Bonanza Air Lines

The airline of Las Vegas, Nevada. Bonanza Air Lines started in 1945 with scheduled flights in a single-engine Cessna. They flew routes within Nevada State when in 1951, their newly acquired DC-3 offered service to Los Angeles and beyond. Bonanza joined the jet-age in 1965. In 1968 they merged with Pacific Airlines and West Coast Air Lines to form Air West

Bonanza DC-9-11 N945L delivered in 1966
Bonanza DC-9-11 N945L delivered in 1965
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Bonanza added the Fairchild F-27 to their fleet in 1959. The Fairchild F-27 was a U.S. built version of the Dutch built Fokker F27 Friendship. (BELOW) Bonaza F-27 over Hoover Dam near Las Vegas

DC-9 -11
DC-9 -11
Bonanza Air Lines
Bettina Sparkles, Bonanza Fairchild F27
Bettina Sparkles, Bonanza Fairchild F27

Bettina ‘Sparkles’ Obernuefemann

Author Bettina Sparkles shares her introspection about life during WWII in Europe while growing up with a domineering mother. After moving to America, she found her dream job as a stewardess and gives the scoop of airline life from days gone by

Bonanza Palm Springs 1962 Advert

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Bonanza Douglas DC-3
Bonanza F-27 at Las Vegas McCarran

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