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| | Catch Our Smile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | In 1949, Pacific Southwest Airlines, born and bred in San Diego, California, charged onto the California scene proclaiming that flying could be safe, punctual, friendly, and affordable. |
 | | While other airlines cloaked their planes and crews in somber shades of blue and beige, PSA planes wore stripes of fuchsia, orange, and red with a big, bold smile painted under the nose. |
 | | Thus was born Pacific Southwest Airlines, a scheduled airline, with a fleet of one: a DC-3 leased for $2,000 a month. |
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