Last updated November 11 2020

American Airlines Flagships before WWII

Number of postcards: 50

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The "Cloud" series

I believe this is a series issued during the mid 1930s.
One card in my collection is dated in 1935, two other are mailed post marked in 1936.

Unnumbered
Airline issued by
American Airlines
World's Fastest Transport Plane, The VULTEE ...
crusing speed 215 miles per hour! One of American Airlines' new fleet.
VC
Dated: March 9 1935
A-103-C
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Cowboys greeting the "Southerner" at Fort Worth ... Plane: An American Airlines'
Douglas
VC
Cancelled: June 23 1936
A-103-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Fast, new Douglas Airliner ...
One of a fleet of these new 14-passenger planes operated by American Airlines.
VC
Cancelled: June 23 1936
A-103-N
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Above the Falls!
Matchless view of Niagara's splendor as seen from an American Airliner ...
VC
Unused
A-103-S
Airline issued by
American Airlines
A comfortable berth in one of the World's Only Sleeper Planes ...
An American Airlines' Curtiss Condor.
VC
Unused
The "Enroute" series

I believe this is a series issued during the late 1930s, early 1940s.
Three of the cards in my collection have been mailed, post marked 1937, 1939 and 1942.
At least two numbering schemes are used "A-135-x" and "A-160-x".

A-135-A
Airline issued by
American Airlines



The AMERICAN ARROW ...
one of the giant American Flagship 21-passenger Day Planes
in high-speed non-stop service between New York and Chicago ... both ways, twice daily.
VC
Cancelled: August 10 1939
A-135-C
Airline issued by
American Airlines

Overnight coast-to-coast!
THE SOUTHERNER,
Flagship Sleeping Plane, inbound from New York to Los Angeles, roars a 100 mile-per-hour salute to
San Gorgonio.
Only American provides Sleeper Plane service, transcontinental.
VC
Unused
A-135-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines


Pleasant daytime interior of an American Flagship Pullman-STyle Sleeper Planes. These giant luxuary liners spab the continent overnight on the Southern Transcontinental, providing travelers with America's only Sleeper plane service.
VC
Cancelled: August 24 1937
A-135-E
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Morning scene in an American Flagship Pullman Style Sleeper Plane: This pleased traveler has flown from Los Angeles to New York overnight in a downy berth, large as a twin bed. Ready for his morning shave and a hot breakfast aloft, he faces a new day, refreshed and fit.
VC
Unused
A-160-A
Airline issued by
American Airlines


Passenger boarding the world-famous "American Mercury" ... giant Flagship Skysleeper overnight from New York to California. American Airlines, Inc., is the original sleeper plane line.
VC
Unused
A-160-B
Airline issued by
American Airlines


Over the Flowering Desert of Arizona in the Sun Country ocf the Southwest. One of American Airlines' giant Skysleepers traveling the Southern All-Year Route from coast-to-coast overnight.
VC
Unused
A-160-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines
The "American Mercury" Skysleepers arrives at Los Angeles in the early morning ... overnight from New York. This famous coast-to-coast through service makes only 3 stops ... with no change of planes ... on the favorable Southern All-Year Route.
VC
Cancelled: February 4 1942
A-160-E
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Niagara Falls from a giant Flagship Club Plane! An exclusive feature of American Airlines' scenic Niagara route between New York and Chicago, through Buffalo and Detroit. Typical of the many and varied sights on American Airlines' great nation-wide system.
VC
Unused
The "In Flight" series

I believe this is a series issued during the late 1930s, early 1940s.
Two of the cards in my collection have been mailed, post marked 1939 and 1941.
The numbering scheme used is "A-245-x".
However, several cards have the same number ... So in reality, what does the number represent?
Today I have no clue.

A-245-A
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Flight-Seeing by Flagship ... certainly a grand way to go places and see things. Here's Niagara Falls - an aerial eye-miler on American's New York - Chicago
Niagara Route.
VC
Unused
A-245-A
Airline issued by
American Airlines
It's so calm ...
In another world above the clouds, the earth and its cares are out of sight - out of mind. That's one reason Flagship travel is so refreshing.
VC
Unused
A-245-A
Airline issued by
American Airlines
P. S. - Personalized Service on American Flagships! The Stewardess is a regular Jill-of-all-Trades, adept at everything from explaining land marks to helping mothers feed their children.
VC
Unused
A-245-B
Airline issued by
American Airlines
The Flag you've seen distinguishing American Flagships is patterned on the U.S.N. Admiral's flag. And that's appropriate ... American's personalized service makes everyone aboard feel like an Admiral.
VC
Cancelled: October 18 1941
A-245-C
Airline issued by
American Airlines
This flight - marked out in pencil on the map - is a fine example of the real way of travel. With freedom from tipping, complimentary meals, and no "extras", it's not hard to figure a saving of money as well as time.
VC
Unused
A-245-C
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Take-off in a Flagship on your next trip. American Airlines serves 57 major cities coast to coast - goes "most everywhere' you want to go. And everywhere you'll find your travel worries banished by the American Standard of Service.
VC
Dated: May 29 1939
A-245-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines

Live Aloft and Like It! ... in a 100-mile-an-hour "room with a view." Surprisingly, there's no sensation of height or speed. You feel no connection with the earth - except as an exalted spectator.
VC
Unused
A-245-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines

Live Aloft and Like It! ... in a 100-mile-an-hour "room with a view." Surprisingly, there's no sensation of height or speed. You feel no connection with the earth - except as an exalted spectator.
VC
Unused
A-245-D
Airline issued by
American Airlines
She Can Show You the Way to Go Home - by American Flagship. These Stewardesses are regular
Jills-of-all-Trades, adept at everything from explaining land marks to helping mothers feed their children.
VC
Unused
A-245-E
Airline issued by
American Airlines

Three Happy Experts - just finishing their day's work - give you a good idea of what American means - and why it can talk with truth - about offering "The American Standard of Service".
VC
Unused
A-245-E
Airline issued by
American Airlines


Appetites somehow have an extra zest aloft. Full coarse meals are complementary. And American spares no arts of cookery to make them thoroughly delightful!
VC
Unused
A-245-E
Airline issued by
American Airlines
From a Flagship - that's the way to see Niagara! At a single glance both the American Falls and the Horseshoe spread before you. It's an aerial eye-filler you can only get on American's New York-Chicago Niagara Route.
VC
Written but not dated
A-245-F
Airline issued by
American Airlines
Southwestern Passage!
American's Flagships fly Coast-to-Coast overnight along the their Southern All-Year Route - crossing the frontier country chosen long ago for early transcontinental trails.
VC
Unused
A-245-F
Airline issued by
American Airlines

Good Morning! Bed time last night was 1000 miles away. These Flagship Skysleepers berths are actually larger than twin beds - and really comfortable.
VC
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