Universal Airways

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 08-24-2006, 10:53 PM

Is anybody here familiar with the "real" Universal Airways? I remember reading that it was a cargo airline back in the 60s and the 70s with DC-8s. I know I have a postcard of one of these.

Evidently it was the "original" Zantop of the 50s, only changing its name to Universal in the mid-60s.

Certainly no stratocruisers in the 50s, as below:

funbird · 08-26-2006, 05:20 PM

They were a charter company which was merged into Saturn. Universal did operate one 747 for a short time being the first charter comapny to do so.

08-24-2006, 10:53 PM	#1
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	Universal Airways Is anybody here familiar with the "real" Universal Airways? I remember reading that it was a cargo airline back in the 60s and the 70s with DC-8s. I know I have a postcard of one of these. Evidently it was the "original" Zantop of the 50s, only changing its name to Universal in the mid-60s. Certainly no stratocruisers in the 50s, as below: __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

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08-26-2006, 05:20 PM	#2
funbird Master Collector Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: north florida Age: 41 Posts: 527	They were a charter company which was merged into Saturn. Universal did operate one 747 for a short time being the first charter comapny to do so.