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7 unusual facts about Eastern Air Lines


1935 Cuba hurricane

Eastern Air Lines maintained north-bound air traffic but did not have any control over flights coming from the south.

1942 Indianapolis 500

After WWII was over in the summer of 1945, Eddie Rickenbacker was mostly uninterested in reviving the Speedway, due to other commitments, including his involvement with Eastern Air Lines.

Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter

Both pilots had been decorated for their service as airmen during World War II, and both were regarded as valuable, respectable employees of Eastern Air Lines.

David Winfield Huddleston

He also holds an Airline Transport Pilot rating and is a former pilot with Eastern Air Lines; he flew extensively throughout Latin America and the Caribbean while based in Miami, Florida.

Dyna-Flytes

Among the airlines that had models released by Dyna-Flites included FedEx, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, Pan Am, TWA and Braniff.

Sunrise Presbyterian Church

With the closing of Eastern Air Lines in 1989, the church and its surrounding community began to decline.

Wilbur Shaw

He was dismayed at the dilapidated condition of the racetrack and quickly contacted then-owner Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I flying ace and president and founder of Eastern Air Lines.


Daniel Field

Eastern Air Lines resumed service to Augusta in 1948, later joined by Piedmont Airlines.

Montgomery Regional Airport

Past airlines since 1955 have included Eastern Air Lines, Eastern Metro Express, Southern Airways, Republic Airlines, Piedmont Aviation, Sun Airlines, Southeast Air, South Central Air Transport (SCAT), Air Illinois, Ocean Airways, Continental Airlines, Continental Express and Northwest Airlink.

National Museum of Commercial Aviation

Most noteworthy in the collection include the world's only known Martin 404 Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT) in Southern Airways livery, TUG Technologies first TUG Tractor, and the cockpit of an ex Eastern Air Lines Martin 404, later owned by Ray Charles.

Scripophily

Many autograph collectors are found in this field, looking for signed certificates from John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil Company, Henry Charles Carey of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Atari Corporation, Eddie Rickenbacker as president of Eastern Air Lines, Tucker Corporation and many others.


see also

Eastern Air Lines Shuttle

Eastern Air Lines Shuttle's landing rights and some aircraft were sold to Donald Trump to run the Trump Shuttle.