Word: 727s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million loan in the hope that the vacation season would get Icelandair aloft again. But the tourists did not return. The company also attempted a merger with Lux-air, Luxembourg's airline. That also failed to take off. Now Icelandair is negotiating to sell its elderly Boeing 727s to Yugoslavia, and it has leased its DC-10 to Air Florida. Like the flower children it once served, Icelandair is left mostly with memories...
...tough American oilmen he had met, wanted to do more business with the U.S., and change Libya's image in America -and get his hands on those C-130s. During the Carter Administration, the Libyans had also been unable to get delivery of three Boeing 747 airliners, two 727s and 400 heavy-duty trucks, for which they had paid a total of some $300 million...
...Boeing subsidiary responsible for commercial sales and programs. Since he joined the company during World War II, he has signed up so many billions of dollars in deals with airlines that he no longer bothers to keep track. His latest coup: a $550 million contract three weeks ago for 727s, 737s and five 767s for Australia's Ansett Airlines...
...then learned to fly so she could barnstorm with her Vegas act. Claudia started putting in time as a flight instructor, and during one stint Cathy turned up as a student. That led to Claudia's marrying Cathy's father, Hal Jones. Now Claudia co-pilots Boeing 727s for Continental Airlines, while Cathy, though a licensed pilot, works as a flight engineer with Western Airlines. Last year's proposed merger between the two airlines might have brought the two women closer together; as it is, the Joneses have trouble keeping up with each other. Says Claudia...