It really was National with the leased 707. They later added their own DC-8s. The reason I know was that my father worked for National when this happened. --James -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerard M Foley Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:49 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: trivia question what was the first airline in the US to offer Jet service > Triva question > which airline was the first airline to offer > jet service in the US? > and additional question whoes plane did they use? > I've got to be wrong - TWA and Boeing 707. That was the first I was in, anyway. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html