Los Angeles Airways

In the beginning, Los Angeles Airways, Inc. started offering mail carrier service with six Bell 47D helicopters on August 20, 1949. The company soon grew to provide rooftop delivery of air mail with new Sikorsky S-51 helicopters. By that time, they operated three routes serving some 30 communities within a 50-mile radius of Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The unusual airline saved from 4½ to 19 hours on daily air mail deliveries. In pioneering helicopter air mail delivery, Los Angeles Airways, Inc. provided an entirely new type of service that not only met the requirements of public convenience and necessity, but was tailored to the specific needs of the area it served… read more >