American Airlines Celebrates the Country’s Founding, Every
Day
Photo by Cynthia Dial
On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere rode through what’s now
Somerville, Medford, and Arlington, Massachusetts, to warn that British troops
were enroute and that they sought to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock.
The American revolution began that month, but it was July 2,
1776, that the Continental Congress in Philadelphia formally declared
independence and two days later that it approved the wording of the Declaration
of Independence.
Today you can fly Philadelphia – Boston round trip each
afternoon on American flight AA1776. And American offers Sam Adams beer on
board.
Fly Lucky 7’s to Las Vegas
There are 7 days of the week, 7 seas, and 7 continents. God
is said to have rested on the 7th day. There are 7 deadly sins and 7 wonders of
the ancient world. If 7 is lucky, then 777 is triply so: on most slot machines
777 is jackpot.
So, it’s appropriate that American Airlines flight AA777 runs the Phoenix – Las Vegas route.
Good Luck in China
When the airline eventually flies Los Angeles or Dallas –
Guangzhou to connect up with China Southern, in which it owns a small stake,
they’ll need to re-assign flight 888 from Pittsburgh – Philadelphia in
celebration of the luck that venture will bring them.
Incidentally neither American nor United nor Delta regularly
offers a flight 666.
Excerpted from View from the Wing and by Gary Leff
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