1968 | Mineral County Airlines |
1968 | Operating under Hawthorne Nevada Airlines |
1972 | Stored Long Beach in Air Nevada colors |
The company started operations in August 1963 on an air-taxi certificate under the name Mineral County Airlines. DC-3’s were operated with a CAB exemption between Long Beach, CA and Hawthorne, NV, and also from Burbank, CA to Hawthorne. In June 1968 an 049 was purchased, and used on the Long Beach and Burbank to Hawthorne service to fly customers from Los Angeles area to the Nevada casinos.
N9412H parked at Long Beach airport in September 1968.