A Robinson Newspapers editorial cartoon by Kelliher depicting crashed and wrecked aircraft labeled United, Braniff, Eastern Air Lines, and Continental Airlines piled up at an airport control tower signed 'Henry Jackson Memorial Burial Grounds,' satirizing the wave of airline bankruptcies and failures following deregulation. The cartoon references Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington State in connection with aviation policy and the financial collapse of multiple major U.S. carriers.Open full document
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A Robinson Newspapers editorial cartoon by Kelliher depicting crashed and wrecked aircraft labeled United, Braniff, Eastern Air Lines, and Continental Airlines piled up at an airport control tower signed ‘Henry Jackson Memorial Burial Grounds,’ satirizing the wave of airline bankruptcies and failures following deregulation. The cartoon references Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington State in connection with aviation policy and the financial collapse of multiple major U.S. carriers.
