1975 in Aviation - Airlines Disestablished in 1975, Airlines Established in 1975, Aviation Accidents and Incidents in 1975, Modern Air Transport (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Airlines disestablished in 1975, Airlines established in 1975, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1975, Modern Air Transport, TAAG Angola Airlines, Air Vietnam, Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident, Coast Aero Center, Air Rwanda, Japan Asia Airways, Western Airlines Flight 470, Golden West Airlines Flight 261, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, Wings West Airlines, Turkish Airlines Flight 345, Brit Air, Air Caribbean, Aero Condor, Wien Air Alaska Flight 99, GP Express Airlines, Loftleioir, Sabah Air, Corporate Express, Aerocaribe, Garuda Indonesia Flight 150, Malev Flight 240, Montana Austria, Aerocondor, Abu Dhabi Aviation, Minerve, 1975 Agadir Morocco Air Disaster, Aertirrena, Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon, Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportation Company, Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450, Arab Wings. Excerpt: Modern Air Transport, Inc. (originally Modern Air Transport/MAT, subsequently Modern Air) was a United States-based non-scheduled and supplemental carrier founded in 1946. At different stages in its history it was headquartered in Newark and Trenton, New Jersey, Baltimore, and Miami. In addition to Miami, New York used to be a base for Modern Air. In 1968, the airline established an overseas base at Berlin Tegel Airport in what used to be West Berlin prior to German reunification. Between 1968 and 1974, operations increasingly focused on Berlin Tegel. Modern Air ceased trading in 1975. Modern Air commenced commercial operations in 1946 with war-surplus Curtiss C-46 piston-engined aircraft. The airline was originally headquartered at New York's Newark Airport. Five ex-Capital Airlines Lockheed L-049 Constellation piston airliners joined the fleet during summer 1962. Only two of these entered actual airline service; the remaining three were used for spares. In addition, the airline leased a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation...