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...bracket. The big difference is that the BAC One-Eleven will make its maiden flight in June; the DC-9 will not be ready to fly before 1965. And the British have already sold 41 One-Elevens, including twelve to Braniff, while Douglas does not yet have a single order...
...only short-range commercial jetliner now in production, the BAG One-Eleven aspires to be the workhorse DC-3 of the jet age when it goes into commercial service in 1964. British Aircraft Corp. has 33 orders, including four from the U.S.'s Mohawk Airlines and six from Braniff. Price: about $2.5 million each...
Among the struggling airlines, cost-conscious Braniff turned a 1961 first-quarter deficit into a $106,000 profit, but United, plagued by foul weather and "excessive competition," lost $8,000,000-more than 30 times its first-quarter 1961 deficit...
...three months ago, said that the company would lose money if the plan were in effect over the well-traveled holidays. Similar reasons caused Eastern Airlines to reject the plan entirely. National, Northwest, and Northeast airlines originally offered the service but discontinued it on Nov. 12, with United and Braniff following...
...flying and his family. Son of a Pennsylvania pipe fitter, he was schooled in Navy radar in World War II, later went to the airlines as a ground communications man. In 1948, while working with the Panagra line in South America, Lavrinc met and married brunette Bonnie Maupin, a Braniff Airways reservations girl. He diligently took flying lessons on his own, qualified as a copilot with Piedmont in 1951, advanced to captain six years later...