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- Challenger_Airlines abstract "Challenger Airlines was a United States airline incorporated in Wyoming, December 31, 1941, by Charles W. Hirsig II, as Summit Airways Inc., a non-scheduled carrier. In 1944, Hirsig filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Docket No. 1091, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to engage in air transportation in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.Mr. Hirsig was killed in an airplane accident on January 15, 1945. After Hirsig’s death, George J. Forbes, president of the 1st National Bank of Laramie WY, a director and one of the original incorporators of Summit became president. At the annual stockholders meeting January 7, 1947, the name was changed from Summit Airways Inc., to Challenger Airlines Company, and George W. Snyder Jr. was elected President and General Manager.On January 9, 1947, the Laramie Republican and Boomerang, reported that Summit Airways [Challenger] had purchased three Douglas DC-3 planes from the Pennsylvania Airline Company. Snyder moved all operations to Salt Lake City, Utah, where a hangar was leased on the airport and the main office was located downtown in the Felt Building.On January 27, 1947, Summit [Challenger] purchased a C-47, at Hill Air Force Base, near Ogden, Utah, from the War Assets Administration which brought Challenger’s fleet to four DC-3s. (The C-47 was the military version of the Douglas DC-3). An AT-6 was also owned by the Company, which was used for pilot route familiarization, and occasionally to fly a mechanic and parts to a city where a DC-3 had a mechanical problem.Challenger achieved full-scale operations on July 10, 1947, on all segments of Air Mail Route 74, with service between Salt Lake City, Utah, Billings, Montana, and Denver, Colorado. Intermediate stops on the routes wereVernal, Utah, Evanston, Kemmerer, Powell, Cody, Lovell, Greybull, Worland, Thermopolis, Riverton, Casper, Rock Springs, Rawlins, Laramie and Cheyenne WY, plus Ft. Collins and Greeley in CO.The real opportunity to prove its value to the people of Wyoming came with the paralyzing blizzard in the month of February, 1949. Challenger pilots flew thousands of passengers who had been immobilized by roof-high snow drifts which blocked highways and railroads over much of the state. Tons of fresh meat, bread, produce and Red Cross supplies filled practically every scheduled and shuttle flight to its gross weight capacity as Challenger’s “Sunliners” roared off snow swept airports across Wyoming.The airline was in financial trouble most of its existence and merged with Monarch Airlines and Arizona Airways on June 1, 1950, to form Frontier Airlines, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.".
- Challenger_Airlines closingDate "1950-06-01".
- Challenger_Airlines formationDate "1941-12-31".
- Challenger_Airlines headquarter Salt_Lake_City.
- Challenger_Airlines headquarter United_States.
- Challenger_Airlines industry Aviation.
- Challenger_Airlines openingDate "1947-07-10".
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageExternalLink FAL-1.tripod.com.
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- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageRevisionID "691190097".
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Arizona_Airways.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Billings,_Montana.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Casper,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:1941_establishments_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:1947_disestablishments_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:1947_establishments_in_Utah.
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- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airlines_established_in_1947.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_Salt_Lake_City,_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_airlines_of_the_United_States.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_companies_based_in_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Certificate_of_public_convenience_and_necessity.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Cheyenne,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Civil_Aeronautics_Board.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Cody,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Colorado.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Denver.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_DC-3.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Evanston,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Collins,_Colorado.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Frontier_Airlines_(1950–1986).
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Greeley,_Colorado.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Greybull,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Hill_Air_Force_Base.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Kemmerer,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Laramie,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Laramie_Republican_and_Boomerang.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Lovell,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Monarch_Airlines_(1946–1950).
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Nebraska.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink North_American_T-6_Texan.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Ogden,_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Powell,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Rawlins,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Riverton,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Rock_Springs,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Salt_Lake_City.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Thermopolis,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Vernal,_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink War_Assets_Administration.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Worland,_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLink Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLinkText "Challenger Airlines".
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageWikiLinkText "Challenger".
- Challenger_Airlines airline "Challenger Airlines".
- Challenger_Airlines ceased "1950-06-01".
- Challenger_Airlines commenced "1947-07-10".
- Challenger_Airlines founded "--12-31".
- Challenger_Airlines headquarters Salt_Lake_City.
- Challenger_Airlines headquarters United_States.
- Challenger_Airlines keyPeople "*Charles W. Hirsig II *George G. Forbes *George W. Snyder, Jr.".
- Challenger_Airlines wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_airline.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:1941_establishments_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:1947_disestablishments_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:1947_establishments_in_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:1950_disestablishments_in_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:Airlines_established_in_1947.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:Companies_based_in_Salt_Lake_City,_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:Companies_based_in_Wyoming.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:Defunct_airlines_of_the_United_States.
- Challenger_Airlines subject Category:Defunct_companies_based_in_Utah.
- Challenger_Airlines hypernym United.
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- Challenger_Airlines type Q43229.
- Challenger_Airlines type Q46970.
- Challenger_Airlines comment "Challenger Airlines was a United States airline incorporated in Wyoming, December 31, 1941, by Charles W. Hirsig II, as Summit Airways Inc., a non-scheduled carrier. In 1944, Hirsig filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Docket No. 1091, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to engage in air transportation in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.Mr. Hirsig was killed in an airplane accident on January 15, 1945. After Hirsig’s death, George J.".
- Challenger_Airlines label "Challenger Airlines".
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- Challenger_Airlines name "Challenger Airlines".