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24386
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Preparing meals for airline passengers is big business. Sky Chefs Inc., one of the nation’s largest airline catering companies, serves flights departing from Raleigh Durham International Airport.
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11113
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Tom Davis of Winston-Salem founded Piedmont Airlines in 1948. Today the airline operates over forty jet and propjet airliners which carried more than 2.8 million passengers in 1971 between destinations in ten states and the District of Columbia. Davis is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 30 Issue 7, July 1972, p13-15, 17-18, por
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10458
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The Wright Brothers began aviation at Kitty Hawk in 1903; however, commercial aviation developed in other parts of the nation. Now air travel has become big business in North Carolina, with more people, more money, and more industry creating greater demands. For example, air terminals face expansions caused by greater passenger volume and larger and more powerful jet planes.
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10445
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At the Wilmington airport on February 20, 1948, a Douglas DC-3, carrying a few passengers, took off for Cincinnati. It was the first flight for Piedmont Airlines, founded by Tom Davis of Winston-Salem. The airline carried around 40,000 passengers the first year. Growth over the succeeding years brought the number to over one million. Britt discusses the rise of this local airline.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 24 Issue 5, Oct 1966, p145-147, 178-179, il, por, map
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11301
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Thomas H. Davis is the president and founder of the Piedmont Aviation Inc., North Carolina's only airline. Davis, a Winston-Salem native, learned to fly in high school and proceeded to make money teaching others to fly through his college years. After graduation he created Piedmont Aviation, which flies cargo and passengers planes through service routes in North Carolina. In 1962, Davis received permission to service flights from Atlanta to Raleigh.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 33 Issue 14, Dec 1965, p15-16, il, por
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30540
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North Carolina is known for its pioneering efforts in building railroads, seaports, and airlines. Between 1800 and 1837, North Carolina sponsored and owned the longest span of railroad in the world; this developed into the statewide system known today, with larger systems extending into other regions of the United States for both passenger and freight transport. Additionally, the state's ports are handling the ever-increasing import and export tonnage of industrial products along the eastern seaboard. Further, air transport in North Carolina is now fed by six lines, with large centers in several regions of the state.
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13280
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Aviation pioneering in North Carolina did not end with the flights at Kitty Hawk. The first commercial airline in the United States flew through North Carolina, and today six lines serve the state, bringing air service to most of the population.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 7, July 1953, p38, 40, f
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