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In 1920 Walter Varney was one of the featured pilots in an aerial circus that performed at an event in Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. In November of 1920 he preformed at Modesto’s Golden Jubilee and Armistice Day Celebration where he flew his new Hispano Suiza Airplane with a 220 horse power engine.
Varney Speed Lines Lockheed Model 9 Orion in Burbank California 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,
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Walter Varney, following a five-company merger, sold the much expanded Walter Varney Air Group in 1930 to United Aircraft and Transport. 6. Walter Varney ceded control to Mueller in 1934, and in 1936 a controlling interest in the company was sold to Robert Six who renamed it Continental Airlines in 1937, moving its headquarters to Denver.
29 de mar. de 2023 · Exactly 92 years ago today, on March 28, 1931, United Airlines began life as a management corporation to coordinate United Aircraft and Transport Corps (UATC) airline subsidiaries. While United Airlines' history began in 1931, the airline can trace its roots back to 1926 when Walter T. Varney started a mail service between Pasco, Washington, Boise, Idaho, and Elco, Nevada.
