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National Airlines

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1934 - 1980

Historical Note

National Airlines was a United States passenger airline that operated from 1934 to 1980. The airline ceased operations when it was acquired by Pan Am.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 3, N-S)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-3
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: circa 1910s-2010s

Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-22
Contents of the Collection The Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection is a small collection of textual materials that pertain to Pitts' pilot career at National Airlines and post-retirement activities as founder and member of the Retired Airline Pilots Association (RAPA), also known as the Buccaneers, dating from 1934-1993. Included in the collection are photocopies of clippings about Pitts, National Airlines, and RAPA; photocopies of Pitts' identification cards and licenses; profiles on the history of NAL and RAPA; a 1993...
Dates: circa 1960s-1993

Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2008-09-04-B
Contents of the Collection The Virginia Randall TWA Flight Attendant Collection is a small amount of materials relating to Randall's time as a Trans World Airways (TWA) flight attendant from 1953-1954. The materials were collected by Randall. The collection contains six (6) portraits of Randall in her TWA uniform. Two (2) of these are are black-and-white, four (4) have been colorized, all are 8x10" and all are digital reprints, not vintage photographs. The rest of the materials are textual and include a...
Dates: 1953-1954

John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-12
Overview John Wegg is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Airliners and Airways magazines, as well as contributor to other publications and author of 12 books on aviation history, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection consists of about 2.7 cubic feet of material such as printed ephemera, photographs, documents, and other materials pertaining to the Wegg's aviation journalism...
Dates: 1929-2004; Majority of material found within circa 1950s-1990s

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