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Deliveries of the DC-9 began in late 1965 and flights commenced on March 1, 1966. The DC-9s, dubbed Funjets, [20] flew the following routes in the first year: Las Vegas—Reno, Las Vegas—Los Angeles, Reno—Los Angeles, Salt Lake City—Phoenix, and Reno—Las Vegas—Phoenix. [21] The headquarters moved to Phoenix during 1966. [22] [23]
Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114 was a Fairchild F-27 turboprop airliner flying out of Phoenix, Arizona, to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the evening of November 15, 1964. [ 1 ] At 8:25 p.m., during a landing approach in poor weather conditions, it crashed into the top of a hill in open desert country about 8 miles (13 km ...
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Western Airlines came to Sky Harbor in 1957 with flights to Denver, Los Angeles and San Diego, Continental Airlines came in 1961 to El Paso, Los Angeles, and Tucson, and Delta Air Lines began flights to Dallas by 1969. [9] Bonanza Air Lines moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Phoenix in 1966.
1930s. American Airways flight attendants Mae Bobeck, Agnes Nohava, Marie Allen, and Velma Maul are poised, each with her right hand on the guard rail, as they descend the boarding steps of an ...
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
They receive the 1961 Bendix Trophy for their flight. May 26 – A U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler flies from New York City to Paris in a record 3 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds, covering the 4,612-mile (7,427-km) distance at an average speed of 1,386 miles per hour (1,205 knots; 2,232 km/h). [2] Its crew will receive the Mackay Trophy for the ...
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