I flew on this aircraft between LAX and Orange County, round trip. Mike and I also flew to San Diego via Orange County on a Bonanza F-27, to visit the San Diego Zoo for a junior college class project. The F-27 was probably flown by almost as many different airlines around the world as the 707 or DC-8. Nearly every domestic short haul or regional carrier flew the F-27: Allegheny Airlines, Bonanza Airlines, Pacific Airlines, West Coast Airlines, Ozark Airlines, Northeast Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, Northern Consolidated Airlines, and Mohawk Airlines (the recent episode of MAD MEN showed a Mohawk F-27 desktop display model).
The Revell model kit above included directions on how to send away to the individual U.S. airlines that flew the F-27 for decals of that airline. My friend Randy Bancroft, of course, always built the Bonanza F-27. I sent off requests to several airlines, to see which one I wanted to build. However, not nearly that many responded with decal sets for their livery.
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