
> Pacific Southwest Airlines
> Air Cal
> Piedmont Airlines
> Braniff
> Eastern Airlines
> National Airlines ("I'm Brenda...fly me!" oooooweeeeee!)
> Texas Air

Don't forget Mackey. "http://www.mackeyairlines.com/".
From: When Dogs Run Free on
In article <6dcf5iF1u7v5U1(a)mid.individual.net>, JohnT at
john31SPAMNOT(a)fastmail.fm says...
> "Ron Hamilton" <banmilk(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:vIWdneQnHPApZe3VnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
> > Reagan wrote:
> >> Any idea what happened to Bill Mattocks? His posts and trip reports
> >> were so humorous.
> >>
> >> What about Helen Rose? Her trip reports were so very informative.
> >>
> >> I know neither person personally. I never wrote them or met them in
> >> person, but I was simply nostalgic, and curious.
> >>
> >> reagan
> >
> > How about these names from the past?
> >
> > Western Airlines
> > Trans-World Airlines
> > Pan American World Airways
> > Pacific Southwest Airlines
> > Air Cal
> > Piedmont Airlines
> > Braniff
> > Eastern Airlines
> > National Airlines ("I'm Brenda...fly me!" oooooweeeeee!)
> > Texas Air
>
>
> And:
> Air 2000
> Caledonian
> Airtours
> Air UK
> BEA
> BKS
> BOAC
> Brymon
> Channel
> Court Line
> DanAir (irreverently known as Dan Dare)
> GB Airways
> Gill Airways
> Laker
> Northeast Airlines
> Silver City
> Skyways
> Transglobe
> Virgin Sun
>

At least the Free Mexican Air Force is still flying :)
From: yeadeagisss on
mrtravel wrote:
> JohnT wrote:
>
>> "Ron Hamilton" <banmilk(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:vIWdneQnHPApZe3VnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>>
>>> Reagan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any idea what happened to Bill Mattocks? His posts and trip reports
>>>> were so humorous.
>>>>
>>>> What about Helen Rose? Her trip reports were so very informative.
>>>>
>>>> I know neither person personally. I never wrote them or met them in
>>>> person, but I was simply nostalgic, and curious.
>>>>
>>>> reagan
>>>
>>> How about these names from the past?
>>>
>>> Western Airlines
>>> Trans-World Airlines
>>> Pan American World Airways
>>> Pacific Southwest Airlines
>>> Air Cal
>>> Piedmont Airlines
>>> Braniff
>>> Eastern Airlines
>>> National Airlines ("I'm Brenda...fly me!" oooooweeeeee!)
>>> Texas Air
>>
>> And:
>> Air 2000
>> Caledonian
>> Airtours
>> Air UK
>> BEA
>> BKS
>> BOAC
>> Brymon
>> Channel
>> Court Line
>> DanAir (irreverently known as Dan Dare)
>> GB Airways
>> Gill Airways
>> Laker
>> Northeast Airlines
>> Silver City
>> Skyways
>> Transglobe
>> Virgin Sun
>
>
> Peoples Express

You mean "PEOPLExpress" or, later, "People Express." Not "Peoples."

And more:
CityBird
SABENA
From: Marty Shapiro on
yeadeagisss <dai/gea/isss/0nne/3hrree/zer0/zer0_@_geea/maiil.c0mx> wrote in
news:6df0gfF28trfU1(a)mid.individual.net:

> mrtravel wrote:
>> JohnT wrote:
>>
>>> "Ron Hamilton" <banmilk(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:vIWdneQnHPApZe3VnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
>>>
>>>> Reagan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Any idea what happened to Bill Mattocks? His posts and trip reports
>>>>> were so humorous.
>>>>>
>>>>> What about Helen Rose? Her trip reports were so very informative.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know neither person personally. I never wrote them or met them in
>>>>> person, but I was simply nostalgic, and curious.
>>>>>
>>>>> reagan
>>>>
>>>> How about these names from the past?
>>>>
>>>> Western Airlines
>>>> Trans-World Airlines
>>>> Pan American World Airways
>>>> Pacific Southwest Airlines
>>>> Air Cal
>>>> Piedmont Airlines
>>>> Braniff
>>>> Eastern Airlines
>>>> National Airlines ("I'm Brenda...fly me!" oooooweeeeee!)
>>>> Texas Air
>>>
>>> And:
>>> Air 2000
>>> Caledonian
>>> Airtours
>>> Air UK
>>> BEA
>>> BKS
>>> BOAC
>>> Brymon
>>> Channel
>>> Court Line
>>> DanAir (irreverently known as Dan Dare)
>>> GB Airways
>>> Gill Airways
>>> Laker
>>> Northeast Airlines
>>> Silver City
>>> Skyways
>>> Transglobe
>>> Virgin Sun
>>
>>
>> Peoples Express
>
> You mean "PEOPLExpress" or, later, "People Express." Not "Peoples."
>
> And more:
> CityBird
> SABENA
>

More defunct airlines:

Mohawk
Allegheny
Southeast
Air Florida
Trump Shuttle
Command Airways
Air Nevada
Wien Consolidated
Northern Air Transport
Trans-Texas Airways
Interflug
Air Commerz
Aero Lloyd
VASP
National Airways (New Zealand)
Cook Strait Airways
VIASA
Zuliana
TACA de Venezuela
Air St. Thomas
Air Caribbean
Loftleidir
Capitol
Catalina Airlines
Flying Tiger Line
Galaxy
Independence Air
Las Vegas Airlines
MGM Grand Air
Morris Air
New York Airways
New York Air
Northeast
Ozark
Southern
Republic
ValuJet
Western
Transcontinental Air Transport
Western Air Express
Transamerica Airlines
Presidential Airways
Air Vegas

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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From: Bartc on
"mrtravel" <mrtravel(a)a.a> wrote in message
news:ivSdnZA1Dv_Y4OzVnZ2dnUVZ_hzinZ2d(a)comcast.com...
> JohnT wrote:
>
>> "Ron Hamilton" <banmilk(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:vIWdneQnHPApZe3VnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d(a)earthlink.com...

>>> How about these names from the past?
>>>
>>> Western Airlines
>>> Trans-World Airlines
>>> Pan American World Airways
>>> Pacific Southwest Airlines
>>> Air Cal
>>> Piedmont Airlines
>>> Braniff
>>> Eastern Airlines
>>> National Airlines ("I'm Brenda...fly me!" oooooweeeeee!)
>>> Texas Air
>>
>>
>>
>> And:
>> Air 2000
>> Caledonian
>> Airtours
>> Air UK
>> BEA
>> BKS
>> BOAC
>> Brymon
>> Channel
>> Court Line
>> DanAir (irreverently known as Dan Dare)
>> GB Airways
>> Gill Airways
>> Laker
>> Northeast Airlines
>> Silver City
>> Skyways
>> Transglobe
>> Virgin Sun
>
> Peoples Express

Debonair