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Welcome to the PSA History Page and PSA Oldtimers Page!

This page is devoted to the history of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA). Founded in 1949 by Kenny and Jean Friedkin, the airline grew into a San Diego and California institution before being swallowed up by USAir in 1988.

The History is the heart of this site. The PSA story is detailed here in original writings (in a web-friendly format). For a more detailed history, information is available on Gary Kissel's book, Poor Sailors Airline: The PSA Story. Also included in the history section are more detailed looks at parts of PSA, including the Precious Stewardess Association, Inagurals, Stewardesses, Flight Schedules, and Smiles painted on USAir/US Airways aircraft. Inagurals, Stewardesses, Flight Schedules, and Smiles painted on USAir/US Airways aircraft. Inagurals, Stewardesses, Flight Schedules, and Smiles painted on USAir/US Airways aircraft. Inagurals, Stewardesses, Flight Schedules, and Smiles painted on USAir/US Airways aircraft.

Supporting the history is the Gallery. This collection of PSA Memorabilia includes such oddities as Advertisements, Jingles, and Video Commercials. Additional collections include Buttons, and much, much more.

An entire listing of PSA aircraft can be found in the Aircraft section. Finally, the PSA Oldtimers have their own section with employee news and reunion information, as well as pictures.

To navigate this site, use the menus on the left.

What's new?

October 3, 2011

Photos from the 2011 Party have been added to the Oldtimers Photo Page.

December 26, 2010

Over a hundred ads have been added to the Advertisementspage.

December 8, 2010

Photos have been added to the L-1011page.

Photos from the 1996 and 1997 picnics have been re-scanned and added to the Oldtimers Photo page.

October 14, 2010

Photos have been uploaded from the 2010 Picnic and 2010 Party.

November 2, 2010

Photos have been added to the DC-4, Lockheed Electra, and Super 80 pages.

Two buttons have been added to the Buttons page.

July 27, 2010

The 2010 reunion dates have been set - October 1st for the Party, and October 2nd for the Picnic. More information will be coming in the next few weeks.

October 3, 2009

Photos have been uploaded from the 2009 Picnic and 2009 Party.

October 24, 2007

The company that hosted the PSA Oldtimers Guestbook has discontinued their guestbook service. All of the entries have been moved over (after a lot of work) into the PSA Logbook.

August 13, 2007

One new commercial has been added to the commercials page.

New brochures have been added to the Executive Flyer and ValCar pages.

Two new buttons have been added to the Buttons Page.

Two new timetables have been added to the timetables page.

More Smiles have been found on US Airways.

February 16, 2007

New commercials have been added to the commercials page.


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