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This 1954 Zippo advertises Braniff International Airways, a major carrier founded in 1928 by Thomas Braniff, lasting 64 years until it failed in 1992. Alaska Airlines traces its roots to McGee Airways, which inaugurated service between Anchorage and Bristol Bay, Alaska in 1932. Today it also serves Canada and the Pacific Northwest. This Zippo is from 1977. 
Airline Zippos
Braniff's
DC-7C "El Dorado" could carry 81 passengers and cruise at an unprecedented 400
MPH. The Zippo is dated 1954.
1979 Zippo for Fudpucker World Airlines,
"Round the World since it was Square". It is
credited
with being the only airline to equip seats with air bags and for giving
discounts to passengers with their own parachutes.
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1964 Zippo. Allegheny Airlines dates back to 1946 and is now owned by US Air. It serves some 38 cities in twelve states in the Eastern United States |
