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3 unusual facts about Trans International Airlines


Clark Air Base

During the 1970s, passengers arrived via Trans International Douglas DC-8 and Braniff International DC-8s (the Pickle and the Banana) flights from Travis AFB, California (via Honolulu and Guam).

Trans International Airlines

Kerkorian took the company public in 1965, then sold his interests in 1968 to insurance conglomerate Transamerica Corporation, profiting an estimated $85 million.

In 1962 the Studebaker Corporation quixotically purchased the airline, retaining Kerkorian as president.



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