Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Foreword by George Haddaway
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Definition of Commuter Airlines
• I HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRY
• 1. As It Was in the Beginning
• 2. The First Postwar Pioneers
• 3. The First Commuter Airline Boom
• 4. The Economic Stakeout
• 5. The Last Years before Deregulation
• 6. Deregulation and Essential Air Service
• 7. The Code-sharing Revolution
• 8. Prospects for the Future
• II PROFILES
• 1. Gary M. Adamson (Air Midwest)
• 2. Jerry C. Atkin (Skywest Airlines)
• 3. Captain Charles F. (Charlie) Blair (Antilles Air Boats)
• 4. William C. (Bill) Britt (Britt Airways)
• 5. Arthur Burns (Pappy) Chalk and Dean Franklin (Chalk's Flying Service/Chalk's International)
• 6. L.W. (Roy) Clark (Pennsylvania Airlines)
• 7. Raymond J. (Ray) Ellis (Scheduled Skyways)
• 8. Roy Franklin (San Juan Airlines)
• 9. Joseph M. (Joe) Fugere (Pilgrim Airlines)
• 10. Richard A. (Dick) Henson (The Hagerstown Commuter and Henson Airlines)
• 11. Arthur (Art) Horst (Suburban Airlines)
• 12. F.E. (Pete) Howe (Rio Airways - To Name but One)
• 13. Milton G. (Milt) Kuolt II (Horizon Air)
• 14. Ross Miller (TAG Airlines)
• 15. Kingsley G. Morse (Command Airways)
• 16. Raymond A. and David R. Mueller (Comair)
• 17. George F. Pickett, Jr. (Atlantic Southeast Airlines)
• 18. J. Dawson Ransome (Ransome Airlines)
• 19. Robert F. (Bob) Schoen (Island Sky Ferries)
• 20. John C. Van Arsdale (Provincetown-Boston Airline)
• 21. Joseph C. (Joe) Whitney (Executive Airlines and Air New England)
• 22. Preston H. Wilbourne (Air Wisconsin)
• III REGIONAL TABULATIONS OF COMMUTER AIRLINES
• 1. Alaska
• 2. Hawaii
• 3. Northwest
• 4. Pacific
• 5. Rocky Mountains
• 6. North Central
• 7. Central
• 8. Texas and Louisiana
• 9. Midwest
• 10. Southeast
• 11. Northeast
• 12. Mid-Atlantic
• 13. Caribbean
• APPENDIXES
• 1. Commuter Aircraft Specifications and Characteristics
• 2. Statistical Record of the Commuter Airlines
• Bibliography
• Index