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TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Ozark Airlines/Great Plains Airlines
While Columbia, MO began to see route success with Trans World Airlines (TWA) in the 1990s, its local passengers struggled with high prices, leaving local resident William Stricker to take matters into his own hands. Stricker decided on buying the Ozark…
December 7, 2016 10:43 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Purdue Airlines
With Purdue University consistently looking for ways to get ahead in the aviation world, the university looked to the skies as its next resource. The West Lafayette-based university had already made records in the 1930s when it became the first…
November 24, 2016 10:33 am ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Aero Union
Founded in 1960, Aero Union Corporation was an aircraft maintenance and operation company that focused on aerial firefighting, including operating the aircraft, training crews, and designing fire fighting systems. Their company depended heavily on a contract with the US Forest Service.…
October 19, 2016 9:35 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Virgin Atlantic’s Little Red
Virgin Atlantic has always been strong with long-haul service to holiday destinations from the United Kingdom. However, the carrier has never had much of a domestic presence. Virgin once had services to Dublin early in their history and some intra-European…
October 13, 2016 12:52 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Sobelair
Launched in 1946, Société Belge des Transports par Air SA, or Sobelair, operated past the turn of the century as a Belgian charter airline. Originalyl named Société d'Etude et de Transports Aerien, or SETA, the carrier operated their first revenue flight on…