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FLIGHT International, 13 February 1975 Fleet: Six Beech 99, one Beech Baron, one Cessna 182, one Cessna 172, three Cessna 150, two Piper Cherokee, two Piper Pawnee, one Piper Super Cub. Vero Monmouth Airlines Inc is a divi sion of Monmouth Airlines Inc, which is based at Farmingdale, New Jersey. Scheduled commuter services are operated in Florida, linking Vero Beach with Miami, Tampa and Orlando. Flights are operated on weekdays. Vero Mon mouth Airlines was incorporated on July 1, 1974. and certificated on Septem ber 9, 1974. Head Office: PO Box 1985. Vero Beach, Florida 32960, USA. « 305-567-0606. Chief Executive: Doris Brown, president. Fleet: One Douglas DC-3, one de Havil-land Heron, two Piper Aztec. Vieques Air Link Inc operates frequent scheduled commuter services in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Routes flown are Vieques - San Juan, Vieques - Humacao, Vieques - Culebra, Culebra -San Juan, Vieques-St Croix (US Virgin Islands) and St Croix - San Juan. Air charter and ambulance flights are also provided upon request day or night. Vieques Air Link was incorporated in October 1965 and received CAB registra tion as an Air Commuter in May 1972. Head Office: PO Box 487, Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765. 9 809-741-3266/741-5861. Chief Executive: Osvaldo Gonzalez Durieux. Fleet: Six BN-2A Islander, two Piper Cherokee Six. Viking International Airfreight Inc pro vides all-cargo services on a scheduled basis between Minneapolis - St Paul, Winona (Minnesota), La Crosse (Wis consin), Chicago (Illinois), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Detroit (Michigan) and Cleveland (Ohio). The company, which is owned by a Minnesota corporation, was founded in March 1969. Head Office: 2850 Metro Drive. Suite 625, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55420, USA. 9 612-854-4787. Chief Executive: John H. Dawson, presi dent. Fleet: Two Douglas DC-3, two Volpar Turboliner, one Beech E18. Virgin Air Inc, based at Harry S. Tru man Airport, St Thomas, maintains a scheduled service between St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) and St Barthelemy (French West Indies). A second service (in the afternoon) was added on January 2, 1974. Virgin Air was formed in 1970 and is owned and operated by its president. Charter flights throughout the Leeward Islands are also offered. Head Office: PO Box 2788, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00801. <S 809-774-2722. Chief Executive: Paul Wikander, presi dent. Fleet: One Beech C-45, two Piper Apache. Virginia Air Cargo Inc maintains all-cargo commuter services between Friendship International Airport, Balti more, Maryland, and Charlotte, North Carolina, via Charlottesville and Roan oke, Virginia, and Washington DC/ Dulles Airport. Another route is oper ated from Roanoke to Lynchburg, Farm- ville (all in Virginia), Washington DC and Baltimore. Current frequency is two daily services. Head Office: PO Box 5492, Charlottes ville. Virginia 22902, USA. «P 804-973-4351. Chief Executive: R. E. Maslyk, general manager. Fleet: Two Short Skyvan, one BN-2A Islander. Wagner Aviation Ltd operates in On tario, flying scheduled unit toll pas senger services from Kingston to Ottawa, and across the border to Syra cuse in New York state. A Britten-Norman Islander is used on these ser vices, which are operated twice daily during the week. Air Express and charter flights are also undertaken. Wagner Aviation was founded on May 24, 1967. Head Office: Norman Rogers Airport, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. « 613-389-2221/1295. Chief Executive: D. Wagner, president. Fleet: One BN-2A Islander, one Beech G18S. Westair, a subsidiary of Western Air Stages, is a Colorado-owned corporation based at Walker Field, Grand Junc tion. Regular scheduled passenger and cargo flights are now operated to the major Western Colorado ski slopes of Aspen, Vail Eagle, Steamboat Springs and Colorado Springs. There are at present 18 daily "shuttle" flights be tween Grand Junction and Aspen, four to Colorado Springs and one daily ser vice to the other destinations. Westair also provides commuter services be tween Grand Junction and Salt Lake City of Utah. Head Office: PO Box 1201, Grand Junc tion. Colorado 81501, USA. <g 303-243-6512. Chief Executive: Walter Hall, president. Fleet: Two Handley Page Jetstream, one Fairchild F-27, two Beech Queen Air. Westkustenflug Hellinger KG operates scheduled seasonal services in asso ciation with HADAG General Air from Hamburg to Wyk-auf-F6hr / Pellworm and Hooge (North Frisian Islands) via the Schleswig - Holstein towns of St Peter- Ording and Heide/Busum. Flights are operated from March 27 to October 6, and there are three daily return ser vices during the peak holiday season between May 30 and September 8, one daily flight at other times. Westkiisten- ftug also undertakes air-taxi and charter work and pilot training. Commercial passenger services were started in 1965. Head Office: 222 St Michaelisdonn/Hol- stein, Postfach 33, Federal German Republic. <S (0 48 55) 485/^ 02-8617. Chief Executive: Gerd Hellinger, man aging director. Fleet; One DHC-6 Twin Otter. Piper Apache. Wheeler Air Service operates from Harry S. Truman Airport, St Thomas, to other points in the Virgin Islands. It is not known if services are now on a definite scheduled basis. Wheeler Flying Service Inc is a sched uled commuter air carrier which flies thrice daily between Raleigh/Durham, Greenville, Morehead City and Elizabeth City (all in North Carolina), as well as to Norfolk, Virginia. Services are op erated on weekdays only with Cessna 402. Other activities are charter and air ambulances services. Head Office: PO Box 12123, Research Tri angle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina 27709. USA. <S 919-787-8833. Chief Executive: Warren H. Wheeler, president. Fleet: Cessna 402, Aerostar. White River Air Services Ltd—see norOntair Widerc&e's Flyveselskap A/S was formed on February 19. 1934, by aviation pioneer Viggo Wideroe, and is today the oldest Norwegian airline still in existence. Extensive scheduled domestic passenger services link 33 airfields along Norway's picturesque coastal region, from Oslo and Bergen in the south to Kirkenes in the far north. Towns and communities served along the way are Sogndal, F0rde, 0rsta/Volda, Alesund, Molde, Kristiansund, 0rland, Trondheim, Nam- sos, Brtfnntfysund, Sandnessj^en, Mo i Rana, Bod0, Vaer0y, R0st, Leknes, Svol- vaer, Stokmarknes, Evenes, Andenes, Bardufoss, Troms$, S0rkjosen, Hammer- test, Alta, Lakselv, Mehamn, Berlevag and Vads0. Wider(ie's is owned by Fred Olsen, SAS, Braathens SAFE and some 271 640 other shareholders. Head Office: Mustads vei 1, Oslo 2, Nor way. S1 (02) 55 59 90/^ 18509 N. Chief Executive: Per Bergsland, manag ing director. Fleet: Nine DHC-6 Twin Otter. On order: two DHC Dash 7. Windward Island Airways International NV was formed on August 15, 1962, and currently operates regular scheduled services from Philipsburg, St Maarten, to other islands in the Lesser Antilles, including Saba, St Eustatius, St Kitts, San Juan, St Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Dominica, Martinique and Anguilla. Head Office: PO Box 288, Philipsburg, St Maarten, Netherland Antilles. S 2257-2214. Chief Executive: N. C. Wathey, presi dent. Fleet: Two Fairchild F-27J. two DHC-6 Twin Otter, one BN-2A Islander, two Beech Twin Bonanza. Winnipesaukee Aviation Inc began scheduled commuter services on Novem ber 1, 1967, between Laconia, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachusetts. Four daily flights are currently operated over this route on weekdays (fewer at weekends). The company also provides charter services and flight training. Head Office: PO Box 165, Laconia Air port, Lakeport, New Hampshire 03246, USA. « 603-524-3837. Chief Executive: Donald S. Shoup, presi dent. Fleet: Three Piper Navajo, one Piper Aztec. Wright Air Lines Inc operates scheduled commuter services between Burke Lake- front Airport, Cleveland and City Air port, Detroit. Five daily services are operated during the week, fewer at weekends. The airline no longer serves Pittsburgh, Dayton and Columbus. Wright Air Lines was certificated in May 1966 and took over the Columbus-based carrier Tyme Airlines in July 1968 and Air Commuter Airlines a month later. CAB authority to operate large aircraft was received in February 1972. Head Office: Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland. Ohio 44114, USA. 9 216-781-9507. Chief Executive: Don Schneller, chair man. Fleet: Three Convair 440. Zia Airlines, until recently known as Associated Air Ambulance Service Inc, was founded on August 16, 1972, and currently operates three daily round trip flights between Albuquerque and Santa Fe (New Mexico), and from Las Cruces to El Paso (Texas). Two daily services link Las Cruces and Albuquer que, and other routes within New Mexico are expected to be added dur ing 1975. Group and individual charter flights and air ambulance services any where in the continental United States are also offered. Head Office: 1st National Tower Build ing. Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001, USA. <S 505-523-7592. Chief Executive: Stanley L. Doepke Sr, president. Fleet: One Cessna 402A, one Cessna 206, one Piper Geronimo. 40-Mile Air, known before October as Warbelow's Air Ventures, uses a Cessna 206 on a scheduled airmail service in eastern Alaska between Tok, Tetlin, Chicken, 40-Mile and Boun dary. Passenger and cargo charter flights and other aerial activities are also pro vided. Head Office: Mile 1325, Alaska Highway, Tanacross, Alaska 99780, USA. <S 907-883-2686. Chief Executive: Ron Warbelow, presi dent. Fleet: One Cessna 337, one Cessna 206, two Cessna 180, three Piper Cub.
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