Reply #58: Southern Airways had DC-3s and Martin 404s, neither prop-jets.

[DemoTex]

Southern did not operate turboprop aircraft as a transition from propeller equipment to pure jets, as other airlines did. Southern was the only airline to transition from propeller-driven equipment to jet aircraft without utilizing the intermediate turboprops. By the beginning of the 1970's, Southern was flying 75 and 95 passenger DC-9 jets and 40-passenger Martin 404 propeller equipment. (More)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Airways

What Southern Airways did have was bitter labor problems between pilots and CEO Frank W. Hulse, III.