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  2. Continental Airlines - Wikipedia

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    History Early history Walter T. Varney, founder of predecessors of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, 1921. Varney Speed Lines (named after one of its initial owners, Walter T. Varney, who was also a founder of United Airlines) was formed in 1934, operating airmail and passenger services in the American Southwest over a route originating from El Paso and extending through Albuquerque ...

  3. Continental Airlines Flight 1713 - Wikipedia

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    Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on November 15, 1987. The Douglas DC-9 airliner, operated by Continental Airlines, was making a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho. Twenty-five passengers and three crew members ...

  4. Varney Air Lines - Wikipedia

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    July 8, 1937 (renamed Continental Airlines) Parent company. United Airlines. Varney Air Lines was an American airline company that started service on April 6, 1926, as an airmail carrier. Formed by Walter Varney, the airline was based in Boise, Idaho, United States. [1] The airline is one of the predecessors of United Airlines.

  5. Robert Six - Wikipedia

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    Robert Six. Robert Forman Six (June 25, 1907 – October 6, 1986) was an American businessman who was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936 to 1980. Beginning his career in the early days of commercial aviation in the United States, his time as Continental Airlines CEO saw it become one of the world's largest and most profitable legacy ...

  6. Walter Varney - Wikipedia

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    Walter Thomas Varney (December 26, 1888 – January 25, 1967) [1] [2] was an American aviation pioneer who founded forerunners of two major U.S. airlines, United Airlines [3] and Continental Airlines, [4] which combined under United Continental Holdings long after his death. Varney was also one of the most prominent airmail contractors of the ...

  7. Continental Airlines Flight 11 - Wikipedia

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    0. Continental Airlines Flight 11, registration N70775, was a Boeing 707 aircraft which exploded in the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, United States, while en route from O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1962. The aircraft crashed in a clover field near Unionville, in Putnam County, Missouri, killing all 45 ...

  8. United Airlines Holdings - Wikipedia

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    United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc., UAL Corporation, Allegis Corporation and founded originally as UAL, Inc. [3]) is a publicly traded airline holding company headquartered in the Willis Tower in Chicago. [4] UAH owns and operates United Airlines, Inc.

  9. Continental Airlines Flight 1404 - Wikipedia

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    Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was a Continental Airlines domestic flight from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. On the evening of December 20, 2008, the flight crashed while taking off from Denver, resulting in two critical injuries, 36 noncritical injuries, and a ...

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