Walter Varney
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Walter Thomas Varney was an American aviation pioneer who founded forerunners of two major U.S. airlines, United Airlines and Continental Airlines, which combined under United Continental Holdings in
Walter T. Varney, founder of predecessors of United and Continental Airlines, in 1921
Robert Six
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Robert Forman Six 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, he became t
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…Mexico, and Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico. 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. In 1932, Varney contributed half of the $40,000 needed to purchase the…
Six, c.. 1950–1960
Six in 1978, Los Angeles