[snicker] I flew in there once. From of all places... LAX. I kid you not. Dumbest. Flight. Ever.
They didn't even raise the landing gear, and given the wait time at LAX, and waiting to take off... a yellow cab would have been faster.
Braniff had a Fort Worth-Dallas route for years. Even back in the days of propeller-driven airliners that was a short hop!
Speaking of Fort Worth-Dallas air travel, one of the most famous flights in history was along that short route. Most people don’t know or have forgotten that JFK did not arrive directly at Dallas from Washington. Instead, he flew into Fort Worth, where he delivered a speech and made a public appearance on November 21, 1963. The next day he and the First Lady flew in Air Force One from Fort Worth to Dallas Love Field, where they were met with a tumultuous welcome.
yeah, pretty small airport. I flew in and out of LGB in June
(from Boston). It made sense for me because both my motel
and a friend who lives nearby were about 15 mi. north of
there and I didn’t want to cope with traffic jams, etc
out of LAX...Certainly was easy enough to get my rental
car. Enterprise was just across the street—no long walk for me.