Established at Savannah, Georgia, in late spring 1937, Atlantic and Gulf Coast Airline acquires a single Stinson Model A Tri-Motor and employs it to begin scheduled passenger flights to Jacksonville in May. Unable to generate sufficient revenues to cover start-up costs, the operator stops flying in August.
ATLANTIC AVIATION CORPORATION: New Castle County Airport, P. O. Box 15000, Wilmington, Delaware 19850, United States; Phone (302) 322-7000; Fax (302) 322-7227; http://
Www. atlanticaviation. com; Year Founded 1927. One of the nation’s oldest FBOs, Atlantic Aviation is established at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1927. Very early on, the company begins to engage in charter operations. Seven decades later, AAC not only flies from New Castle County, but has aircraft stationed at six other locations. These provide executive and small group charters throughout the U. S. and worldwide.
An lAI 1124A Westwind II is stationed at Wilmington; a Beech Super King Air 200 is housed at Waycross-Ware County Airport in Georgia; and a Canadair 601 Challenger is based at Palm Beach, Florida. Further north, 1 each Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II and Learjet 35A are based in White Plains, New York; 2 British Aerospace BAe (HS) 125-700 Hawkers, 1 BAe (HS) 125-800 Hawker, 1 Cessna 560 Citation V, and 1 Canadair Challenger are held at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey; 1 Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream III is based at Trenton, New Jersey; and 1 Super King Air 200 flies from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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