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Angeles Airways commenced airmail service on October 1, 1947 followed by scheduled passenger service in November 1954, making it the world's first scheduled helicopter airline. The main hub was
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Staff, âCrash of
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granted LAA a permanent certificate to continue scheduled passenger airline operations over the greater Los
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Staff, "First
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Express in U.S.",
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346:List of defunct airlines of the United States
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121:founded in October 1947 and based in
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499:Los Angeles Airways on Airliners.net
833:Petroleum Helicopters International
281:crashed in an orange grove between
411:"Disneyland Heliport, Anaheim, CA"
330:resulting in the loss of 21 lives.
319:resulting in the loss of 23 lives.
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674:British International Helicopters
645:Babcock Mission Critical Services
174:Los Angeles International Airport
993:East Pakistan Helicopter Service
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900:Southern Service Flight Company
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808:Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen
432:Time Magazine December 26, 1960
210:Federal Aviation Administration
890:Vietnam Helicopter Corporation
509:Los Angeles Airways timetables
445:. flightglobal.com. April 1965
324:Los Angeles Airways Flight 417
309:Los Angeles Airways Flight 841
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978:Continental Air Services, Inc
1185:Airlines based in California
1155:Airlines established in 1947
188:and the Newporter Resort in
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1013:Hong Kong Air International
968:British Airways Helicopters
363:"World Airline Directory."
341:List of helicopter airlines
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151:Terminal Annex Post office
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907:Wiking Helikopter Service
766:HelicĂłpteros de Guatemala
650:Scandinavian AirAmbulance
443:"Los Angeles Airways Inc"
212:to conduct flights under
75:Los Angeles area airports
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1063:Silver State Helicopters
711:Falcon Aviation Services
397:San Bernardino Daily Sun
384:San Bernardino Daily Sun
818:Northumbria Helicopters
813:Norsk Helikopterservice
214:instrument flight rules
206:Civil Aeronautics Board
84:Los Angeles, California
943:Australian Helicopters
828:Petroleum Air Services
721:Global Vectra Helicorp
292:On August 27, 1951, a
218:Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane
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1068:Universal Helicopters
679:Caribbean Helicopters
317:Paramount, California
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1048:Offshore Helicopters
963:Braathens Helikopter
885:Vertical de AviaciĂłn
791:Canadian Helicopters
696:Columbia Helicopters
625:Air-Transport Europe
464:Ed Coates Collection
366:Flight International
322:On August 14, 1968,
222:Golden West Airlines
34:Commenced operations
1115:Los Angeles Airways
1053:Sealand Helicopters
1033:New York Helicopter
1018:Los Angeles Airways
953:Bond Aviation Group
933:Arizona Helicopters
923:Air Alpha Greenland
662:Bristow Helicopters
596:Helicopter airlines
535:Greater Los Angeles
504:Disneyland Heliport
328:Compton, California
277:On July 2, 1951, a
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868:Summit Helicopters
701:Cougar Helicopters
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1008:Karnali Air
928:Air America
863:Sky Shuttle
858:Sky Service
689:CHC Airways
630:Air Zermatt
620:Air Harrods
610:Air Dynasty
123:Westchester
95:(president)
60:Los Angeles
56:Westchester
1109:Categories
853:Simrik Air
823:Pawan Hans
352:References
127:California
116:helicopter
90:Key people
70:Disneyland
1086:See also:
786:HNZ Group
781:Helitrans
776:Heliswiss
756:Helicargo
751:Heliandes
547:Companies
302:Inglewood
265:Accidents
178:heliports
731:Heli Air
559:Aviation
335:See also
114:) was a
1023:Mørefly
916:Defunct
771:Helijet
761:Helicol
521:Portals
298:Lynwood
287:Ontario
194:Ontario
186:Anaheim
137:History
119:airline
449:1 June
161:A LAA
145:A LAA
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451:2018
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