On this day in 1948: Piedmont Airlines, headquartered in Winston-Salem, inaugurates passenger service with a DC-3 flight from Wilmington to Charlotte to Cincinnati. Over the next four decades Piedmont will grow from what competitors dismiss as a “puddle jumper” to the nation’s eighth largest airline. In 1987 Piedmont is bought by Washington-based USAir [later US […]
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Winston-Salem’s little ‘puddle jumper’ that could
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, tagged airline mergers, charlotte nc, cincinnati, dc-3, piedmont airlines, us airways, usair, wilmington nc, Winston-Salem on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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