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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramFirst National Airlines jet flight arrives at Sarasota-Bradenton Airport.
Image Number
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Michael Drake collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Government officials
Aviation
Airports--Florida--Sarasota County
Boeing airplanes
Jet planes
Transport planes
Boeing 727 (Jet transports)
Manners and customs
Beauty contestants--Florida--Manatee County
Beauty contestants--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Public officers
Aeronautics, Commercial--Management
Airlines--Management
Local officials and employees--Florida--Sarasota County
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "National Airlines began regular service to and from the Sarasota area in 1945. The airline inaugurated jet service to and from Sarasota in 1965. Ceremony marking the arrival of National Airlines' first jet flight to the Sarasota Bradenton Airport on February 15, 1965. The flight (Flight 61) from New York via Orlando had National Airlines president L.B. 'Bud' Maytag aboard. Local dignitaries met the plane, including the reigning Miss Sarasota and Miss Manatee County, as well as several men dressed as Spanish conquistadors."
"The donor, Michael J. Drake, received this photo from Perry Snell of Sarasota."
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