BRANIFF TRAIL HISTORICAL PLAQUE PROJECT

Braniff Airways Foundation has embarked on memorial projects such as Braniff Trail, which honors (through plaques and state historical markers) and maps spaces from around the globe of historical significance to Braniff. 

PLAQUE LOCATIONS

(Numbers below in parentheses correspond with placement on map above)

Adolphus (Braniff CTO) Hotel Dallas - Plaque marking City Ticket Office (1)

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport - Plaque honoring Braniff's service at ATL (2)

Braniff Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Approved - Plaque honoring Braniff's first headquarters - Dedicated April 8, 2017 during Braniff Building OKC Tour - physically placed on a lobby wall in July 2017 (3)

Braniff Hostess College 2801 Wycliff Ave, Dallas- Plaque honoring John Allen Pierce design and Braniff's occupancy of building (4)

Braniff Computer/Accounting Center Round Table Drive Dallas - Plaque marking Braniff's occupancy

Braniff Peeler Street Warehouse (Historic GM Building) - Plaque marking Braniff's occupancy

Braniff Flight 352 - Two plaques 18"x20" one honoring 50th Anniversary of crash and second honoring the passengers, crew and BI employees - was Dawson, Texas City Hall after 50th Anniversary Ceremony on May 3, 2018 - Placed May 3, 2018. (5)

Braniff Flight 352 Texas Worst Air Disaster State Historical Marker - Approved and will be placed across the road from the crash site east of Dawson, Texas. The Navarro County Historical Officer has given initial approval for the marker and application to Texas Historical Commission approved in 2019 and will be placed during 2021.

Braniff Flight 542 - Historical plaque for City Hall at Buffalo, Texas. Placed and Dedicated September 26, 2019 (6)

Braniff Flight 542 - Texas State Historical Marker application approved and will be placed at accident site during 2021 (7)

#1 British Flying Training School Museum Terrell, Texas - Plaque honoring Harding L. Lawrence and his first civilian job at the school - Plaque will be placed in July 2017 (8)

Dallas Historical Society Fair Park State Hall Dallas, Texas - plaque honoring support and preservation of Braniff and extensive Braniff collection (9)

Dallas Love Field Plaques (10):

-Display for 90th Anniversary Celebration in Terminal 2W - 747 First Class Cabin Mockup (Dallas Love Field)

-Red Brick HDQ - Plaque honoring Braniff's pioneering spirit at Dallas-Love Field and site of Red Brick HDQP

-Braniff Jetrail - Plaque honoring Braniff Jetrail in Love Field Terminal and John Allen Pierce design

-Dallas Love Field Terminal - BI Countries Served Logo Signage

-Blanton Tower/Doubletree Hilton Love Field - in planning Plaque marking Braniff's first Hostess College

-Braniff Terminal of the Future - Plaque honoring biggest terminal at DAL

Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport Plaques (11):

-Braniff Tower Exchange Park, Dallas, Texas - Placed May 2016, (DFW) - Removed 2022 - Building demolished October 2023

-Braniff Chapel Entrance Logo Plaque - Large BI Logo in Black on Silver plaque placed over entrance (DFW)

-Plaques to replace Stars for Paul Revere Braniff, Charles Beard and Harding Lawrence - Chapel (DFW)

-Five Plaques Plus BI Logo on Chapel Cloud Wall (DFW)

-Plaque honoring Thomas Elmer Braniff, Paul Revere Braniff, Charles Beard, and Harding Lawrence - Chapel Cloud Wall

-Terminal 2W - Plaque honoring Braniff as the first tenant and only airline to occupy a full terminal at DFW     

-Concorde - First Concorde Service by US airline inaugurated at Terminal 2W - Chapel Cloud Wall

-London - First nonstop service to Europe inaugurated at Terminal 2W - Chapel Cloud Wall 

-Founder's Plaza DFW - Plaque honoring Braniff as the first tenant and the only airline to occupy a full terminal at DFW - placed on stand in March 2018 (14)            

-Sky Shuttle DFW - Plaque honoring Braniff as original designer of system - Chapel Cloud Wall

-Skylink DFW - Place a White BI Logo on the exterior of one set of Skylink coaches

-Braniff 7701 - Plaque honoring Braniff's design and occupancy of the building

Driskill Hotel Austin, Texas - Plaque honoring Braniff's ownership and role in restoration in 1973 (12)

Doubletree by Hilton (13)

Frontiers of Flight Museum - in planning - Plaque honoring Braniff Captain Orville Rogers for providing initial money for Braniff Gallery at Frontiers of Flight - dedicated August 18, 2017NA - Irving Community Center - Plaque to honor Braniff Retirement Club (15)

Honolulu International Airport, Gate 12 (16)

Houston Hobby Airport (17)

J&S Automotive LLC (Braniff International Warehouse) (18)

Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (19)

Kansas City Headquarter's Building, Missouri - Plaque in planning but approved - planned dedication next fall with tour of building and nearby TWA Headquarters Building plus large outdoor wall mural placed during 2018 by MPress Printing, current occupant of Braniff MKC HDQ - the plaque was received on May 1, 2018, and was shipped to MPress Printing on May 17, 2018 (20)

SFO Museum (21)

Braniff Place World HDQ DFW - Approved - Plaque honoring Braniff's occupancy of the building and Welton Becket design - Placed June 29, 2017, and dedicated June 30, 2017, 2PM Thryvv and Thryvv Hotel and Convention Center Braniff Place World Headquarters (22)

University of Dallas - in planning - Plaque honoring Braniff family contributions to the university - Placed May 12, 2017 (22)

Univerisity of Dallas, Braniff Graduate School (23)

Wichita Kansas Aviation Museum - Letter sent October 9, 2017, and in planning. Plaque placed and dedicated, October 2019 (26)