Post by LOU on Jul 7th, 2011 at 9:20pm
Braniff was a very cool airline. Very forward thinking.
The airline was founded in 1930 by the brothers Tom and Paul Braniff.
In the 70s they even had Alexander Calder paint a design on their planes.
I was an instructor in the B-747 and TWA needed more sim time so they rented the Brannif 747 sim in Dallas.
Braniff had one of the finest training centers I have ever seen.
It beat American Airlines hands down.
BTW, AA is responsible for putting Braniff out of business in the mid eighties.
The Braniff training center was called Braniff House.
It was a complete operation with their own hotel, gym, pool and restaurant.
Their sims were state-of-the-art in the early 80's.
Their 747 was called "Big Orange" and it was that - all orange indeed.
Too bad they did not make it.
Here is one plane I would love to see CS make...
Lou
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The airline was founded in 1930 by the brothers Tom and Paul Braniff.
In the 70s they even had Alexander Calder paint a design on their planes.
I was an instructor in the B-747 and TWA needed more sim time so they rented the Brannif 747 sim in Dallas.
Braniff had one of the finest training centers I have ever seen.
It beat American Airlines hands down.
BTW, AA is responsible for putting Braniff out of business in the mid eighties.
The Braniff training center was called Braniff House.
It was a complete operation with their own hotel, gym, pool and restaurant.
Their sims were state-of-the-art in the early 80's.
Their 747 was called "Big Orange" and it was that - all orange indeed.
Too bad they did not make it.
Here is one plane I would love to see CS make...
Lou
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