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CenTra, Inc. is also the controlling body of Central Transport International, an LTL trucking carrier. [6] Moroun also had a controlling stake in Universal Truckload Services Inc., which is a holding company for several over-the-road truck lines and logistics companies (Universal Am-Can Ltd., Mason Dixon Lines, Economy Transport, Cavalry ...
Cyrus Rowlett "C.R." Smith (September 9, 1899 – April 4, 1990) was the CEO of American Airlines from 1934 to 1968 and from 1973 to 1974. He was also the wartime deputy commander of the Air Transport Command during World War II, and the United States Secretary of Commerce for a brief period under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The King Air 200 was one of the oldest of its model still in operation in the United States and was facing mechanical issues. Besides its use for executive transport, the planes are also used for poisoner transport, law enforcement, disaster response, honor guard use for funerals, and by the Cabinet for Economic Development.
The airline was established by Delford M. Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters.It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines (a known CIA front) from Pacific Corporation (also a CIA front) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines, a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter ...
25 December 1946: Three aircraft (CNAC C-47 140, C-46 115 and Central Air Transport C-47 48) crashed near Shanghai in poor visibility, killing a total of 62 in what became known as China's "Black Christmas". [35] [36] 5 January 1947: Curtiss C-46 XT-T51 (also registered as 121) struck a mountain near Qingdao, killing all 43 on board. The ...
This is a list of railroad executives, defined as those who are presidents and chief executive officers of railroad and railway systems worldwide. Contents: A
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
Air California 737-100 in 1969 at Orange County airport. Air California, later renamed AirCal, was a U.S. airline company headquartered in Newport Beach, California that started in the 1960s as a California intrastate airline. [1] [2] [3] The airline's home airport was Orange County Airport, now known as John Wayne Airport.