|
|
|
|
|
G.F. Steedman Hinckley
Steedman Hinckly (pronounced Stedman), shown on the left, was the charismatic President and CEO of ONA. He was just 33 years old when he resurrected ONA in 1965.
|
|
|
|
|
Executive VP and General Manager Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in July, 1970 shortly after the San Juan hearings. He was a former Major in the military. |
|
|
|
|
Malcolm Ed (Starky) Starkloff
Mr.Starkloff was a former Chief Pilot at ONA prior to returning as the Director of Operations. |
|
|
|
|
Assistant Chief Pilot Ed Veronelli
Captain Veronelli was involved in the planning of the JFK - St. Maarten flight. He also flew on 9 of the first 30 flights. Ed recently retired as an Assistant Chief Pilot with Continental Airlines. |
|
|
|
|
VP Marketing Vince Duffy
Mr. Duffy was the spokesperson for ONA after the accident. |
|
|
|
|
Attorney Robert Wagenfeld
Bob Wagenfeld was a former navigator with ONA. He was ONA's corporate attorney at the time of the accident. |
|
|
|
|
Mechanic George Chopay
George was the mechanic who got the plane ready on the day of the accident. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lou Furlong
Lou Furlong was the VP of Operations prior to Malcolm Starkloff. |
|
|
|
|
Milt Mashall
Milt Marshall was the ALPA MEC Chairman at ONA at the time of the accident. |
|
|
|
|
Charlie Larmony
Charlie Larmony worked in the maintenance department at ONA. His mother Jeannie Larmony is a Flight 980 survivor. |
|
|
|
|
Bill Burks
Assistan VP of Operations |
|
|
|
|
Boyd Michaels
Replaced Balsey as Chief Pilot. He stayed in Dayton, however, and was not involved in any aspect of the St. Maarten flight. |
|
|
|
|
Ed Leiser
Director of Maintenance |
|
|
|
|
ONA Cruise Ship
ONA was the first airline to have ownership in a cruise ship. This ship, named the "Adventurer," was purchased from ONA by Cunard two months after the accident.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DC-10 Bird Strike Accident
November 12, 1975. The Captain aborted the takeoff after injesting sea gulls in the number three engine during the takeoff roll. The plane was filled with ONA stewardesses flying to Saudi Arabia. All survived |
|
|
|
|
Delta Queen
Another ONA venture into the pleasure travel industry |
|
|
|
|
Mississippi Queen
The second of two river boats owned and operated by one of ONA's subsidiaries. The boat was designed by Steedman's brother Albert Hinckley. |
|
|
|
|
DC-10
ONA lost two DC-10s in landing accidents within months of each other. There were no fatalities in either accident, but both aircraft were destroyed. Photos of the accidents are in this gallery. |
|
|
|
|
DC-8
The DC-8s were used primarily for charter flying. |
|
|
|
|
ONA DC-10 crash in Turkey
January 2, 1976. An ONA DC-10 is destroyed in a landing accident in Instanbul, Turkey. The plane landed short. There were no fatalities. |
|
|
|
|
Lockheed Electra
The Electras were used primarily for cargo operations supporting the LOGAIR contract with the US Air Force. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sonesta Beach Resort
This 400 room resort hotel in the Bahamas was part of ONA's diversification into the pleasure travel industry. |
|
|
|
|
DC-6
The DC-6 was the workhorse of the early ONA. The DC-6 was used primarily for MATS flights. (Photo courtesy Balsey DeWitt) |
|
|
