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Silver Convention penned a song titled "Ultra Ultra" specifically for Braniff to commemorate the carrier's new inflight service; this song they performed in Acapulco and at the Dallas concerts. The day after the Love Field concert, the group travelled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to tape an interview for The Mike Douglas Show .
Braniff is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Braniff Bonaventure (born 1973), American football player; Alberto Braniff (1884–1966), Mexican airplane pilot; Kevin Braniff (born 1983), Northern Irish footballer; Paul Braniff (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler; Paul Revere Braniff (1897–1954), American ...
Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline ...
Braniff co-founder Thomas Elmer Braniff was an insurance magnate and now the third major owner (Senator William A. Blakley was the second largest owner of Braniff after 1954) of Braniff was also an insurance executive. [8] Lawrence engineered a remarkable airline overhaul during his 16 years with Braniff International Airways. He retired on ...
Alberto Braniff Ricard (8 December 1886 – 17 September 1966) [1] was a Mexican pioneering airplane pilot. He is considered the second aviator in Latin America , however the first born in Latin America.
Braniff (1983-1990), Braniff, Inc., the second airline, formed from portions of the assets of Braniff International which operated between 1983 and 1990, to use the same name of its predecessor. Braniff (1991-1992), the third airline to bear the Branniff name formed in 1991 that went out of business in 1992
In 1995, Jay Pritzker, the co-founder of Hyatt, [clarification needed] stepped down and Thomas Pritzker took control of The Pritzker Organization. [4] When Jay died in 1999, the family split the business into 11 pieces worth $1.4 billion each [4] (choosing to settle a lawsuit from two family members, who apparently received $500 million each in 2005).
Braniff pilots outside a "B-Liner" Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Houston Hobby Airport, 1940.In the background is a Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior.. Unable to remain out of the airline business for very long and with the new possibility of an air mail contract, the Braniff brothers started a new airline in November 1930 named Braniff Airways, Inc. Braniff Airways began service among Oklahoma ...