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Air Chaparral was an American regional airline. It was active from 1980 through 1982 with its main office located in Reno, Nevada and a maintenance base located in a former military alert hangar at Spokane, Washington.〔One website, http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/Americas/USA/Airlines.asp states that it was active into 1983〕 It provided scheduled airline service to several cities in Nevada, and connected to Salt Lake City, Utah and Hawthorne, California.〔airtimes.com/cgat/usa/airchaparral.htm〕 It also provided both scheduled and non-scheduled (Part 135) air freight service.〔http://www.nstb.gov/nstb/AccList.asp?month=12&year=1981 NTSB report of 28 December 1981 Air Chaparral air-freight accident〕 The airline's flight call sign was ''Maverick''.,〔http://www.geekoutnewyork.com/2008/10/callsign.php〕 used to identify company aircraft to aircraft controllers and tower personnel. ==History== The airline company began flying in 1980, with Donald Simon as its president.〔http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=183724698〕 Nevada cities included in its schedule were: *Austin, Nevada *Elko, Nevada *Ely, Nevada *Fallon, Nevada *Las Vegas, Nevada *Reno, Nevada *Tonopah, Nevada *Winnemucca, Nevada Air Chapparal also provided overnight freight service to GELCO Courier, transporting canceled checks overnight to Federal Reserve Bank locations along the US west coast. Flights operated between: *Spokane, WA *Seattle, WA (Boeing Field) *Portland, OR *Oakland, CA *and Burbank, CA In 1981 Air Chaparral acquired the operating assets of ''Inland Empire Airlines'', a commuter airline operating in central California. Inland Empire continued to operate under its former name, and when Air Chaparral filed for bankruptcy in 1983, Inland Empire again became a stand-alone company. On 22 July 1981 the United States Air Force chose not to renew a lease with Air Chaparral, under which AC had been providing 3 turboprop-powered aircraft to the government. The Air Force issued a solicitation for other providers, but when no bids were submitted in the first round, AC officers formed a wholly owned subsidiary company (''Huff Leasing Company''), and submitted a bid under that name. There were 2 bidders under that round of solicitations, and Huff was the low bidder, receiving the Air Force nod to provide the aircraft. However, the other bidder objected, pointing out that Huff was merely a shell for the previously-rejected AC. The Air Force agreed and voided its lease with Huff. Huff appealed, but the appeal was denied by the US Court of Appeals for District of Columbia District in a 2 September 1983 decision.〔http://www.cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/716/1403/277739〕 By that time Air Chaparral had ceased operations and had filed for bankruptcy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air Chaparral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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