Mackey Airlines

Mackey Airlines, also known as Mackey International Airlines, was an airline which mainly served Florida and The Bahamas. Flights flew primarily out of West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami to a number of islands in the northwestern Bahamas.

Mackey Airlines was founded by former stunt pilot and United States Air Force Colonel Joseph C. Mackey on September 30, 1946. The airline merged with Eastern Airlines in 1967 (resulting in a name change to Mackey International Airlines). In 1977, Mackey's headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was the target of a bombing attributed to Cuban anti-Castro activity in the United States. [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=1971] [ [http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/belligerence/bosch-absolved.htm Miami Herald ] ] Mackey Airlines ceased operations in 1981. [ [http://www.crazedfanboy.com/npcr/laflapcr216.html La Floridiana by William Moriaty Nolan's Pop Culture Review #216 ] ]

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External links

* [http://www.mackeyairlines.com/ Mackey Airlines Page]
* [http://www.crazedfanboy.com/npcr/laflapcr216.html La Floridiana - Florida’s Commuter Airlines from the 1960s to the 1980s: Part Three]