If You Could Bring Back an Airline and an Aircraft...?

[Matt Molnar]

Skybus!

[Ari707]

Laker and their DC-10's

[steve1840]

Im going to have to say Northwest for an airline just because i think we'd see less Delta birds in the air. As for which aircraft....even though i love the 727, im gonna cast another vote for the L-1011.

[gonzalu]

Eastern / L-1011

[Liembo]

Eastern L-1011

[Speedbird1]

Excellent question. Of course, I would bring back Concorde; second choice Tristars (L10), 3rd choice DC10s/MD11s. US airline, I suppose Pan Am, then TWA, then Braniff.

[Vishal Jolapara]

Excellent question. Of course, I would bring back Concorde; second choice Tristars (L10), 3rd choice DC10s/MD11s.

^ +1

I would've loved to see KingFisher doing better & to've taken delivery of these:

[LGA777]

The Original National and their great fleet of DC-10's. Second choice Eastern and their L-1011's in the original white fuselage scheme. BTW Great thread Phil !

[727C47]

727s, white top Eastern,Northeast yellowbird,National sky king,and my old late and lamented ChampionAir, 707s, TWA ,golden globe Starstream, Pan Am blue ball, AA Astojet,Braniff blue ,sky and dark,and Air France in both their original and late scheme,747s Pan Am original scheme circa 1970, TWA ,ditto, Alitalia,SAS longboat, and Seaboard World, DC8s, Braniff Caldor,Eastern hockey stick,United early colors,TransCarribean, and Flying Tiger.VC10,BOAC and Caledonian,IL62 LOT,and CSA OKjet,New York Airways BV107, Twin Otter,Pilgrim, and my old freight dog DC3 N514AC, that bopped in on one warm September night in 1994, that about covers it.

[gonzalu]

727C47, next time, just save time and say "bring em all back"

[Tbird]

I loved both of them!

[Chris102]

For aircraft, I think it's a tie between the L-1011 and 727 for me. I've never seen an L-1011 in person before, but they seem like they'd be quite the sight to see!

And although not an airline, I'd like to bring back Trump's VP-BDJ. I got a chance to see it up close and walk around it once, but I wasn't allowed to take any photos.

[cancidas]

PAA!!

[snydersnapshots]

Western Airlines B737-247 with the indian head paint job. And my name on the seniority list.

[Gilgalad]

I would bring back the Flying Tigers Cargo Airline, flyng their DC-8s in their classic silver finish with red/blue stripes! My dad worked for FT @ JFK in the 70's and 80's calculating the plane's weight and balance. As kids, my brother and I were able to fly in the cockpit to Hawaii. It really was an amazing experience and it still baffles me that we were able to do this...those were the days : )