Crowd at airport greets the Fairchild F-27. "Aloha is proud to be able to be the leader in the introduction of a new flying concept...the F-27 opens a new era in modern transportation and speed in the Islands..." The second F-27 is expected to arrive May 24, and the third, early in June. Aloha is aiming at June 15 as the target date of the beginning of jet-prop operation in the Islands. May 5, 1959.
Aloha Airlines photo
Honolulu Advertiser Photo Clip 50th Anniversary Statehood of Hawai'i