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27-861: North Central may refer to: North Central Airlines , a defunct United States based airline North Central College , a private, 4-year liberal arts college located in Naperville, Illinois The North Central region of the United States, which is divided into the West North Central States and the East North Central States North Central Nigeria North Central Province, Maldives North Central Province, Sri Lanka North Central Region, United States,

54-554: A "local service carrier," flying to cities in one region and feeding passengers to larger "trunk airlines" that flew nationwide. North Central eventually was allowed a few routes outside the Midwest: to Washington, D.C.- National , New York- LaGuardia , Boston , Denver , and Tucson . After deregulation of the airline industry, North Central expanded and began operating McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50s , its largest jet aircraft type. North Central purchased Atlanta-based Southern Airways and

81-755: A major manufacturer of four-wheel transmissions and heavy-duty trucks based in Clintonville, Wisconsin , opened a flight department and traded a company truck for a Waco biplane for their company's use. In 1944 company executives decided to start an airline named Wisconsin Central Airlines , and service started among six Wisconsin cities in 1946. This led the company to buy two Cessna UC-78 Bobcats , and, soon after, three Lockheed Electra 10As. Certificated flights started with Electras to 19 airports on 25 February 1948; more revenue allowed three more Electra 10As, then six Douglas DC-3s . In 1952

108-490: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages North Central Airlines Following a merger with Southern Airways in 1979, North Central became Republic Airlines , which in turn was merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. Northwest Airlines was then merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010. In 1939 the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company (FWD),

135-664: Is entirely unrelated. Several companies operated under the Waco name, with the first company being the W eaver A ircraft Co mpany, a firm founded by George E. Weaver, Clayton Bruckner, and Elwood Junkin in 1920 in Lorain and Medina, Ohio after they had already been collaborating for several years. In the spring of 1923 this became the Advance Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio , after the departure of Weaver. In 1929, it

162-584: The merger was finalized in early 2010, the Northwest Airlines brand fully retired with the Delta Air Lines name surviving as the successor to North Central Airlines. When North Central Airlines started operations, the company's ICAO code was "NOR"; this was later changed to "NCA". When ICAO went from three to two characters, North Central became "NC", the same as its IATA code. According to its June 8, 1979 system timetable, North Central

189-855: The Dakotas in 1959, Denver in 1969, and nonstop flights from Milwaukee to New York LaGuardia in 1970. It added five Convair 340s from Continental Airlines to its fleet of DC-3s, the first ones entering service in 1959. In 1960 North Central hit the one million passenger mark; in May 1968, it flew to 64 airports, including two in Canada. Turbine flights with Convair 580 turboprops began in April 1967. The airline then initiated jet service 160 days later with new McDonnell Douglas DC-9 series 30 aircraft in September 1967. Like other local service airlines, North Central

216-618: The Duck. Republic kept North Central's hubs at Detroit and Minneapolis, and Southern's hub at Memphis. Within a few years, they closed the former Hughes Airwest hub at Phoenix and also largely dismantled the Hughes Airwest route network in the western U.S.; they also reduced North Central's sizeable station at Chicago-O'Hare . Southern's sizeable station was also reduced at Hartsfield at Atlanta . Republic also quickly downsized North Central's operations to and among smaller airports in

243-608: The airline moved their headquarters from Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota ; that December their name became North Central Airlines. Soon the airline ran into financial trouble when President Francis Higgins left, making Hal Carr the president. Carr quickly got the company out of debt and made it more reliable. Over time the company expanded their fleet to 32 DC-3s. In October 1952 Wisconsin Central scheduled flights to 28 airports, all west of Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Fargo and Grand Forks. It added Detroit in 1953, Omaha, and

270-487: The common designation C-72/UC-72 . Waco ceased operations in 1947, having suffered the fate of a number of general aviation companies when an anticipated boom in aviation following World War II failed to develop. The final Waco relied on an experimental Franklin engine which, with the cancellation of other contracts became so expensive, that the Aristocraft , which relied on it, was cancelled. The Waco brand name

297-487: The engine used, the second the specific type, and the third the general series. The coding system was changed in 1929 with several letters reassigned, and later with the introduction of the Custom Cabin series, the third letter 'C' was initially replaced with C-S (Cabin-Standard) and finally S. The numeral suffix represents the first year of production if it is 6 or higher (6=1936), or a sub type if 2 or less. Thus EGC-7

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324-938: The former name of the Midwestern United States North Central Region (WFTDA) North Central Service , commuter rail service in the United States North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota Northcentral University , a doctoral research university North Central Conference (disambiguation) See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "north central" on Misplaced Pages. North (disambiguation) Central (disambiguation) Centre (disambiguation) Center (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with North Central All pages with titles containing North Central Topics referred to by

351-465: The original Lycoming engines with less-popular Franklin engines (Mr. Berger was involved with Franklin) -- were to be manufactured (or at least assembled or re-assembled) in the U.S. by WACO Aircraft Company at Syracuse, New York . Only several dozen (perhaps 65–150) of these European-origin aircraft were sold as WACOs before the death of Mr. Berger put an end to the program. These planes included: The WACO Classic Aircraft company (unrelated to

378-516: The original Waco) began building its WACO Classic YMF in 1986, an upgraded version based on Waco's original type certified design. A large number of survivors exist, with the largest single collection residing at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field , Creve Coeur, near St Louis, Missouri . Note: Waco civilian designations describe the configuration of the aircraft. The first letter lists

405-598: The route map in the aforementioned June 8, 1979 system timetable, North Central's network stretched from as far west as Tucson to as far east as Boston and as far north as Winnipeg to as far south as Miami with such cities as Atlanta , Baltimore , Chicago , Cincinnati , Cleveland , Denver , Detroit , Fort Lauderdale , Houston , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Minneapolis / St. Paul , New York City , Omaha , Philadelphia , Syracuse , Tampa , Toronto and Washington D.C. also being served at this time. Waco Aircraft Company The Waco Aircraft Company ( WACO )

432-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title North Central . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Central&oldid=1225732312 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

459-520: The two airlines formed Republic Airlines in July 1979 , the first merger following airline deregulation . Republic soon targeted San Francisco -based Hughes Airwest for acquisition, and the deal was finalized in October 1980 for $ 38.5 million. Saddled with debt from two acquisitions and new aircraft, the airline struggled in the early 1980s, and even introduced a human mascot version of Herman

486-488: The upper Midwest, concentrating their fleet at the Detroit and Minneapolis hubs. In 1986 , Republic merged with Northwest Orient Airlines , which was also headquartered at Minneapolis and had a large operation at Detroit, which ended the legacy of Wisconsin Central and North Central. Following the merger, the new airline became Northwest Airlines (dropping the "Orient"), which merged into Delta Air Lines in 2008. Once

513-580: The wars, with more Wacos registered than the aircraft of any other company. Production types include open cockpit biplanes, cabin biplanes and cabin sesquiplanes (known by Waco as Custom Cabins) as well as numerous experimental types. During World War II , Waco produced large numbers of military gliders for the RAF and US Army Air Forces for airborne operations, especially during the Normandy Invasion and Operation Market Garden . The Waco CG-4

540-424: Was a failure, they went on to found the Waco company in 1920 and established themselves as producers of reliable, rugged planes that were popular with travelling businessmen, postal services and explorers, especially after the company began producing closed-cabin biplane models after 1930 in addition to the open cockpit biplanes. The Waco name was extremely well represented in the U.S. civil aircraft registry between

567-525: Was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio , United States . Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes . The company initially started under the name Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio but changed its name to the Waco Aircraft Company in 1928/29. WACO (referring to the aircraft) is usually pronounced "wah-co" (the first syllable pronounced as in "water"), not "way-co" like Waco, Texas , whose name

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594-687: Was briefly revived, in the 1960s and early 1970s—for a scheme to produce, assemble, re-assemble or market a series of modern, all-metal Italian and French lightplanes ( semi-monocoque , enclosed-cabin, low-wing, single-engine) under licence in the United States. The program was headed by a "Mr. Berger," and the enterprise was known (in 1968) as Waco Aircraft Co. , a subsidiary of Allied Aero Industries, Inc. , and based at Pottstown-Limerick Airport, Pottstown, Pennsylvania , with dealers in Connecticut , Georgia , Oklahoma , Texas , California , and Ontario, Canada . The European WACOs—in some cases replacing

621-534: Was changed from Advance Aircraft Company to Waco Aircraft Company . The firm is often confused with Western Aviation Company , the name of four unrelated aircraft enterprises in Chicago, Illinois ; San Antonio, Texas ; and Burbank, California . Waco's history started in 1919 when businessmen Clayton J. "Clayt" Brukner and Elwood "Sam" Junkin met barnstorming pilots Charles "Charley" William Meyers and George "Buck" Weaver. Although their initial floatplane design

648-461: Was operating 130-passenger seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 and 100-passenger seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets as well as 48-passenger seat Convair 580 turboprops with service to the following destinations in the U.S. and Canada shortly before the acquisition of and merger with Southern Airways was completed thus resulting in the formation of Republic Airlines in July 1979: Domestic U.S. destinations Canadian destinations According to

675-540: Was operating 29 Convair 580s. The last DC-3 flight was early 1969; NC was the last local service carrier to use it. In 1969 North Central Airlines moved its headquarters to the south side of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ; in 2009 the building was the Building C Maintenance and Administrative Facility of Northwest Airlines . It is now used by Delta Air Lines after its 2008 merger with Northwest. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) classified North Central as

702-471: Was subsidized; in 1962 its "revenue" of $ 27.2 million included $ 8.5 million "Pub. serv. rev." The airline worked with the U.S. government to aid troubled airlines in South America. The first of five Douglas DC-9-31s entered service in September 1967 and the piston-powered Convair 340s and Convair 440s were all converted to Convair 580s with turboprop engines; the airline also acquired more DC-9s and

729-546: Was the most numerous of their glider designs to be produced. At the same time Waco produced over 600 of its UPF-7 open biplanes and 21 VKS-7F cabin biplanes for the Civilian Pilot Training Program , which supplemented the output of the military training establishments. 42 privately owned models of sixteen types were impressed into service as light transports and utility aircraft with the USAAF under

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