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Paul Revere Braniff (August 30, 1897 – June 1, 1954 [a]) was an airline entrepreneur. Braniff was one of the original founders of Braniff International Airways. He served as a mechanic in World War I in the United States Army and then as a pilot in World War II.
Paul Braniff left the airline in 1935 to pursue other interests and to tour South America for Braniff's eventual service to the region, but Tom Braniff retained control of the carrier and hired Charles Edmund Beard to run day-to-day operations.
Apr 18, 1999 · Worth Remembering: Tom Braniff financed the state's first airline in 1928, with several other men, after his brother, Paul, convinced him to start a commuter line between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Tom later bought Paul's share, and until his death in 1954 ran the airline.
Sep 19, 2020 · The brothers were aviator Paul Revere Braniff and businessman Thomas Elmer Braniff. In the spring of 1928 the new airline took to the skies on its maiden voyage with a single-engine 5 passenger Stinson Detroiter.
In the spring of 1928, insurance magnate Thomas Elmer Braniff founded an air carrier, maintenance, aircraft dealer and flight school organization with his brother Paul, called Paul R. Braniff, Inc., which did business as Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airline.
Those brothers, Paul Revere Braniff, the dreamer and aviator, and Thomas Elmer Braniff, the pragmatist who had already created a burgeoning insurance empire, had the courage and foresight to become early pioneers in America's burgeoning aviation industry.
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Those brothers, Paul Revere Braniff, the dreamer and aviator, and Thomas Elmer Braniff, the pragmatist who had already created a burgeoning insurance empire, had the courage and foresight to become early pioneers in America's burgeoning aviation industry.
