Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: airlines

"Lo sentimos mucho ocupado. National Airlines. NAL. La Línea de Las Estrellas. New York, Florida, Havana, Washington, New Orleans. Si desea usted conservar el mismo asiento durante su viaje, sirvase usted colocar esta tarjeta sobre su silla cada vez que baje del avion en alguna de las estaciones intermedias de escala." A "seat occupied" sign used on National Airlines in the 1950s. An English-language version appeared on the other side:

"Sorry, this seat Is occupied. National Airlines. NAL. Airline of the Stars. New York, Florida, Havana, Washington, New Orleans. If you wish to reserve the same seat through your trip, please leave this card on your chair every time you leave the plane at any of the intermediate stops." A "seat occupied" sign used on National Airlines in the 1950s. A Spanish-language version appeared on the other side:

A mother and daughter--both of whom are wearing corsages--at an airport. The French airline names on the sign behind them are Air France and T.I.A. ( Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux ). Kodachrome slide dated June 1960.

Handwritten note on the back of this small snapshot: "Boeing Clipper at Honolulu, March 12, 1939." Tail number (aircraft registration) visible on the plane: NC18602.

Front cover of a brochure published by "TWA (Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc.) and GCA (Grand Canyon Air Lines, Inc.). Effective July 20th, 1935." From the inside pages of the brochure: "In luxurious comfort and with unequalled speed of the TWA Douglas Skyliners, the passengers of 'The Lindbergh Line' are afforded an opportunity to visit the land of fascinating wonders, gorgeous spectacles, and kaleidoscopic panorama in flight through the Great Southwest.... At Winslow [Arizona], passengers directly connect with the comfortable trimotor planes of the Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc., making a one-hour flight to Grand Canyon Airport in the Kaibab National Forest near the south rim of the Grand Canyon."

The registration number--NC-14715-- that appears on the wing and tail of the airplane in the illustration on the cover of this notepaper pad identifies it as the Philippine Clipper , which was lost in the crash of Pan Am Flight 1104 in 1943. Wikipedia provides additional details: " Pan Am Flight 1104 , Trip No. 62100, was a Martin M-130 flying boat nicknamed the Philippine Clipper that crashed on the morning of January 21, 1943, in Northern California. The aircraft was operated by Pan American World Airways, and at the time of the crash was transporting ten US Navy personnel from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California. The aircraft crashed in poor weather into mountainous terrain approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Ukiah, California, due to pilot error." Tragically, all nineteen who were on the aircraft, including the ten Navy passengers and nine crew members, perished in the crash.