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Pacific Southwest Airlines

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1949 - 1988

Historical Note

Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a low-cost United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, from 1949 to 1988. It ceased operations when it merged with USAir.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 7, P-R)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-7
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-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-04-28-A
Content Description The Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of 2,525 35mm photographic slides and more than 2,500 digital images primarily of commercial aircraft taken by Glattenberg from roughly 1958-2002.The bulk of the collection consists of images depicting commercial airliners. Most of these images show aicraft at airports, either at gates, on tarmacs, taking off or landing, but mixed among these are some images of mechanics working on or refueling planes,...
Dates: circa 1958-2002

Doris M. (Jensen) Hanson Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-25-A
Content Description The Doris M. (Jensen) Hanson Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection consisting of materials related to Hanson's career as a flight attendant. She worked as a flight attendant for Western Airlines from 1956-1959 and in Communications for Pan Am in 1954, but other airlines are represented in the collection as well. Materials related Hanson's work with Western Airlines include: "The Californian Champagne Flights" menu used as postcard, 1957; a 1959 ticket; a...
Dates: 1957-1974

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