In a message dated 12/13/2003 1:17:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The reason WN leased the first aircraft above has something to do with the > legal battles between WN and BN. I cannot locate the article from either > Airways or Airliners that explains the battle but it did have something to do > with Love Field. Hmmmm, that's something I never heard before. The legal battles Braniff waged with Southwest at Love Field were resolved well in advance of the lease dates (3/79-1/80), but it could have happened (Harding Lawerence did a lot of interesting things). The 727-291 mentioned was built for Frontier and came to Braniff when Frontier realized the 737 was better suited to it's route system. Another Frontier 727-291 that migrated to Braniff was the "Flying Colors USA" aircraft painted by Alexander Calder. Good ol "Sneaky Snake" was disliked by pilots as it was a hard aircraft to trim at crusising altitude according to author and former BN pilot Jim Nance. RT Simpson Phoenix