It is an add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. FROM OKLAHOMA ACORN TO TEXAS OAK THE STORY OF BRANIFF AIRWAYS by Richard Benjamin Cass Two brothers, a dreamer and a pragmatist, joined forces to create one of the world's leading airlines, Braniff Airways. For the first time in history beginning in 1979, the cost of fuel exceeded the cost of labor, which had been the airline industry's largest expense. Scheduling conflicts between the executives caused the new venture to be disbanded. 15 Dec 1983. Textures only, requires base model (TOM7272.ZIP or TOM7271.ZIP). In December 1972, American Modern Master Alexander Calder was commissioned by Braniff to paint an aircraft. This furniture was made available to the public by Herman Miller, for a year in 1967.[1]. The expansion was successful operationally and financially. Worth, Kansas City, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta and Miami, by the larger carriers, which were poised to immediately begin invading Braniff's long held territory. Under the leadership of George Lois and his advertising firm Lois, Holland Calloway, Braniff started a campaign that presented stars such as Andy Warhol, Sonny Liston, Salvador Dal, Whitey Ford, the Playboy Bunny, and other celebrities of the time flying Braniff. [29] Also in 1979, Braniff began operating nonstop flights between Honolulu and Guam and Los Angeles as well as one stop service between Honolulu and Hong Kong via Guam in addition to its long running nonstop service between Honolulu and Dallas/Fort Worth. Lawrence also increased utilization of the fleet. Calder was introduced to Harding Lawrence by veteran advertising executive George Stanley Gordon, who would eventually take over Braniff's advertising account. Also has a separate full body and tail .psd for ease in painting the multi-part fuselage. It was now coming true for all of these smaller carriers. Aircraft: Boeing 727-227 (Adv) Serial #: 21462. Braniff remained in this building until December 1978, when it moved its spacious new Braniff Place World Headquarters on the west side of DFW Airport. Reg: N456BN photos. [1], The Braniff 747 livery of bright orange led to the aircraft being nicknamed "The Great Pumpkin". So BN decided to standardize the fleet on the 727, which at the time was more efficient than the 707/DC-8 . The new service operated nonstop between Kansas City and Tulsa and additional new cities were added in early 1931. The campaign was not successful, pushing Braniff's bread-and-butter business travelers over to traditional airlines with First Class on all flights. World Airways (4) Model Kits (136) 1:200 Hasegawa Kits (92 . The new 'Flying Colors of Braniff' were available in four combinations: Red/Aztec Gold. With the addition of the South America route system, merger with Mid-Continent Airlines, and reduction in mail subsidy on the Mid-Continent system, Braniff International Airways recorded a US$1.8 million operating loss during 1953. This key premise was highly successful. Fifteen colors were used during the 1960s (Harper & George modified Girard's original seven colors in 1967), in combination with 57 variations of Herman Miller fabrics. The new airline was solely dependent on passenger carrying fares for its revenue since it had not entered into any mail or express contracts with the United States Post Office. Perhaps ironically, Virgin co-owner Singapore Airlines once had its colors on the side of the Concorde when it operated joint flights with British Airways. Boeing 720s were added in the early 1960s. Aviation history was made at Mach .95 on Friday January 12, 1979 as two Concordes, belonging to Air France and British Airways, flew in from the east and lined up to land on parallel runways at Dallas DFW. King, a former Braniff vice president; two-thirds of the airline's executives came from Braniff, and even its office furniture was Braniff surplus bought at the airline's bankruptcy liquidation sale. With an approved bankruptcy reorganization agreement with Hyatt Corporation a new Braniff, Inc., would be created from the assets of Braniff Airways, Inc. and Braniff International Corporation and would begin operations on March 1, 1984. After months of negotiations Braniff acquired Mid-Continent Airlines, a small Kansas City-based trunk line, on August 16, 1952. The new service operated nonstop between Kansas City and the Windy City, once each day. In over five decades of existence, the airline operated a large variety of aircraft. [1] The Douglas DC-8s were aging, and there was speculation whether new Boeing 757s, Boeing 767s or Airbus A300s would replace the long range DC-8-62s (which flew Braniff's South American routes including nonstops from Los Angeles and New York City to Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru as well as nonstops from Miami and New York City to Buenos Aires)[18] with McDonnell Douglas MD-80s possibly being introduced on shorter routes. In October 1951 departures from Dallas became daily: three a week to Buenos Aires and four to Rio de Janeiro. Paint kit for the AI Aardvark 727-200. Repaint of Tom Ruth's Boeing 727 in Braniff International livery, renowned for there colorful fleet of aircraft. Braniff Airways Cofounder and President Thomas Elmer Braniff called the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, the Magna Carta of Aviation because it revolutionized the entire industry into a cohesive whole that gave prominence to the air carriers in the United States. After World War II, on May 19, 1946, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) awarded Braniff routes to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, competing with Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra). However, the name and company was retained by the brothers until 1932.[3]. A thunderstorm provided an excuse to cancel many afternoon flights that day, although Braniff's legendary Boeing 747 Flight 501 to Honolulu departed as scheduled, with the crew later refusing to divert the flight to Los Angeles International Airport. This plane, dubbed "747 Braniff Place" and "The Most Exclusive Address In The Sky", was Braniff's flagship, and it flew an unprecedented 15 hours per day with a 99 percent dispatch reliability rate over the Transpacific long route. However, the return flight was delayed several hours for thunderstorms in the area. United States. [31], By 1981, all 747 service to Asia and Europe with the exception of nonstop flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and London had been discontinued although Braniff continued to operate 747s on international service to Bogota, Buenos Aires and Santiago in South America as well as on domestic flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Honolulu. [3], The new Braniff venture was profitable within a month of service inauguration but with the weakening economic conditions the company found itself in need of a merger partner. Oct 21, 2018 - Braniff Airlines Fleet | Braniff International Airways B727-200 | Airlines of the Past | Pinte . Under Lawrence, bold swathes of color covered the airline's fleet with a palette chosen by Girard-first soft pastels, then bright primaries. Braniff quickly expanded its route system to include Kansas City Fairfax Airport on December 5, 1930. Braniff Airways fleet details. Putnam accepted the offer, but he required that his own financial manager from Southwest Airlines, Philip Guthrie, be allowed to follow him to Braniff. [1], Troy Post hired Harding Lawrence, executive vice president of Continental Airlines, who was responsible for a 500 percent increase in sales at the Los Angeles-based carrier during his tenure, as the new president of Braniff International. Dubbed, the last airline maverick, Lawrence oversaw the carrier's rise from a $100 million a year in revenue company to more than $1.4 billion a year in revenue at his retirement. . The next day, on May 12, Braniff Airways ceased air operations, ending 54 years of air service. Douglas DC-4s and Douglas DC-6s flew to Rio; initially DC-3s flew Lima to La Paz. The varied fleet included both the Boeing 747SP and Concorde . Braniff International was a big name in US airline transportation from 1930 until its bankruptcy and shutdown in May 1982. Paul Braniff, the sole pilot, flew the investors to their meetings, which included Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, E. E. Westervelt, Manager of Southwest Bell Telephone, Fred Jones, Ford dealership owner, Virgil Browne of Coca Cola Company, and Walter A. Lybrand, an Oklahoma City attorney. The Military Airlift Command routes were expanded in the Pacific and added to the Atlantic side in 1966. Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that once flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. The beautiful employee playground/administration/training facility was the first of its kind and was later used as the model for Google and Apple headquarters design. However, in spite of the service's less than stellar performance, the cost to Braniff was negligible thanks mainly to the agreements that Braniff negotiated with both British Airways and Air France. Northwest in the Pacific and Braniff in Latin America. Braniff was fully reimbursed for any losses incurred as a result of the interchange agreement. [2], Braniff's mid-century themed travel posters, produced from 1946 to 1964, that depict travel scenes from destinations in Latin America and the US Mainland were produced in Lima, Peru, by Braniff's advertising agency. In the fall of 1930, Tom and Paul Braniff once again founded a new airline called Braniff Airways, Inc., which was organized on November 3, 1930, and began service on November 13, 1930, between Oklahoma City and Tulsa and Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls Texas. The all-jet domestic fleet soon consisted of the BAC-111-200, the 727-100, and the 727-200. The domestic air carrier was originally headquartered at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas, and later Orlando, Florida. Approval from South American governments for Eastern's one-year lease of Braniff's routes would not be required according to United States officials. The summer of 1931 welcomed St Louis to the Braniff system on June 15, with nonstop service offered between St Louis and both Chicago and Tulsa. He received delivery on the first four on December 17, 1939. . Charles Edmund Beard led Braniff into the jet age. Airline Founded. From two competing charter services formed in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1932, Alaska Airlines has grown into the fifth-largest airline in the United States. Casey met with Southwest Airlines President Howard A. Putnam and offered him the Braniff executive position. The long range Boeing 707-320C intercontinental model was then introduced. 5 were here. . Braniff was allowed to operate a charter service in Mexico for a brief period in 1947 but that was also discontinued and service was not commenced again until 1960[7]. [3], The fledgling airline shut down to reorganize in March 1933, with the company airborne again in less than a year. It began operating under the name Alaska Airlines in 1944 and was first known as a cargo carrier. Collectibles that offer this specific name are rare for that reason. . Seen parked with lots of other Braniff airliners just prior to ceasing operations. Braniff's advertising touted the new carrier as The World's Fastest Airline. This plan would lower operating costs. Braniff inaugurated new service from Lima, Peru, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a stop at Sao Paulo, added in October 1950. Name. Braniff flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport that morning were suddenly grounded, and passengers were forced to disembark, being told that Braniff was no longer flying. [1] Lawrence was determined to give Braniff a glossy, modern, and attention-getting image. Braniff is one of only two heritage airlines that continues to control its own intellectual property and other assets with Pan Am the other. PAINTER. Free shipping for many products! The DC-3 had just entered the fleet in December 1939. In 1971, Braniff sold the jets to British West Indies Airways (BWIA), an airline based in the Caribbean. The flight from Oklahoma City SW 29th Street Airport to Tulsa McIntire Airport was uneventful. [2], In April 1926, Paul Revere Braniff incorporated Braniff Air Lines, Inc., which was a planned flight school and aircraft maintenance entity that never came to fruition. This allowed Braniff to begin late-night cargo service, while the aircraft carried passengers during the day in August 1966. In 2017, Delta Airlines, which also flew the 747 in Hawaii, became the last U.S. airline to use that aircraft. It caught fire and all 12 lives aboard were lost."[1]. According to information from Captain George A. Stevens: "Mr Braniff was on a hunting expedition with a group of important citizens of Louisiana. At Girard's recommendation the old livery was dropped in favor of a single color on each plane, selected from a palette of rich and iridescent hues like "Chocolate Brown" and "Metallic Purple." The aircraft, which was known as '747 Braniff Place' and 'The Most Exclusive Address In The Sky' became a flagship in Braniff Airways' fleet serving Dallas, Honolulu and later across the Atlantic to London. The font was part of Braniff's updated 1978 livery that removed "INTERNATIONAL" from the name only on Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 aircraft. In 1969 the Lockheed L-188 Electras were retired, making Braniff all jet. These large carriers had what Braniff termed "City Power" which was the ability to use its massive assets to dominate a particular destination. In February 1967 Braniff, purchased Pan American-Grace Airways (known as Panagra) from shareholders of Pan American World Airways and W.R. Grace, increasing its presence in South America. Because of the war, they could not fly their produce out of the country but Braniff devised at least a small way to assist the growers. The Civil Aeronautics Board awarded Braniff a 7719 statute mile route from Dallas to Houston to Havana, Balboa, C.Z., Panama, Guayaquil, Lima, La Paz, Asuncion, and finally Buenos Aires, Argentina, and from Asuncion to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At one time, Hotels operated Braniff hotel properties throughout the United States and Latin America. Braniff Place World Headquarters, P. O. Orange/Ochre. Blue/Light Blue. This was the same for Western, National and Continental.[1]. By 1984 it had become the largest commuter airline in the world and operated a fleet of 12 DC-3s along with Martin 404s, YS-11s, Embraer Bandeirantes, and a huge fleet of Cessna 402s In January 1982, Braniff recorded its first negative cash flow. [7], John Casey expanded Braniff's capacity during the summer of 1981 and traffic increased with a promise of the beginnings of a turnaround. These companies included Braniff Air Lines, Inc., Paul R. Braniff, Inc., Braniff Airways, Inc., Braniff International Hotels, Inc., and Braniff International Corporation. For the first time in airline history, fuel costs, which doubled in 1979, exceeded labor as the largest operating cost for airlines. Jeanne Braniff's child died two days after birth and her husband Alexander Terrell died a year later in 1949.[1]. When Lawrence took office in May 1965, Braniff operated 13 different aircraft types. The pride of the fleet was a pair of jets painted by legendary artist Alexander Calder - a DC-8 in the orange and red of South America, celebrating Braniff's large portfolio of routes there, and a 727 with patriotic red white and blue streaks to mark America's 1976 bicenntenial (although it had its detractors - one crew from a rival . Only 30 Boeing 727-200s are left, and they are being repainted and . Braniff Place World Headquarters, which the carrier occupied until December 15, 1983, on the west side of DFW Airport eventually became GTE Place, and then Verizon Place.[30][38]. Behind this example of Japan's only | 21 comments on LinkedIn Braniff entered into negotiations with Eastern Airlines to lease the routes to the Miami-based carrier for US$18 million effective June 1, 1982, for one year. The United States Postal Service granted Braniff their first airmail route soon after and the new route was inaugurated in May 1934, which effectively saved the company from failure. Mr. Braniff had applied to the federal Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for authority to merge Aerovias Braniff with Braniff Airways, Inc. BVA shares several codeshare agreements with Virgin Australia . (standard & winglet versions) Includes uncompressed bmp textures as well a layered Photoshop file for Photoshop users. Hey everyone! Girard designed an extensive line of furniture for Braniff's ticket offices and customer lounges. [32], On January 7, 1981, the Board of Directors elected John J. Casey as president, chief executive officer and chairman of Braniff Airways, Inc. and Braniff International Corporation as a replacement to the outgoing and retiring Harding Lawrence. The normally profitable South America system began losing money when fuel prices expanded in 1979, which made the legendary Douglas DC-8-62 four-engine long-range jets uneconomical. Service was started with a Boeing 727-100 jetliner, number 475, which was nicknamed "Ju-Ju," and a Douglas DC-6B propliner. Includes 1 Model C. Only mainline turboprop aircraft type operated by the airline. As a result, Braniff reported its first operating loss since the recession of 1970. Beard gathered Braniff employees together at the Braniff hangar at Dallas Love Field on January 18, 1954, to announce that the airline would move forward and assured the public that the airline would continue. The new company, founded in May 1928, began regularly scheduled service from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, using 6-passenger Lockheed Vega single-engine aircraft on June 20, 1928. By the end of 1930, the airline had added new service to its route map and employed six people and the new service between Tulsa and Kansas City had increased system route mileage to 241 miles. On February 25, 1931, Braniff welcomed in the new year by adding Chicago Midway Airport to its route map. However, the Mexican government suspended Aerovias Braniff's operating permits in October 1946, under pressure from Pan American Airways, Inc., and merger of the two carriers was not approved by the CAB. Formerly with Paul R. Braniff, Inc., as A6000-A model, Braniff International Corporation (19731983), This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 08:43. Emilio Pucci designed additional new uniforms for Braniff through 1975. Airline Flights. The Boeing 727 became the backbone of the Braniff fleet. Acker had stated in a 1964 study that Braniff's conservative management was hampering the growth that the "jet age" required, in part by cash purchase of new planes instead of financing them, diverting working capital from growth initiatives. Eventually serving New York City and Washington, D.C., the company purchased Boeing 707 and Lockheed Electra turbo-prop aircraft and by 1960 was the first all-jet airline. By this point, the airline dream that had started with one used plane now had a fleet of 75 aircraft, 400 pilots, and 4,000 employees. All of the Airline's DC-2s were given to the military for wartime service and none were accepted back into the fleet at the end of the war. In fall 1981, Braniff Chairman John Casey was told by the Braniff board that a new president needed to be found to try to curb Braniff's mounting losses. In 1930, the company was bought by the Aviation Corporation (AVCO) which was the predecessor of American Airlines.[4]. Braniff Airways was the nation's eighth largest airline (then as Braniff International) at the time it ceased operations in 1982. . It was also called Braniff International Airways from 1948 to 1965. Started Operations. of the Boeing planes are important as the company would merge again through the years and employ a whole new fleet of Boeing passenger planes in the 1970s. Braniff and National were chosen after Greatamerica CFO Charles Edward Acker identified them as under-utilized and under-managed companies. In 1970, Braniff International Airways accepted delivery of the 100th Boeing 747, the first of 12 in its fleet. [11], In 1964, Troy Post, chairman of Greatamerica Corporation, an insurance holding company based in Dallas, purchased Braniff and National Car Rental as part of an expansion of holdings and growth outside the insurance business. This site is dedicated to flight simulator enthusiasts around the world who share a common love of both aviation and the airline formerly known as Braniff International Airways. Braniff also operated flights to and from Hawaii for R&R furloughs for military personnel during the Vietnam War. Braniff was the first airline authorized by the CAB to operate JATO or Jet Assisted Take-Off aircraft (DC-4) at La Paz. "RainDomes" were dropped the following year because the helmets cracked easily, there was no place to store them on the aircraft, and new jetway installation at many airports made them unnecessary. We would like to thank you for visiting our website. Package express and air freight service was added to the list of Braniff services on September 1, 1929, and included Dallas Love Field.[3]. The acquisition of the Minneapolis/St. [1] In 1978 N601BN flew the first flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to London. "[12], Management considered the campaign a success. [35] The assets of Hotels were transferred to the new Dalfort Corporation, which was the reorganized company created from Braniff Airways, Inc., and Braniff International Corporation, which was financed by the Hyatt Corporation. In late 1978 Braniff moved to a sprawling new headquarters, Braniff Place, just inside the western grounds of the airport. Because of Braniff's superb service during the war and over the Banana Run, the Airline would be rewarded with a significant international route award just a year after the war ended.[3]. [1], Braniff had been one of the first U.S. operators of the BAC One-Eleven (and the first U.S. airline to order the twin jet), but in 1965 Lawrence ordered twelve new Boeing 727-100s and cancelled most of the remaining One-Eleven orders. For later airlines using the name, see, "Braniff" redirects here. As of March 2021, the BRANIFF fleet consists of the following aircraft: Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes; F C Y Total . With Johnson things became highly political and came to a head with the 1968 Transpacific Route Case. The first jets were four Boeing 707-227s; a fifth crashed on a test flight when still owned by Boeing. "Airline's start-up evokes sense of deja vu", "Fort Worth Airlines halts flights, files for Chapter 11", "Dallas-Based Braniff Airways Signs Historic Agreement With the Dallas Cowboys, TAC Air and Reed Enterprises for Braniff Headquarters", "Braniff Airways Wikisimpsons the Simpsons Wiki", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Braniff_International_Airways&oldid=1142062319, Braniff Travel Bonus Bonanza and Friends of the Orange 747s. The wings iced up on approach to landing in Shreveport, and the plane lost altitude. Braniff's fuel bill increased from $200 million in 1978 to more than $400 million in 1979, with 25 percent of this increase a result of increased flying but 75 percent was solely due to the rise in fuel costs around the globe.[1]. [22], Domestic flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington Dulles airports were operated by Braniff with its own cockpit and cabin crews. Braniff had saved the historic Driskill from demolition in 1973 and purchased the entity outright in February 1975. Tom's son, Thurman Braniff, was killed in a training plane crash at Oklahoma City in 1937, and his daughter Jeanne Braniff Terrell died in 1948 from complications of childbirth. Additional Lockheed Vegas were added to the fleet during 1931 and 1932. Many of the color schemes were applied to aircraft interiors, gate lounges, ticket offices, and even the corporate headquarters. Former Braniff employees founded Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines in 1983. For the hostesses, Pucci used "space age" themes, including plastic Bolas (first edition zippered version) Space Helmets (second edition with snaps) as they were dubbed by Pucci. [1], Lawrence accurately believed that the answer to deregulation was to expand Braniff's route system dramatically or face an immediate erosion of Braniff's highly profitable routes as a result of unbridled competition from especially the large trunk carriers along with the new low-cost startup carriers. Braniff ceased operations on May 1213, 1982, and Eastern took over the routes earlier than the planned June 1, 1982, commencement of service date. In 1929, the Braniff brothers sold the assets of the company (the Paul R. Braniff, Inc., company organization was retained by the Braniff brothers) to Universal Aviation Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri, at which time, the organization started operating as Braniff Air Lines, Inc. In 1984 a new Braniff, Incorporated, launched its first flight with a fleet of thirty planes under the direction of president William Slattery, formerly chief of European operations for Trans World Airlines. Consequently, this livery was not used on any Braniff aircraft. At one time, it even operated a Concorde on a short-term lease! Braniff. 1k followers. Considering the airline wasn't filling its existing 707s the advent of a massive fleet of new much larger 747s was ominous. One of the wings hit cypress stumps and the plane crashed against the shore. Irridescent colors of Chocolate Brown, Perseus Green, Mercury Blue and Terra Cotta along with two metallic colors were matched with striking racing stripes called Power Paint Stripes, which served to enhance the elegant scheme with a sleek racy feel. British Airways became concerned at the unprofitable stance that Concorde had taken and as a result of the Braniff interchange critical studies were begun to determine how to make Concorde profitable. Former Braniff president Russel Thayer was elected as vice chairman of the board, William Huskins as executive vice president, Neal J. Robinson as executive vice president of marketing, and Edson "Ted" Beckwith as executive vice president of finance. Texas Class created a one-fare, one-service airline domestically and removed First Class from all Braniff aircraft. Until 1980, Braniff was one of the fastest-growing and most-profitable airlines in the United States. Braniff (9) Capital Airlines (1) Continental (13) Delta Air Lines (49) Empire Airlines (1) US F thru O (94) FAA (3) Frontier (17) . An additional route was operated between Oklahoma City and Ft Worth with intermediate stops at Wewoka, Oklahoma, and Dallas Love Field and a third route operated between Oklahoma City and Tulsa with intermediates stops at Wewoka and Seminole, Oklahoma, with all beginning on July 15, 1929 (this is most likely when the first Braniff service began at Dallas Love Field). Airline: Braniff International Airways. [26], In 1979, international hubs were created in Boston and Los Angeles to handle expected increases in travel outside North America while international service was increased from Dallas/Fort Worth. FILENAME. Harding Lawrence elected to retire in December 1980, effective January 7, 1981, after nearly 16 years (1965-1981) of service to the company. First on the agenda was to overhaul Braniff's public image including the 1959 Red and Blue El Dorado Super Jet livery which Wells saw as "staid". [28] This international expansion was also planned to have included flights to Tokyo, as well as an "oil run" between Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Bahrain; however, these routes never commenced although service to Bahrain was approved by the US Government in 1979. As part of this campaign, some Boeing 727s were divided into Braniff Premier Service (traditional First Class service) and Coach Class. Braniff's Hostess College, built in 1968 and designed by Pierce, Lacey and Associates, was a training school where the airline would "turn the girl next door into a truly cosmopolitan lady." The training facility was a five-story building, dating back to 1968, and encompasses 59,925 square feet on nearly 1 acre at 2801 Wycliff Ave., next . During WWII . 192830, after company was sold to Universal Aviation of St. Louis, Missouri, in April 1929. [36][37], The original airline company continues today as a retail, licensing and branding firm. An ex-Braniff and Alaska Airlines 727, which joined the Aces fleet in 1992. ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-135 - 970x90. [20], In the fall of 1976, Braniff commissioned American couturier Halston to bring an elegant and sophisticated feel to Braniff. Back in 1976, as the United States was turning into its 200th year as an independent republic, there were countless celebrations and local observances nationwide to . 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