Capital Airlines
In 1936, this airline company got its start under the name Pennsylvania Central Airlines. Sadly, its fate was to merge with United Airlines in 1961. In the old days, it serviced routes in the eastern, midwestern, southern, and southeastern United States. It ended up changing its name to Capital Airlines in 1948. This was accompanied by a new logo and new colors as well. In the ‘50s, it had been fifth biggest domestic carrier in the country. The only ones ahead of it had been TWA, American, Eastern, and United. It started to struggle financially towards the end of the ‘50s, at which point it announced that it was merging with United Airlines. Former employees honored it by starting the Capital Airlines Association.
Capital Airlines
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.
Is there any other airline that has a non-profit aviation museum? In 2000, Evergreen launched one such museum near its HQ in Oregon. It showed a variety of things that would make your jaws drug. For one, the “Spruce Goose” had been on display. It was an unsuccessful cargo airplane that was made by Howard Hughes. Source Watch later revealed that the former museum director sued Evergreen International Aviation because it claimed that it stole $600K from the museum. That was not the last sketchy rumor about the company either. It remains unclear if its planes were ever used for amazing rendition. The airline company had remained active from 1975 until 2013.
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.
