Mackey Airlines
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Mackey Airlines (until 1953 Mackey Air Transport) was a small United States scheduled international airline flying from Florida to the Bahamas certificated in 1952 by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now defunct Federal agency that, at the time, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transport. The airline was founded by Joseph C. Mackey. Mackey also flew to Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution. In 1956, Mackey absorbed Midet Aviation, an even smaller CAB-certificated airline also flying between Florida and the Bahamas. Mackey merged into Eastern Air Lines in 1967.
Joseph C. Mackey
Joseph C. Mackey learned to fly as a teenager in Cleveland, flew liquor across Lake Erie during Prohibition and partnered with Roscoe Turner in air races in the 1930s. In 1940, delivering aircraft to the UK for the Royal Air Force, engine trouble forced his aircraft down in Newfoundland. Mackey, the only survivor, was left with a scarred depression in his forehead. Two others died on impact, a third, Canadian Nobel Prize winner (for co-discovery of insulin) Frederick Banting, died of injuries and exposure later. Mackey flew for the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command during World War II and emerged a colonel.[1] Mackey died February 1982, age 72, only a few months after his second eponymous carrier, Mackey International, ceased operations.[2]
In 1965, the airline had 230 employees.[3]
History
Mackey Air Transport was incorporated in Florida 30 September 1946.[4] The airline's first flight was 2 January 1953.[5] In June, the airline changed its name to Mackey Airlines, the CAB reissued the certificate in that name in October. Flights flew primarily out of its Fort Lauderdale base and from West Palm Beach and Miami. On 3 December 1956, Mackey acquired Midet Aviation, another CAB-certificated scheduled airline flying from Florida to Bahamas.[6] The original Mackey Airlines certificate was transferred to Eastern Air Lines on 8 January 1967.[7]
Destinations
As of November 1966 (same order as the timetable):[8] Template:Col div
- Andros Town, Bahamas
- Bimini, Bahamas
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Freeport, Bahamas
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
- Miami, Florida
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Tampa, Florida
- West End, Bahamas
- West Palm Beach, Florida
Fleet
In March 1955, Aviation Week said Mackey Air Transport had four Douglas DC-3s.[9]
As of September 1961:[10] Template:Col div
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| Type | Total | Introduced | Retired | Type | Total | Introduced | Retired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft 18 | 1 | 1960 | 1966 | Douglas DC-4 | 3 | 1959 | 1966 | |
| Douglas DC-3 | 5 | 1953 | 1964 | Douglas DC-6 | 7 | 1961 | 1967 |
See also
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References
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- ↑ Col. Mackey: A Man Who Has Done It All, Palm Beach (FL) Post, 11 January 1970
- ↑ Col. Joseph C. Mackey, airline president, aviator, Miami Herald, 15 February 1982
- ↑ Merger Approved, But Col. Mackey Isn't Retiring, Miami Herald, 16 October 1965
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- ↑ Mackey Line Launches Air Service to Nassau, Palm Beach Post, 3 January 1953
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External links
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