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Flashback Fridays: Southwest Airlines on the Radio Dial
Don’t touch that dial! This week’s Flashback Fridays is both a look at our relationship with some Dallas radio stations, and it’s a review of some of the methods we have used to build the Southwest...
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Flashback Fridays: Happy Holidays from Long Ago
This week’s Flashback gives you the opportunity to look at the details of how we have celebrated a few of the past 42 Holiday Seasons, and the photos run the gamut from early Southwest to early...
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Flashback Fridays: Selling Love Field in 1974
We’ve covered the landmark day of January 13, 1974, before in previous editions of Flashback Fridays. Those earlier posts have shared pictures of the abandoned Dallas Love Field lobby after the other...
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Flashback Fridays: Little Known ProfitSharing Factoids
For as long as I have been with Southwest, winter has also been the “season” for Messages to the Field (where our CEO delivers a “state of the airline,” talks about the priorities for the year, and...
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Flashback Fridays: ‘On a Wing and a Spare’
As an Intern working with Southwest Airlines’ archives, I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Brian Lusk. He was a fantastic mentor and an even better friend. I admired Brian’s writing style...
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Best of Flashback Fridays: A Historical Look at Southwest and Baseball
In honor of the opening of baseball season this week, I’ve chosen Brian’s nod to Southwest’s connection with “America’s pastime” as this edition of the Best of Flashback Fridays. Granted, Brian’s...
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Best of Flashback Fridays: Origins of the Boeing 737, Part Two
The subtitle for this week’s “Best of” post is “The 737-200 Advanced and Some Oddities” The first time this was published on February 24, 2012, I remember being fascinated by an odd aircraft feature...
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Best of Flashback Fridays: Origins of the Boeing 737, Part Three
This week’s “Best of” post focuses on the Boeing 737 “Classics” family—specifically, the -300, -400, and -500 series—and the role that Southwest played in the development of the 300s and 500s. This...
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Best of Flashback Fridays: Origins of the Boeing 737, Part Four
This is the last installment in our “Best of” Brian’s four-part series on the origins of the 737, which originally ran on March 16, 2012. From our first -200 to this week’s nod to the NG family of...
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Best of Flashback Fridays: A Photo Smorgasbord for Avgeeks…
The original title of this Flashback Fridays post was ‘A Photo Smorgasbord for Avgeeks and Other Interested Parties,’ and since I am squarely in both camps, selecting this installment to share again...
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