Bluegrass Airlines

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Bluegrass Airlines came into being in March 1998 when W (Joe) Deering and Ray Yarnell, both natives of Kentucky (KY) USA, decided to model a V.A. on the real Bluegrass Airlines that was started in Bowling Green KY in 1944 by a doctor and his two sons and which had its routes incorporated into the schedules of Imperial Airlines in 1946. Imperial was eventually taken over by Delta Airlines. Using the routes originally flown by Bluegrass Airlines, Joe and Ray started out flying DC-3's. They were soon attracting other pilots with similar interests in flying aircraft from the "good old days" when flying was done by the seat of your pants. It wasn't long before there were hubs in Bangor (Northern) and Alaska and with an ever increasing number of pilots coming on board, and another hub was soon established in the Southern regions. Since then these hubs have become Divisions of the airline operating more or less autonomously and further expansion has seen a division opened in

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