Stanley Kennedy Sr.
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Stanley Carmichael Kennedy Sr. was a US Naval Aviator during World War I, world record holder and Silver Star recipient, pioneer of commercial aviation in the Hawaiian Islands, and founder of Hawaiian Airlines, one of the world's oldest operating airlines. Kennedy ran Hawaiian Airlines from the time of its incorporation in 1929 until he stepped down from daily operations in 1955. He remained chairman of the board until his death in 1968.
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Ensign Stan Kennedy, circa 1917
Inter-Islands Airways Sikorsky S-43 in Molokai
Hawaiian Air DC-9 in flight
Hawaiian Airlines
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Hawaiian Airlines is a commercial U.S. airline, headquartered at Honolulu, Hawaii.
It is the largest operator of commercial flights to and from the island state of Hawaii, and the twenty-fourth-largest commercial airline in the United States.
Hawaiian Airlines initiated air service in 1929 as Inter-Island Airways with this Bellanca CH-300, restored in 2009 by Hawaiian to flying condition.
Convair 640 turboprop airliner of Hawaiian at Honolulu in 1971. The airline operated Convairs from 1952 until 1974.
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar displaying the livery introduced in 1975.
Hawaiian introduced the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 to replace its Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jets