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38. (1987) Your Tennessee Vols are playing Alabama’s Crimson Tide in a major SEC showdown next weekend. A good buddy of yours has called to say he’s managed to procure a couple of tickets on the 40 yard line. Can you make it? Oh, you betcha! Better yet, if you fly down to Birmingham, he’ll pick you up and drive you back up to Knoxville after the game. As for the flight, this really must be your lucky day. There’s a daily nonstop from Knoxville straight down to Birmingham. Book it Danno! Name the airline and the aircraft please.
38. I had initially guessed Florida Express operating a BAC One-Eleven and that proved to be incorrect as far as the air carrier is concerned.
So if my memory serves me correctly, it was back around this time that a reincarnation of Braniff acquired Orlando-based Florida Express and its One-Elevens (and I seem to recall that following the acquisition of Florida Express, Braniff then moved its corporate headquarters to Orlando). Here's a link to a photo of a Florida Express BAC One-Eleven....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Flor...leven/217479/L
Braniff then repainted at least some of the Florida Express One-Elevens with this particular airplane initially serving with the original Braniff International having been delivered new to the airline back in 1965....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Bran...even/4237247/L
Here's a photo of the above One-Eleven (originally registered as N1552) landing in Memphis in 1965 shortly after it was delivered to Braniff International....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Bran...Eleven/91468/L
And here's N1552 in the new BN livery at the time at Chicago O'Hare in 1970....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Bran...leven/220695/L
The One-Eleven wasn't the only twin engine jet operated by a resurrected version of Braniff. This airplane was operated by the final version of the airline (think "Braniff III")....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Bran...-9-14/310556/L