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69-754: Western Airlines served Logan from 1946 until West Coast Airlines replaced them in 1959; West Coast pulled out in 1964. Key Airlines served the airport from Salt Lake City from 1964 to 1976. In that year, Utah carrier Transwestern Airlines had its company headquartered at the airport, with flights to their hub at Salt Lake City, until its acquisition by Horizon Air in December 1983. Currently, scheduled services come from Ameriflight and Gem Air under contract for UPS and FedEx Express , transporting from several nearby states. Frequent charter flights occur on behalf of Utah State University's athletic teams and their opponents. Utah State also occupies several hangars on

138-594: A 1934 press release by the company, it called itself the Western Air Division of General Air Lines. Its route map ran San Diego to Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. In 1937 Western merged National Parks Airways , which extended its route north from Salt Lake to Great Falls , and, in 1941, across the border to Lethbridge, Alberta . In 1941 Western Air Express changed its name to Western Air Lines and later to Western Airlines. (In 1967–69 Western called itself Western Airlines International.) In 1944 Western acquired

207-686: A Class G, uncontrolled airport, with Class E airspace beginning at 700 ft AGL. Western Airlines Western Airlines was a major airline in the United States based in California , operating in the Western United States including Alaska and Hawaii , and western Canada , as well as to New York City , Boston , Washington, D.C. , and Miami and to Mexico City , London and Nassau . Western had hubs at Los Angeles International Airport , Salt Lake City International Airport , and

276-588: A Mexican prison. The Mexican government tried to extradite Dodge back to face charges. Red became wealthy leasing government storage units with unlimited government business but never again flew to Mexico. The airline was promoted in the Carpenters promotional video for the track " I Need to Be in Love ", released in 1976. The video shows exterior footage of a DC-10 in takeoff and landing shots, as well as seating promotions for Western's FiftyFair seating product, with shots of

345-815: A cabin setting depicting what looks like business class of the DC-10. During the 1980s, destination flights aboard Western Airlines were featured as prizes on televised game shows, including The Price Is Right and The $ 25,000 Pyramid . In 1986 Western Airlines' fleet was 78 jets: In 1970 Western Airlines operated 75 aircraft: Western used a variety of piston-powered airliners including Boeing 247Ds , Convair 240s , Douglas DC-3s , DC-4s , DC-6 Bs and L-749 Constellations . The Constellations had been operated by Pacific Northern Airlines and served smaller Western Airlines destinations in Alaska such as Cordova, Homer, Kenai, King Salmon, Kodiak and Yakutat from Anchorage or Seattle in

414-680: A controlling interest in Inland Air Lines , which became a subsidiary with Inland's schedules in Western timetables until Inland was merged into Western in 1952. Western started flying Los Angeles to San Francisco in 1943, so the Western/Inland route map was a W: San Francisco south to San Diego , north from San Diego to Lethbridge, Alberta in Canada , south to Denver , and northeast to Huron . (It extended to Minneapolis in 1947.) In 1946, Western

483-712: A decade with the Royal Netherlands Air Force . A new factory was built next to Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam in 1951. A number of military planes were built there under license, among them the Gloster Meteor twin-jet fighter and Lockheed 's F-104 Starfighter . A second production and maintenance facility was established at Woensdrecht . In 1958, the F-27 Friendship was introduced, Fokker's most successful postwar airliner. The Dutch government contributed 27 million guilders to its development. Powered by

552-566: A famous phone call by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to "buy American made aircraft", Drinkwater reportedly responded: "Mr. President, you run your country and let me run my airline!" For years after this exchange, the federal Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would not award Western new routes while its competitors, including United and American, grew enormous even though all Western airliners were of U.S. manufacture while its competitors' fleets included aircraft produced in Europe. In August 1953, Western

621-641: A major hub at Salt Lake City International Airport and a small hub at Los Angeles International Airport . In 1986, Western entered into a code sharing agreement with SkyWest Airlines , a commuter airline. SkyWest (Western Express) Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners connected to Western mainline flights at Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego, and other Western mainline destinations. In spring 1987 SkyWest/Western Express served 36 cities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Western entered

690-551: A manufacturing licensing agreement. In January 1935 Airspeed signed an agreement for the Douglas DC-2 and a number of Fokker types, with Fokker to be a consultant for seven years. Shute found him "genial, shrewd and helpful" but "already a sick man"; and he was difficult to deal with as "his domestic life was irregular". Airspeed considered making the Fokker D.XVII for Greece, as Greece wanted to buy from Britain for currency reasons, but

759-531: A mount of the Red Baron ), Fokker D.VII biplane (the only aircraft ever referred to directly in a treaty: all D.VII's were singled out for handover to the allies in their terms of the armistice agreement ) and the Fokker D.VIII parasol monoplane. In 1919, Fokker, owing large sums in back taxes (including 14,250,000 marks of income tax), returned to the Netherlands and founded a new company near Amsterdam with

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828-443: A number of cities that previously did not have direct flights to the 50th state. In 1973, Western flew nonstop between Honolulu and Anchorage, Los Angeles, Oakland, California, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, California and one-stop between Honolulu and Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, Sacramento and Salt Lake City. In 1981, the airline also flew nonstop DC-10s between Vancouver, British Columbia and Honolulu . One of

897-453: A one-stop flight MSP-SLC-LAX; in 1956 it resumed flights west out of Denver, to San Francisco via Salt Lake. In 1957 it began Los Angeles to Mexico City nonstop DC-6Bs, and in December 1957 it began Denver-Phoenix-San Diego. The airline's president was Terrell "Terry" Drinkwater. Drinkwater got into a dispute with the administration in Washington D.C. that hampered WAL's growth. Pressured in

966-564: A respectable number of victories against the Luftwaffe , but many were destroyed on the ground before they could be used. The Fokker factories were confiscated by the Germans and were used to build Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann trainers and parts for the Junkers Ju 52 transport. At the end of the war, the factories were completely stripped by the Germans and destroyed by Allied bombing. Rebuilding after

1035-430: A similar code-sharing agreement with Alaska-based South Central Air, a small commuter airline that operated as Western Express as well, connecting to Western flights at Anchorage. Several cities in southern Alaska including Homer, Kenai, Soldotna were served by South Central Air operating as Western Express. After the acquisition of Western by Delta Air Lines , SkyWest became a Delta Connection code sharing airline. In

1104-427: A subsidiary of Aero Corp. of Ca., founded in 1926 by Paul E. Richter , Jack Frye and Walter Hamilton. WAE with Fokker aircraft merged with Transcontinental Air Transport to form Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA, later known as Trans World Airlines). In 1934 Western Air Express was severed from TWA and changed its name to General Air Lines, returning to the name Western Air Express after several months. In

1173-667: A wholly owned subsidiary of Delta. The Western brand was discontinued and the employee workforces were fully merged on April 1, 1987. All of Western's aircraft were repainted in Delta's livery, including twelve McDonnell Douglas DC-10s . Delta eventually decided to eliminate the DC-10s from its fleet as it already operated Lockheed L-1011 TriStars , a similar type. Delta retained Western's hubs in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City; both remain major gateways and hubs for Delta. This mainline destination list

1242-634: A year starting in April 1981 it flew LGW to Denver, continuing to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Another international route was Los Angeles to Miami to Nassau , in the Bahamas for a year in 1980–81. Western extended its network to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston, as well as to Chicago and St. Louis in the midwest, Albuquerque and El Paso in the west, and Houston , New Orleans , Miami and Fort Lauderdale . In 1987 Western had four Boeing 737-300 round trips between Boston and New York LaGuardia Airport , and

1311-534: Is now known as Stork Aerospace Group. Stork Fokker exists to sustain remarketing of the company's existing aircraft: it refurbishes and resells F 50s and F 100s, and has converted a few F 50s to transport aircraft. Special projects included the development of an F50 maritime patrol variant and an F100 executive jet. For this project, Stork received the 2005 "Aerospace Industry Award" in the Air Transport category from Flight International magazine. Other divisions of

1380-429: Is taken from Western's March 1, 1987, timetable shortly before the merger with Delta Air Lines. The airline's main hub was Salt Lake City International Airport with a smaller hub at Los Angeles International Airport . Western had a flight between IAD in Washington, D.C., and DCA at one point in 1985. In 1987 the airline had four round trip flights a day between Boston and New York LaGuardia. Western timetables from

1449-678: The Luftstreitkräfte the German government forced Fokker (for their aircraft production expertise) and Junkers (for their pioneering all-metal airframe construction techniques, and advanced design concepts) to cooperate more closely, which resulted in the foundation of the Junkers-Fokker Aktiengesellschaft, or Jfa, on 20 October 1917. As this partnership proved to be troublesome, it was eventually dissolved. By then, former Fokker welder and new designer Reinhold Platz , who had taken

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1518-400: The 1963 film It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World .) Western Airlines was famous for its "Flying W" corporate identity and aircraft livery . Introduced in 1970, the scheme featured a large red "W" that fused into a red cheatline running the length of an all-white fuselage. This new corporate identity was the subject of litigation by Winnebago Industries , which contended the new "Flying W"

1587-520: The Ariane rocket in its various models. Together with a Russian contractor, they developed the huge parachute system for the Ariane 5 rocket boosters which would allow the boosters to return to Earth safely and be reused. The space division became more and more independent, until just before Fokker's bankruptcy in 1996, it became a fully stand-alone corporation, known successively as Fokker Space and Systems, Fokker Space, and Dutch Space. On 1 January 2006, it

1656-645: The Dutch Royal Flight , Prince Bernhard himself being a pilot. In 1969, Fokker agreed to an alliance with Bremen -based Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke under control of a transnational holding company. They collaborated on an unsuccessful regional jetliner , the VFW-614 , of which only 19 were sold. This collaboration ended in early 1980. Fokker was one of the main partners in the F-16 Fighting Falcon consortium (European Participating Air Forces), which

1725-586: The German Army in World War I . His first new design for the Germans to be produced in any numbers was the Fokker M.5 , which was little more than a copy of the Morane-Saulnier G , built with steel tube instead of wood for the fuselage, and with minor alterations to the outline of the rudder and undercarriage and a new aerofoil section. When it was realized that arming these scouts with a machine gun firing through

1794-590: The Rolls-Royce Dart , it became the world's best-selling turboprop airliner, reaching almost 800 units sold by 1986, including 206 under licence by Fairchild . Also, a military version of the F-27, the F-27 Troopship, was built. In 1962, the F-27 was followed by the jet-powered F-28 Fellowship. Until production stopped in 1987, a total of 241 were built in various versions. Both an F-27 and later an F-28 served with

1863-455: The Royal Netherlands Air Force . Foreign military customers eventually included Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary, and Italy. These countries bought substantial numbers of the Fokker C.V reconnaissance aircraft, which became Fokker's main success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In the 1920s, Fokker entered its glory years, becoming the world's largest aircraft manufacturer by

1932-539: The east coast as well as Chicago and St. Louis , and cities in Texas ( Austin , Dallas/Ft. Worth , El Paso , Houston and San Antonio ), and New Orleans in the south. Western had many intrastate flights in California , competing with Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Air California / AirCal , Air West/ Hughes Airwest and United Airlines . In addition, Western operated "Islander" service with Boeing 707-320s , Boeing 720Bs and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to Hawaii from

2001-629: The 1920s and 1930s, Fokker dominated the civil aviation market. The company's fortunes declined over the course of the late 20th century. It declared bankruptcy in 1996, and its operations were sold to competitors. At age 20, while studying in Germany, Anthony Fokker built his initial aircraft, the Spin (Spider)—the first Dutch-built plane to fly in his home country. Taking advantage of better opportunities in Germany, he moved to Berlin , where in 1912, he founded his first company, Fokker Aeroplanbau, later moving to

2070-604: The 1931 crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 in Kansas, when it became known that the crash was caused by a structural failure caused by wood rot. Notre Dame legendary football coach Knute Rockne was among the fatalities, prompting extensive media coverage and technical investigation. As a result, all Fokkers were grounded in the US, along with many other types that had copied Fokker's wings. In 1934 Nevil Shute of Airspeed Ltd (England) negotiated with Fokker himself for

2139-460: The 1940s to the 1980s list service to the following at different times: Western contributed to popular culture with its 1960s era advertising slogan, "It's the oooooonly way to fly!" Spoken by Wally Bird, an animated bird hitching a ride atop the fuselage of a Western airliner, and voiced by veteran actor Shepard Menken , the phrase soon found its way into animated cartoons by Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera . Another famous advertising campaign by

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2208-580: The Dutch-German border, among them 117 Fokker C.Is, D.VIIs, and D.VIIIs. This initial stock enabled him to set up shop quickly. After his company's relocation, many Fokker C.I and C.IV military airplanes were delivered to Russia, Romania, and the still-clandestine German air force. Success came on the commercial market, too, with the development of the Fokker F.VII , a high-winged aircraft capable of taking on various types of engines. Fokker continued to design and build military aircraft, delivering planes to

2277-532: The Fokker Logistics Park. One of the former Fokker tenants is Fokker Services. In 1996, a new company named Rekkof Aircraft ("Fokker" backwards) attempted to restart production of the Fokker F70 and F100, supported by suppliers and airlines. The company was later renamed to Netherlands Aircraft Company, and started to focus on developing a new aircraft named F130NG. This attempt was not successful either, and

2346-449: The Görries suburb just southwest of Schwerin (at 53°36′45.90″N 11°22′31.60″E  /  53.6127500°N 11.3754444°E  / 53.6127500; 11.3754444 ), where the current company was founded, as Fokker Aviatik GmbH, on 12 February 1912. Fokker capitalized on having sold several Fokker Spin monoplanes to the German government and set up a factory in Germany to supply

2415-738: The United States, where in 1927, he established an American branch of his company, the Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, which was renamed the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America. In 1930, this company merged with General Motors Corporation and the company's name became General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, which in turn merged with North American Aviation and was divested by GM in 1948. In 1931, discontented at being totally subordinate to GM management, Fokker resigned. A serious blow to Fokker's reputation came after

2484-416: The airline also operating nonstop Kodiak, Alaska - Seattle service with Lockheed Constellation propliners. Also in 1967, Western added Vancouver , and in 1969 it began nonstop flights between several California airports and Hawaii . In the late 1960s, Western aimed for an all-jet fleet, adding Boeing 707-320s , 727-200s and 737-200s to its 720Bs . The two leased B707-139s had been sold in favor of

2553-479: The airline capitalized on it. Western had a famous flyer out of Seattle: Captain "Red" Dodge. Red worked previously as a helicopter test pilot, and got involved with flying for the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in his later years when he wasn't flying as captain on the DC-10. The movie Breakout starring Charles Bronson was based on his daring airlift of a CIA operative out of the courtyard of

2622-466: The airline centered on Star Trek icons William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy . Some of the carrier's last television ads, shortly before the merger with Delta, featured actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield . In the 1970s Western called itself "the champagne airline" because champagne was offered free of charge to every passenger over age 21. (Actor Jim Backus uttered the "It's the only way to fly!" phrase while piloting an airplane, somewhat inebriated, in

2691-537: The airline was operating nonstop Boeing 720Bs between the Annette Island Airport (serving Ketchikan, Alaska ) and Seattle in addition to 720Bs between Juneau and Seattle, and in 1973 was flying 720B nonstops between Kodiak, Alaska and Seattle. In 1978, Western Airlines and Continental Airlines agreed to merge. A dispute broke out over what to call the combined airline: Western-Continental or Continental-Western, prompting an infamous coin toss. Bob Six ,

2760-549: The arc of the propeller was desirable, Fokker developed a synchronization gear similar to that patented by Franz Schneider . Fitted with a developed version of this gear, the M.5 became the Fokker Eindecker , which due to its revolutionary armament, became one of the most feared aircraft over the western front, its introduction leading to a period of German air superiority known as the Fokker Scourge which only ended with

2829-546: The colorful founder of CAL, demanded that Continental be "tails" in deference to its marketing slogan "We Really Move Our Tail for You! Continental Airlines: the Proud Bird with the Golden Tail". The coin flip turned up "heads". Six was so disappointed he called the merger off. From October 1980 to October 1981, Western flew Honolulu to Anchorage to London Gatwick Airport with a single McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ; for less than

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2898-639: The company out with 212 million guilders, but demanded Fokker look for a "strategic partner", British Aerospace and DASA being named most likely candidates. Initial sales of the Fokker 100 were good, leading Fokker to begin development of the Fokker 70 , a smaller version of the F100 , in 1991, but sales of the F70 were below expectations and the F100 had strong competition from Boeing and Airbus by then. The Dutch government aircraft  [ nl ] between 1996 and 2017

2967-580: The company that were profitable continued as separate companies: Fokker Space (later Dutch Space) and Fokker Control Systems . In November 2009, Stork Aerospace changed its name to Fokker Aerospace Group. As of 2011, the Fokker Aerospace Group changed its name to Fokker Technologies . The five individual business units within Fokker Technologies all carry the Fokker name: The former Fokker aircraft facilities at Schiphol were redeveloped into

3036-495: The early 1980s Air Florida tried to buy Western Airlines, but it was able to purchase only 16 percent of the airline's stock. On September 9, 1986, Western Airlines and Delta Air Lines entered into an agreement and plan of merger. The merger agreement was approved by the United States Department of Transportation on December 11, 1986. On December 16, 1986, shareholder approval was conferred and Western Airlines became

3105-560: The first Dutch satellite (the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite ) together with Philips and Dutch universities. This was followed by a second major satellite project, IRAS , successfully launched in 1983. The European Space Agency in June 1974 named a consortium headed by ERNO - VFW-Fokker GmbH to build pressurized modules for Spacelab . Subsequently, Fokker contributed to many European satellite projects, as well as to

3174-607: The former Stapleton International Airport in Denver . Before it merged with Delta Air Lines in 1987 it was headquartered at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Throughout the company's history, its slogan was "Western Airlines...The Only Way to Fly!" In 1925, the United States Postal Service began to give airline contracts to carry airmail throughout the country. Western Airlines first incorporated in 1925 as Western Air Express by Harris Hanshue. It applied for, and

3243-580: The introduction of new aircraft such as the Nieuport 11 and Airco DH.2 . During World War I, Fokker engineers worked on the Fokker-Leimberger , an externally powered 12-barrel Gatling gun in the 7.92×57mm round claimed to be capable of firing over 7200 rounds per minute. Later in the war, after the Fokker D.V (the last design by earlier chief designer Martin Kreutzer), had failed to gain acceptance with

3312-668: The late 1920s. Its greatest success was the 1925 F.VIIa/3m trimotor passenger aircraft, which was used by 54 airline companies worldwide and captured 40% of the American market in 1936. It shared the European market with the Junkers all-metal aircraft, but dominated the American market until the arrival of the Ford Trimotor which copied the aerodynamic features of the Fokker F.VII, and Junkers structural concepts. In 1923, Anthony Fokker moved to

3381-449: The late 1960s. Fokker Fokker ( N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker ; lit.   ' Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker ' ) was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft . During its most successful period in

3450-467: The late Martin Kreutzer's place with the firm, had adapted some of Prof. Junkers' design concepts, that resulted in a visual similarity between the aircraft of those two manufacturers during the next decade. Some of the noteworthy types produced by Fokker during the second half of the war, all designed primarily by Platz, included the Fokker D.VI biplane, Fokker Dr.I triplane or Dreidecker (remembered as

3519-737: The merger was nonetheless rejected in a 4–1 decision by the Civil Aeronautics Board in July 1972. Western was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. After the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, the airline's hubs were reduced to two airports: Los Angeles International Airport and Salt Lake City International Airport . Before deregulation, Western had small hubs in Anchorage, Alaska , Denver , Las Vegas , Minneapolis / St. Paul and San Francisco . In spring 1987, shortly before Western

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3588-611: The merger was opposed by rival airlines such as Continental Airlines and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division under Richard Wellington McLaren . President Richard Nixon 's attorney Herbert W. Kalmbach suggested that the antitrust suit would be dropped in exchange for a $ 75,000 campaign contribution to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President , which American Airlines CEO George A. Spater agreed to. However,

3657-588: The mid-1930s, Western Air Express had introduced new Boeing 247 aircraft. Western Air Express built and owned Vail Airport in Montebello, CA from 1926 to 1930 and the Alhambra Airport in southern California from 1930 to 1931. Western Air Express operated a seaplane route out of Hamilton Cove Seaplane Base on Catalina Island, California from 1928 to 1930 The company reincorporated in 1928 as Western Air Express Corp. In 1930 it purchased Standard Air Lines ,

3726-456: The north end of the airport access road for its fixed-wing and rotorcraft training programs, and operates the dispatch office in the main passenger terminal. The airport also hosts Leading Edge Aviation, which offers flight training, FBO services, and a pilot supply shop. There are also several independent CFIs based at the airport. The Logan-Cache Airport covers 739 acres (1.15 sq mi; 2.99 km) with two runways: This airport remains

3795-437: The opportunities and challenges Fokker represented at the time, Bombardier renounced its acquisition on 27 February. On 15 March, the Fokker company was declared bankrupt. Differences in national culture could have played a role in the failed takeover of Fokker by Deutsche Aerospace (DASA). Those divisions of the company that manufactured parts and carried out maintenance and repair work were taken over by Stork N.V. ; it

3864-427: The project came to a standstill in 2010. In 2023, after years of no updates, the company was renamed Fokker Next Gen . Along with the new name reveal, the company announced that they are developing a new hydrogen-powered regional airliner . Visualisations have been provided, but the name of the aircraft is yet not publicly disclosed. In 2015, GKN considers Fokker Technologies as a possible acquisition to supply for

3933-581: The proposal did not "come off"; Shute recommended reading his novel Ruined City on Balkan methods of business. And after a year the drift to war meant that Dutchmen could not go to the Airspeed factory or to board meetings. On December 23, 1939, Fokker died in New York City after a three-week illness. At the outset of World War II , the few G.Is and D.XXIs of the Dutch Air Force were able to score

4002-550: The smallest jet destinations was West Yellowstone, Montana , near Yellowstone National Park . Western flew Boeing 737-200s to West Yellowstone Airport in the summer, replacing Lockheed L-188 Electras . In the 1970s and 1980s, Western served a number of small cities with 737-200s including Butte, Montana , Casper, Wyoming , Cheyenne, Wyoming , Helena, Montana , Idaho Falls, Idaho , Pierre, South Dakota , Pocatello, Idaho , Rapid City, South Dakota and Sheridan, Wyoming . The 737 replaced Electras to all of these cities. In 1968

4071-544: The support of Steenkolen Handels Vereniging, now known as SHV Holdings . He chose the name Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (Dutch Aircraft Factory) to conceal the Fokker brand because of his involvement in World War I. Despite the strict disarmament conditions of the Treaty of Versailles , Fokker did not return home empty-handed. In 1919, he arranged an export permit and brought six entire trains of parts, and 180 types of aircraft across

4140-459: The turbofan-powered Boeing 720B. Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops were replaced with new 737-200s. In 1973 Western added nine McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s , marketing its wide-body cabins as "DC-10 Spaceships". They were configured with 46 first-class seats, 193 coach, and a lower level galley. From 1976 to 1981 the DC-10s flew Los Angeles to Miami nonstop. In 1969, Western Airlines opened negotiations to merge with American Airlines . However,

4209-491: The war proved difficult. The market was flooded with cheap surplus planes from the war. The company cautiously started building gliders and autobuses and converting Dakota transport planes to civilian versions. A few F25s were built. Nevertheless, the S-11 trainer was a success, being purchased by several air forces. The S-14 Machtrainer became one of the first jet trainers , and although not an export success, it served for over

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4278-579: Was a Fokker 70. In 1992, after a long and arduous negotiation process, Fokker signed an agreement with DASA . This did not solve Fokker's problems, though, mostly because DASA's parent company Daimler-Benz also had to deal with its own organisational problems. On 22 January 1996, the board of directors of Daimler-Benz decided to focus on its core automobile business and cut ties with Fokker. The next day, an Amsterdam court extended temporary creditor protection. Discussions were initiated with Bombardier on 5 February 1996. After having reviewed and evaluated

4347-661: Was acquired by Delta Air Lines , the airline had two hubs, a major operation in Salt Lake City and a small hub in Los Angeles. At its peak in the 1970s and 1980s, Western flew to cities across the western United States, and to Mexico ( Mexico City , Puerto Vallarta , Acapulco , Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo and Mazatlán ), Alaska ( Anchorage , Fairbanks , Juneau , Ketchikan , Kodiak and other Alaskan destinations), Hawaii ( Honolulu , Kahului , Kona , and Hilo ), and Canada ( Vancouver , Calgary and Edmonton ). New York City , Washington, D.C. , Boston , and Miami were added on

4416-419: Was awarded a route from Los Angeles to Denver via Las Vegas, but in 1947 financial problems forced Western to sell the route, and Douglas DC-6 delivery positions, to United Air Lines . In 1947 Western extended the left arm of the W north to Seattle , and added San Diego to Yuma for a few years; in 1950 it extended the middle of the W north to Edmonton . It finally cut across the W in 1953 when DC-6Bs started

4485-619: Was awarded, the 650-mile long Contract Air Mail Route #4 (CAM-4) from Salt Lake City , Utah , to Los Angeles . On 17 April 1926, Western's first flight took place with a Douglas M-2 airplane. It began offering passenger services a month later, when the first commercial passenger flight took place at Woodward Field . Ben F. Redman (then president of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce) and J.A. Tomlinson perched atop U.S. mail sacks and flew with pilot C.N. "Jimmy" James on his regular eight-hour mail delivery flight to Los Angeles. By

4554-461: Was responsible for the production of these fighters for the Belgian , Danish , Dutch and Norwegian Air Forces. It consisted of companies and government agencies from these four countries and the United States. F-16s were assembled at Fokker and at SABCA in Belgium with parts from the five countries involved. In 1967, Fokker started a modest space division building parts for European satellites . A major advance came in 1968 when Fokker developed

4623-592: Was serving 38 airports; in June 1968 that number had grown to 42. In June 1960, Western Airlines introduced Boeing 707s (707-139s) between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. 720B nonstops MSP-SFO and MSP-LAX began in 1966, along with LAX-Acapulco. In 1967 WAL acquired Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA, the successor of Woodley Airways ) based in Anchorage, Alaska , its primary routes being Anchorage - Seattle nonstop as well as Anchorage - Juneau - Seattle and Anchorage - Juneau - Ketchikan - Seattle with PNA flying Boeing 720 jetliners on these routes with

4692-474: Was taken over by EADS -Space Transportation. After a brief and unsuccessful collaboration effort with McDonnell Douglas in 1981, Fokker began an ambitious project to develop two new aircraft concurrently. The Fokker 50 was to be a completely modernised version of the F-27 , and the Fokker 100 a new airliner based on the F-28 . Development costs were allowed to spiral out of control, almost forcing Fokker out of business in 1987. The Dutch government bailed

4761-536: Was too similar to its own stylized "W" logo. In the 1980s Western Airlines slightly modified the scheme by stripping the white fuselage to bare metal, retaining the red "Flying W" (with a dark blue shadow). This color scheme was known as "Bud Lite" due to its resemblance to a popular beer's can design. Western Airlines was a favorite first class carrier for Hollywood movie stars and frequently featured them in its on board magazine, "Western's World". Marilyn Monroe and many other silver screen actors were frequent flyers and

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