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    Hughes Air Corporation, doing business as Hughes Airwest, was a local service carrier from 1970 to 1980 in the Western United States. It was backed by...
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    Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle...
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    expanded Trans World Airlines and later acquired Air West, renaming it Hughes Airwest. Hughes won the Harmon Trophy on two occasions (1936 and 1938), the Collier...
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  • operated at Memphis International Airport. Following their buyout of Hughes Airwest in 1980, Republic became the largest airline in the U.S. by number of...
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    Lines, Air West and Hughes Airwest served Santa Rosa. Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s followed by Pacific, Air West and Hughes Airwest Fairchild F-27 turboprops...
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    which was renamed Hughes Airwest. Air West served Idaho Falls with Fairchild F-27s beginning in 1968, as well as did Hughes Airwest. Both airlines started...
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    subsequently renamed Hughes Airwest which, in turn, continued to serve Boise with Douglas DC-9 (-10, -30) jets. In 1972, Hughes Airwest was operating non-stop...
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    followed by Hughes Airwest operated scheduled passenger flights including McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet service until 1971 when Hughes Airwest moved its...
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    carrier in the western United States: Air West, renamed Hughes Airwest following the purchase. Hughes Tool also briefly owned Los Angeles Airways, a small...
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    1972 Hughes Airwest system timetable http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 26, 1975 Hughes Airwest system timetable Jan.15, 1977 Hughes Airwest system...
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  • to Hughes Airwest which in turn continued to serve Twin Falls. The jet age arrived in Twin Falls during the early 1970s. In 1972, Hughes Airwest was...
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    was changed to Hughes Airwest in 1970 adding several new routes, including service to Mexico, creating a hub at Phoenix. Hughes Airwest was then merged...
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    times in the past including Air West, Hughes Airwest, Republic Airlines (1979–1986) and TriStar Airlines. Hughes Airwest operated Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell...
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    Connection (2008–2010) operated by SkyWest Airlines (Salt Lake City), Hughes Airwest and predecessor Air West (Crescent City, Medford, San Francisco, Eugene...
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    its merger that formed AirWest, Pacific Air Lines had its corporate headquarters on the grounds of the airport. Hughes Airwest, the successor to Air West...
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    Hughes Airwest. In 1972 Hughes Airwest Fairchild F-27s flew nonstop to Portland and direct to Sacramento, San Francisco and Seattle. By 1975, Hughes Airwest...
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    Antonio and its first destination outside Texas, New Orleans. Hughes Airwest (owned by Howard Hughes) was flying nonstop to Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson and...
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    in 1953 also flying DC-3s. Bonanza was merged into Air West (later Hughes Airwest) in 1968 and was the primary air carrier serving El Centro and the Imperial...
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    acquired Hughes Airwest in September 1980 and continued to operate DC-9s to the airport but reduced the frequency formerly operated by Hughes Airwest to Los...
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  • Summa Corporation (category Howard Hughes)
    because Hughes was dismayed that the station never played his favorite late-night movies. Hughes Airwest - a regional airline Hughes Sports Network Hughes Helicopters...
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    F-27 operators in the U.S. included Air South, Air West and successor Hughes Airwest, Allegheny Airlines, Aloha Airlines, Bonanza Air Lines, Horizon Air...
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    "Sharp–Hughes" two-cone rotary drill bit during the Texas Oil Boom. Hughes was the father and namesake of Howard Hughes (Howard Robard Hughes Jr.) the...
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    Great Falls (with all of these services first stopping in Calgary). Hughes Airwest also served the airport with Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30...
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  • Airlines merged to form Air West 1970 - Howard Hughes purchased Air West and renamed it Hughes Airwest 1980 - Merged into Republic Airlines JetBlue and...
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    Mazatlan, La Paz and Puerto Vallarta, and successor airlines Air West and Hughes Airwest flew DC-9s from Tucson to Mexico with their service being extended to...
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    current name. In the 1970s and 1980s passenger traffic increased as Hughes Airwest (previously Air West), Western Airlines, Delta Air Lines (which acquired...
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  • Flight 965 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Hughes Airwest Flight 706 All Nippon Airways Flight 58 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air...
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    in 1968 to form Air West which was renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970 after its acquisition by Howard Hughes. Golden Gate Airlines was based in Monterey...
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    changed its name to Hughes Airwest in 1970. All Air West flights to the airport in 1968 were Fairchild F-27s. In 1972 Hughes Airwest F-27s flew San Francisco...
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  • The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953...
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