Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen designed the main terminal building of the Washington Dulles International Airport in 1958. The design included a landscaped man-made lake to collect rainwater, a low-rise hotel, and a row of office buildings along the north side of the main parking lot. Architectural critics note that Saarinen's design is highly suggestive of flight. Located at 1 Saarinen Circle, Dulles, Virginia.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was the first large discount airline in the United States calling itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes. Headquartered in San Diego, California, PSA operated from 1949 to 1988. n 1986 PSA became the first of two airlines that merged into the existing USAir, followed by Piedmont Airlines in 1987. The PSA acquisition was completed in 1988. USAir changed its name to US Airways in 1997. In 2005, after its second bankruptcy filing, America West Airlines acquired US Airways, continuing with the name until it merged with American Airlines in 2013.
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Aerolíneas Nicaragüenses S.A., operating as Aeronica, was an airline from Nicaragua. headquartered in the capital Managua. It operated scheduled passenger flights within Central America, as well as to Mexico City and the United States out of its hub at the city's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport. It ceased operations in 1992.
The Antonov An-26 was a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986. it was extensively used by the Vietnam People's Air Force during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and Sudanese Air Force during the Second Sudanese Civil War and the War in Darfur.
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Corsair International is a French airline headquartered in Rungis and based at Paris-Orly Airport. It is a subsidiary of German investor Intro Aviation (53%) and the TUI Group (27%). It operates scheduled long-haul services to nine leisure destinations in the French overseas territories, Africa and North America as well as charter flights to further destinations.
The Boeing 747 is the first wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft ever produced; dubbed a "Jumbo Jet". Its distinctive hump upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft has made it one of the most recognizable aircraft.
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Braniff Airrway's Boeng Model 727-2B7, "Sparkling Burgundy" at Kansas City International in June 1978. Owned by GATX-Boothe. The jet was first operated by Allegheny Airlines between 1970 and 1971, with Braniff from 1971 to 1982 and then sold to Armco in 1982.
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