A CAPITAL Idea   (A virtual museum)

Air Cal   - acquired by American Airlines 1987

Air Florida   - Air Florida filed for bankruptcy and folded on July 3, 1984. Its assets acquired by Midway Airlines

  Air Midwest - formerly Aviation Services Inc. - ASI. Subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. Ceases operations Jun. 30, 2008

  Airwest - became Hughes Airwest

 Alitalia   - filed for bankruptcy Aug. 29, 2008. Compagnia Aerea Italiana, CAI, bought the Alitalia brand. Jan. 2009

  Allegheny Airlines   - Renamed US Airways 1995

  All American Aviation - was acquired by the US Airways Group 1986

    Aloha Airlines   - filed for bankruptcy again March 20, 2008

  America West   - merged into U.S. Airways Sep. 2005

  Arrow Airways and Canadian Airways merged to form Canadian Pacific Airlines. This airline would later be sold to Pacific Western Airlines in 1987, renaming the paired company Canadian Airlines International. This operation would later be absorbed by Air Canada in 2000.

  Bonanza Airlines   - merged Pacific AirLines and West Coast AirLines as Hughes Air West 1968

  Braniff Airways       Braniff Airways   - Ended operations in bankruptcy May 12, 1982

Cable Commuter - aquired by Golden West 1969

California Central Airlines - operated SAN-LAX-BUR-SFO-OAK-IYK. Ended operations 1954

California Eastern - sold to Slick 1948

Capital Airlines - May 1960, Vickers/Rolls Royce foreclosed on Capital's entire fleet of Viscounts. July 28, 1960 a merger with United Airlines was announced and completed July 1, 1961

Capital Airlines Association   (The website has been taken down)

Central Airlines   - started with a fleet of eleven Beechcraft Bonanza A35s in 1949. Central was sold and merged into Frontier Airlines on October 1, 1967.

Chicago & Southern Airlines - formerly Seaboard Air, Merged with Delta

Colonial Airlines - formerly Canadian Colonial Airlines, merged with Eastern Airlines)

 Continental Airlines - acquired by United Airlines. Formal merge date Mar. 3, 2012

  Eastern   - acquired by Continental Airlines [Texas International] and dissolved Feb. 24, 1986)

  Flying Tiger   - merged with Federal Express 1989

  Frontier   - operations ended with acquisition by Peoples Express 1986

  Frontier   - resurrected July 5, 1994 with 180 employees and two 737 aircraft

    Golden Gate   - 1979-1981,   merged with Swift Aire Lines 1981

  Golden West - formed from merger of Aero Commuter, Cable Commuter, Catalina Airlines, and Skymark Airlines 1968. Ended operations 1983

  Horizon Air - acquired by Alaska Air 1981

  Huges Airwest     - formerly- Air West, Pacific Airlines, Southwest Airways. In the fall of 1980, the assets were acquired by Republic Airlines

  Imperial Airlines - ended operations 1982

  International Air Bahama - Started ops Jul. 20, 1968, ceased ops May 18, 1981. Parent Co. Loftleiŏir Icelandic  

  LA Airways - sold to Golden West Airlines 1971

  Lake Central   - acquired by Allegheny Airlines 1968)

  Hanford Tri-State - became Mid-Continent Airlines in 1938, merged with Braniff in 1952

  Midway - ended operations 1991

  Muse Air   - Began service in 1982. In 1985, Southwest Airlines bought out Muse Air and renamed it TranStar.

  Mohawk   - acquired by AlleghenyAirlines 1972

  National   - acquired by Pan American Airways 1980

  New York Airways   - filed for bankruptcy on May 18, 1979

  North Central - bought Southern Airways in 1979. A merger of the two airlines formed Republic Airlines. Republic later acquired San Francisco-based Hughes Airwest.

  Northeast - acquired by Delta Air Lines 1973

  Northwest - acquired by Delta Air Lines Oct. 30, 2008. Delta acquisition of Northwest is a $2.6 billion all-stock transaction, based on Northwest's share price

  Overseas National   - The board of directors decided to liquidate Oct. 1978.

  Ozark   - acquired by TWA October 1986

Pacific Southwest Airlines   - acquired by US Air 1988.

  PSA History Museum

  Pan American       Pan American   - Pacific routes sold to United Airlines Feb. 11, 1986. Filed for bankruptcy 1991. Early 1997 brief revival of some services. Filed for bankruptcy Feb. 27, 1998

Peoples Express   - merged into New York Air/Continental/Texas Air

  Piedmont Airlines   - became part of US Air

  Pioneer   - Essair changes its name to Pioneer Airlines May 15, 1946. Merged with Continental

  Reno Air - initiated service 1992. Merged with American 1999

  Republic   - formed by a merger of North Central, Southern Airways. Ultimately acquired by Northwest

  Seaboard Air Line Railroad   - merged with Delta

  Skybus   - ceases operation April 5, 2008

    Slick Airways - started by Earl Slick 1946. Acquired by Airlift International 1968

  Southern Airways - merged with North Central Airlines as Republic

  Sun Aire - merged with Skywest Airlines 1984

  Swift Aire - merged with Golden Gate Airlines 1981. Ended operations 1981

    Trans Texas   - name changed to Texas International. Acquired Continental and retained the Continental name

    Trans World Airlines   merged with American Airlines Apr. 9, 2001

-   Universal Air Lines System operated 1928-1930 - Inaugurated first coast-to-coast air/rail service on June 14, 1929. Became part of All American/American Airlines

  West Coast - became part of Airwest

    Western   - Merged with Delta Airlines 1987

    Wien Alaska - filed for Chapter 11 bankrutcy Nov. 1984 without success

  Zoom International   - ceased operations Aug. 28, 2008

The Lockheed Constellation

The Most Beautiful Aircraft Ever Manufactured!

* INTERESTING LINKS *

* MUSUEMS *

United Airlines Historical Foundation

Dr. Charles C. Quarles - TheAirline Archives

DC 3 Virtual Musuem

Frontiers Of Flight, Dallas, TX (Love Field)

Airline History Museum (Save A Connie)   - (MKC Airport) Kansas City, MO, July, 2005 "The Connie" blew number 2 engine. The museum raised $120,000 to overhaul it. "Museum "Connie" is now a movie star... A motion picture, "The Aviator", stars Museum Connie. It's a story about the life of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes. The development of the Constellation was a major event in his aviation career. Filming, with the AHM Constellation was at the San Bernardino Airport, located just east of Los Angeles. The AHM Connie, complete with the original TWA paint scheme, created a perfect "set" for the movie makers. Some minor changes were made to the aircraft's exterior using water-based paints. The director, Martin Scorsese, and the star, Leonardo DiCaprio, are both very well known. The AHM Connie has been seen on the "big screen" all over the world.

Hiller Aviation Museum   - San Carlos Airport, CA

March Air Museum   - (Riverside, CA) March ARB, CA

McClellan Aviation Museum   - McClellan AFB (McClellan, CA) Sacramento, CA

Museum Of Flying   - Santa Monica (Airport), CA

National Air And Space Museum   - Official Home Page of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC U.S.A.

The Mid Atlantic Air Musuem   - Reading, PA

Old Props   - Real Airplanes Have Props

Pacific Coast Air Museum   - Santa Rosa, CA

Planes Of Fame   - Chino, CA

San Diego Aerospace Museum   - (Balboa Park) San Diego, CA

Seattle Museum of Flight   - Seattle, WA

Western Museum Of Flight   - Torrance Airport 3315 Airport Drive, Red Baron #3, Torrance, CA 90505

A Virtual Museum dedicated to the Vickers-Armstrongs VC2 Viscount

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