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#Onthisday in 1929, Inter-Island Airways started schedule passenger service with two Sikorsky S-38 planes linking the Hawaiian Islands. Though not yet a state, airlines operating in the Territory of Hawaii were under the jurisdiction of the United States’ Civil Aeronautics Board. After the C.A.B. awarded the airline a permanent certificate, Inter-Island Airways changed its name to Hawaiian Airlines in 1941. Image: Inter Island Airways brochure, Hawaii, 1939. Gift of Hiller Aviation Museum. 2007.007.025
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