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Piedmont Airlines First Flight Charlotte North Carolina - Saint Louis Missouri
Piedmont Airlines First Flight Charlotte North Carolina - Saint Louis Missouri

Piedmont Airlines First Flight Charlotte North Carolina - Saint Louis Missouri

$ 5.8

Availability: 74 in stock
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  • Country: United States
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Type: Transportation
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Exact Type: Postal History
  • Exact Topic: Aviation History

    Description

    Missouri and Saint Louis became the next state and city to receive a Piedmont nonstop 737 flight on May 1, 1985.
    No cachet was provided for the inaugural mail.
    This cover wa
    s
    one of
    only 48 pieces pieces of mail
    carried on the inaugural Piedmont Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina to Saint Louis, Missouri
    (where it was backstamped) and is listed in The American Air Mail Catalogue as PI-D91W.
    The USAir (later renamed USAirways) purchase of Piedmont Airlines was approved by the Department of Transportation. The
    sale was completed in October 1987. The two airlines operated separately until August 5, 1989, when all
    operations and schedules were integrated. Piedmont ceased to exist on August 5.
    US Airways was a major American airline that ceased to operate independently when the Federal Aviation Administration granted a single operating certificate for US Airways and American Airlines on April 8, 2015.