The postcard shows a side view of a turboprop passenger airplane parked on an airport ramp. The aircraft is a Fokker F-27 Friendship operated by Bonanza Air Lines, with the registration number N754L painted near the tail. The fuselage is silver with “Bonanza” written near the front and “Bonanza Air Lines” along the rear. The vertical tail is painted bright red with black and white Bonanza branding. The plane has high-mounted wings with two propeller engines, one on each wing. A small red ground vehicle is positioned near the nose of the aircraft. The background is flat, open airfield terrain under a pale sky, with no terminal buildings visible.

Bonanza Air Lines F-27 Postcard
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N754L
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1968 Boise Airport Postcard - Note the ex-Bonanza Air Lines DC-9, which has moved through the AirWest system and is working an ex-West Coast route.
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This vintage color photograph shows a Bonanza Air Lines aircraft parked on an airport ramp in the early morning or late afternoon light. The airplane is a Fairchild F-27, a twin-engine turboprop known for its sleek mid-century design. Its fuselage is painted white and silver, with an orange and gold stripe running horizontally along the windows. The airline’s name, Bonanza Air Lines, appears in bold letters across the fuselage and on the tail fin, which also bears the carrier’s distinctive sun-and-desert emblem. The aircraft registration number N145L is visible on the tail. The airplane rests behind a low metal fence, and the tarmac around it gleams slightly, reflecting the soft sunlight. In the distance, low mountains or desert hills form a hazy backdrop, suggesting a southwestern U.S. location—perhaps Nevada or Arizona—where Bonanza Air Lines was based. The quiet mood of the image evokes the golden era of regional air travel in the 1960s.

Sunsets on another day - 1960 Bonanza Air Lines F-27 Photograph N145L
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Postcard from the recent opening. Such a clean design.
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@northwestairlines.bsky.social - A few Bonanza F-27s waiting for passengers.
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Bonanza Air Lines DC-3 Postcard 
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Airplane is parked with air stairs. There is a cactus blocking some of the view

Bonanza Air Lines DC-3 Postcard
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N25622 at PHX.
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McCarran Field, Las Vegas, NV. Postcard .
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Many images of the airlines that make up Delta Air Lines History

Happy 100 Delta Air Lines.
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A mosaic of Delta ephemera from my collection.
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Plane at gate

Map

Bonanza Air Lines Schedule Cover and Route Map from April 28, 1963
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Luggage label with a DC-3 flying over the desert at night

Goodnight ~
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Bonanza Air Lines baggage label
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Art work of the American southwest. Routes are seen between places like Salt Lake City and Phoenix and Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

1961 Bonanza Air Lines Route Map.
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N756L is at the gate waiting passengers

N750L is waiting for passengers while it gets fueled up

N751L taxis by the viewer left to right

N751L is lined up for takeoff

Bonanza Air Lines F-27s at LAX
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There is no information on the back, but I wonder if the photographer was Jon Proctor.
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Frank works as a pilot for Bonanza and owns a Funeral Home in Scottsdale

Pilot by day, mortician by night...
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I have been cataloging Bonanza Air Lines materials for the @archive.org . This article, from the 1955 The Arizonian, sure was fun. I wonder which one he considered his second job?
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Plane is parked and passengers are boarding the rear stairs.

Bonanza Air Lines DC-3 at Los Angeles, photograph.
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1959 Bonanza Air Lines F-27 over the Hoover Dam Postcard
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The tail of the F-27 is in the lower corner, and at the top is the airline name.

Inside of ticket jacket is the general information and an ad for Hertz

Back of ticket jacket has boarding pass information. In this case, It was Flight 111 leaving gate 1 for a flight to Phoenix

1967 Bonanza Air Lines Ticket Jacket with F-27 and Route Map.
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A prop plane is flying over a very early view of Vegas. It’s mostly desert, but you do see the original Sahara hotel and casino.

1956 Aerial View Las Vegas, Nevada Bonanza Airlines DC-3 Postcard 
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N491 was first delivered to Northwest Airlines as NC25610 in January 1940.
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The then new Las Vegas Airport. This is a split card, top is the parking lot, and the lower one shows a plane at the gate.

Greetings From Las Vegas Postcard
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The new terminal opened March 15, 1963 by architects Welton Becket Associates & John Replogle

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Prop plane is parked under the setting sun.

Bonanza Air Lines DC-3 Postcard
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N485 - Later with Eddie Airlines - Crashed Salt Lake City UT, w/o Nov 27 1965 crashed Point of the Mountain
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Front and back of the jacket. It's blue and shows a route map.

Inside the jacket shows an ad for Hertz car rentals.

1967 Bonanza Air Lines Ticket Jacket with Route Map.
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