Aviation Enthusiasts; (2 of 2) Fascinating and artful airline air route maps from the old days;

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https://www.askthepilot.com/connect-the-dots/




Some of the artwork is beautiful. These are from a book about the stylish route maps produced by the airlines, such as this one of the BOAC Eastern Route maps;





Or this one from Air France ca: 1959;



Delta Airlines, 1960;





Link to the book sales page on Amazon is in the first link above.

A Google image search turns up many more;

Braniff;


Frontier Airlines;


Western Airlines;


B.O.A.C (Precursor to British Airways) World map;


Aloha Airlines;








(Note: I have absolutely ZERO financial interest in this book, it’s authors or their publishers. I did not put this up as a means to promote sales, instead as merely interesting historical aviation artifacts.)

[Sherman A1]

1. Cool

Thanks for posting!

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2. Sure!

Glad you liked it!

[Hekate]

3. Oh, the places you'll go! Those are maps to conjure with...

Thanks, Heretic!

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4. My pleasure.

[democrank]

5. I so enjoyed this

Thank you

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7. I'm glad!

You are very welcome

[pdxflyboy]

6. Thank you a million times!

I love looking over old airline route maps.

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8. Pretty cool, right?

I will never forget the first time I remember flying overseas, and looking through the in-flight magazine to find that map in the very back.

TWA, JFK to ROME, 1965.

I should say that wasn't the first time I flew, it was just the first time I remembered. My dad was stationed in Saipan in 60' & 61, and if I think back, my very first memories are on that Island, but for the life of me I can not remember the journey home.

Old airline memorabilia is something I find fascinating as well.

[kimbutgar]

9. I remember all those airlines before they consolidated

Thanks for sharing really neat maps.

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11. You are welcome!

Yup. Lots of old names. Ever seen a "PBA" DC-3? These guys used to come down to Miami and operate these aircraft during the winter, when their traffic from Boston out to the cape dropped off.


Lots of old airlines I remember, like Piedmont, Air Florida...hell, the list goes on and on.

[ZZenith]

10. Love this stuff. Thanks!

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12. You are very welcome!

[SharonAnn]

13. Anecdote about traveler wanting to fly Braniff coast to coast.

Agent told traveler to call TWA because they flew “right and left”. Braniff only flew “up and down”.

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14. ....

Interesting side note on Braniff: Are you aware that for a very short time, Braniff operated the Concorde for a domestic flight leg? Interesting story;

https://airwaysmag.com/uncategorized/concorde-airlines-braniff-international-singapore-airlines/



(Note: As the article indicates, it was never repainted as the rendering above suggests. They just used US Based crews to fly from Dulles to Dallas.