American Airlines in Popular Culture
A fictitious "American Airlines Space Freighter", the Valley Forge, was the setting for the 1971 science fiction movie Silent Running, starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull. The freighter featured the then-new "AA" logo on the hull, along with the crew uniforms and several set pieces.
In the 1960s, Mattel released a series of American Airlines stewardess Barbie dolls.
| American | Trans Caribbean | |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 2554 | – |
| 1955 | 4358 | – |
| 1960 | 6371 | 208 |
| 1965 | 9195 | 433 |
| 1970 | 16623 | 819 |
| 1975 | 20871 | (merged 1971) |
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