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North Central purchased Atlanta-based Southern Airways and the two airlines formed Republic Airlines in July 1979, the first merger following airline deregulation. [12] Republic soon targeted San Francisco -based Hughes Airwest for acquisition, [ 13 ] and the deal was finalized in October 1980 for $38.5 million. [ 14 ]
Following the start of a fundraising drive the year before, the museum dedicated an exhibit to Hmong pilots in September 2014. [6] [7] The museum hosted an airshow for the first time in July 2016. [8] The museum purchased a former North Central Airlines DC-3 in 2017. [9]
At a 1962 press conference in the office of Mayor of Los Angeles Sam Yorty, Continental Airlines announced that it planned to move its headquarters to Los Angeles in July 1963. [251] In 1963 Continental Airlines headquarters moved to a two-story, $2.3 million building on the grounds of the airport.
On June 29, 1972, North Central Airlines flight 290 was involved in a collision over Lake Winnebago. The flight originated at Houghton County Airport. [citation needed] On April 25, 2000, a Northwest Airlink Saab 340B impacted a deer during its takeoff run at Houghton. The airplane received substantial damage, but the 21 aboard were not injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which a charter plane carrying the Gonzaga men’s basketball team nearly collided with another plane at Los Angeles ...
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The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-580 (registration N2045), c/n 369, which Convair had completed as a CV-440 Metropolitan on October 8, 1956. It was converted to a standard CV-580 in July 1968. As a CV-580, it entered service with North Central Airlines on August 9, 1968. [2]: Appendix C The crash destroyed the aircraft. [2]: 6
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was an agency of the federal government of the United States, formed in 1940 from a split of the Civil Aeronautics Authority [1] and abolished in 1985, that regulated aviation services (including scheduled passenger airline service [2]) and, until the establishment of the National Transportation Safety Board in 1967, conducted air accident investigations.