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was an
Airline that operated in the
Mid-Atlantic Region of the
United States , primarily the states of
New York and
Pennsylvania from the mid-
1940s until its acquisition by
Allegheny Airlines in
1972 . At its height it employed over 2200 personnel and pioneered several technical and social aspects of regional airline operations, including being the first airline in the United States to hire an
African American Flight Attendant .
The airline began operations in
1945 as out of
Ithaca Municipal Airport near
Ithaca, New York flying single engined, three passenger
Fairchild F-24 aircraft.
As it grew in the
1950s , the
Douglas DC-3 became its primary aircraft; the
Convair CV-240 ,
CV-440's and
Martin 4-0-4's were integrated into its fleet later. The airline also experimented with helicopter service between New York and
Catskill Mountains resorts with limited success. In 1952, Robinson was purchased by Robert Peach and the name changed to Mohawk Airlines to reflect the
Mohawk Valley of New York where the airline originated service. In 1958, the airline moved its headquarters to
Utica, NY in the heart of the Mohawk Valley.
On February 11, 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor was hired by Mohawk Airlines, becoming the first African-American flight attendant in the United States.
In 1961 it was the first airline to use a centralized computer based reservation service. And in 1965 it was the first regional airline to utilize flight simulators.
Mohawk upgraded its fleet with the British Aerospace Corporation
BAC 1-11 in 1965, becoming the first regional airline to inaugurate
Jet Aircraft service.
By 1969 all piston engined aircraft had been retired from its fleet and Mohawk flew mainly BAC 1-11 and
Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft.
By 1971 labor issues and several strikes had caused Mohawk to enter merger discussions with Allegheny Airlines.
It was purchased by
Allegheny Airlines in
1972 , which eventually became
USAir in the late 1970s and then changing its name to
US Airways in the late 1990s.
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Mohawk Airlines had four accidents that involved fatalities.
- On July 2, 1963 at Rochester, New York , a Mohawk Airlines Martin 4-0-4 attempted to take-off into a thunderstorm. Its wing-tip hit the ground and the aircraft cart-wheeled. Seven people were killed. See Mohawk Airlines Flight 121
- A bizarre accident occurred on June 23, 1967 when a BAC 1-11 flying from Elmira, New York to Washington, D.C. had a fire in the rear of the aircraft which eventually destroyed the vertical tail causing all loss of pitch control. The cause was a non-return valve failing in the APU unit causing hydraulic fluid to ignite. The aircraft crashed near Blossburg, Pennsylvania killing all 34 people on board. See Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 .
- On March 3, 1972 another FH-227 crashed into a house in Albany, New York on approach to Albany County Airport . The crew had difficulty getting the cruise lock to disengage in one of the engines. While the crew attempted to deal with the problem, the aircraft crashed short of the airfield killing 16 of 48 in the aircraft and one person on the ground. The lone surviving crewmember was a stewardess, Sandra Quinn. The cause of the crash has never been discovered. See Mohawk Airlines Flight 405
On
Chicago's 1971 album, ''
Chicago III '', the group recorded a song called "Flight 602." Later that year, on the live album,
Chicago At Carnegie Hall , the group announced that the title referred to a Mohawk flight from
New York to
Toronto .
The photo on the back cover of the supergroup, the
Traveling Wilburys ' first album, ''
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 '' depicts five guitar cases with old-fashioned travel stickers. At the bottom of the guitar case on the right is a travel sticker that says, "Fly Mohawk."
