Sunday, December 18, 2011

Southern Airways: great planes Martin 404

remember taking a Southern Airways flight from Athens GA to Atlanta, connecting flight.  It was a Martin 404, first flew 1950's, there were cards on board to show safety exits, women had bobbed hair, really dated. This was mid 1970's.  On one flight i ordered a drink, Bourbon of course (its the South), they showed me the bourbon mini bottles, one was "Rebel Yell,"  I had to order it.  So i was drinking Rebel Yell bourbon while flying on a martin 404, Southern Airways.  great moment.  Cool plane.  it used to fly over the campus of UGa, I would see it and say, "one day when i get a letter of transport, i'll be on that plane, the plane to Lisbon," an obvious quote from Casablanca, lost on most people.  But Professor John Gist got it, laughed, good guy.

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