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World Airways

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1948 - 2014

Historical Note

World Airways, Inc., was an American airline that operated from 1948 to 2014. Although the airline was mostly a military flight contractor, including transport flights during the Vietnam War, it did offer scheduled passenger service, primarily in the 1970s-1990s.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: 1910s-2020s

Robert Dempster Airline Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-28
Contents of the Collection

The Robert Dempster Airline ephemera is a small collection comprised of assorted airline schedules/timetables and safety cards ranging from the 1950s through the 1980s. The collection also contains a poster for a parade for Astronaut Dick Gordon through Seattle, Washington in 1966.

Dates: 1950s-1980s

Additional filters:

Subject
Aeronautics -- Safety measures 1
Aeronautics, Commercial 1
Air pilots 1
Astronauts 1
Flight attendants 1

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