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[Kiwi]

Thanks Kris for such a quick answer to my question about Fischer Brothers Aviation. That makes perfect sense.....I rechecked my OAG and found that the Galion-Mansfield sector operated as GCS (Galion Commuter Service?) and after a 5 minute stop-over in Mansfield continued on to Cleveland as Allegheny Commuter, even using the same flight number. I never picked up on that. That $1.00 fare is crazy and I would have loved to live around there then and fly on a Heron for that price. My brother and I got to ride a Florida Airlines DC-3 form FLL to MIA for $5.00 back in the 70's. That was incredible and my only flight ever on a DC-3. Anyway, thanks again for your reply and for a TERRIFIC WEB-SITE.

[Christian Page, RAI]

Kiwi said:

Thanks Kris for such a quick answer to my question about Fischer Brothers Aviation. That makes perfect sense.....I rechecked my OAG and found that the Galion-Mansfield sector operated as GCS (Galion Commuter Service?) and after a 5 minute stop-over in Mansfield continued on to Cleveland as Allegheny Commuter, even using the same flight number. I never picked up on that. That $1.00 fare is crazy and I would have loved to live around there then and fly on a Heron for that price. My brother and I got to ride a Florida Airlines DC-3 form FLL to MIA for $5.00 back in the 70's. That was incredible and my only flight ever on a DC-3. Anyway, thanks again for your reply and for a TERRIFIC WEB-SITE.

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You're welcome! We're all about using FS as a time machine here. The "old days" were interesting ties - before Darth Crandall showed up and unleashed that monster known as "yield management" on the world. There's a famous story about Southwest. They weren't Federally-subsidized, they were state-certified, and thus Braniff and Texas International used that as a means of trying to put them out of business by undercutting their fares since they could lose money on the competing Texas routes due to the subsidies. Southwest needed the fare revenue. So, Braniff and TI started flying DAL-HOU at $13, half of what Southwest wanted. So, what does Southwest do? Well, they can't offer the same fare, so they offered anyoe flying at their full fare a coupon that amounted to a half-fare ticket or a bottle of whiskey. Well, this being Texas and most of the passengers were "earl bidnessmen" (that's how we say "oil businessmen" in these parts) using the company credit - they simply flew for the $26 and took home the whiskey! And, needless to say, Southwest dominated the route.

[chrisjake]

i used to see those Heron's on a regular basis. they tended to always use runway 36 (which doesnt exist anymore) inbound to CLE from MFD....and that brought them past my old house on short final.

if interested, here's a couple of links to 2 photos of their Heron's parked at CLE

www.opshots.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-2316

www.opshots.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-396