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4 gru 2023 · On Nov. 11, 1929, Hawaii’s first inter-island passenger service — called Inter-Island Airways — was launched. The airline started with a flight from Honolulu to Hilo that took an hour and...
On July 1, 1929, a steamship line moved decisively to provide interisland flying. The Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., of Honolulu, announced that Charles H. Dolan II was hired to investigate possibilities of commercial flying between the major islands of the group.
20 gru 2023 · Founded in 1929 as Inter-Island Airways, the airline began life as an island-hopping carrier, operating two 8-seat Sikorsky S-38 amphibian aircraft and a Bellanca monoplane. The airline's inaugural flight took place on November 11th, 1929, from Honolulu to Hilo, with a stopover in Maui.
On Nov. 11, 1929, Inter-Island Airways (the company changed its name to Hawaiian Airlines in 1941) launched Hawai'i's first-ever scheduled interisland air passenger service using two Sikorsky S-38 amphibian propeller planes that carried eight passengers and two crewmembers, and had a top cruising speed of 110 MPH.
10 paź 2022 · On October 6, 1929, Inter-Island Air Service (now Hawaiian Airlines) took flight with the Bellanca, carrying 76 passengers on trial flights. Inter-Island Air Service was then officially inaugurated on November 11, 1929, with the aircraft logging almost 50 hours that month.
17 lis 2015 · Pualani ‘Flower of the Sky’. Hawaiʻi’s first interisland passenger service was launched on November 11, 1929 when Inter-Island Airways flew 13 passengers in a Sikorsky amphibian from Honolulu to Hilo; the flight took a total of one hour and 40 minutes (they touched at Maʻalaea along the way.)
17 wrz 2018 · Inter-Island Airways was founded in early 1929 by a local steamship company to link Honolulu with the outer islands in November of that year. Sometime thereafter, either 1930 or 1931, they established an Air Express service to carry mail between Honolulu and Hilo.
