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Line 1: {{orphan\|date=September 2009}} {{cleanup-expert\|Defunct Airlines\|date=February 2011}} '''Air 21 Airlines''' was the name of a successful but short-lived [[airline]] based in [[Fresno, California]], lead by Mark Morro, and Founded by David Miller and co-founded by David J. VanderLugt. The airline operated five [[Fokker F28]] 64-passenger twin-jet aircraft named "Friendships" by [[Fokker]]. The Fokker F-28 is manufactured in [[Holland]] and was the oldest [[airplane]] manufacturer in the world at the time of its demise. Line 13 ⟶ 14: ==Gearing up== The F-28 was chosen as the aircraft of choice over the DC-9. ==Certification== Line 21 ⟶ 22: ==Bankruptcy== Air 21 had 188 employees when the David Walsh Deal came unglued and by January 1997 ceased flying. 1997.<ref>Fresno Bee, The End For Air 21</ref> David Miller and Joe Leay worked with the [[U.S. Bankruptcy Court]] and completed all of the required filings the Court. In the end, the airline operated and owned FIVE Fokker F-28 Friendship twin jet aircraft and roughly $5 million dollars in parts. The airline was very progressive in many of its practices. It was the second airline in the world to be paperless and to have all of its maintenance records digitized and available to the FAA 24/7.<ref>Airlines Of The World - The Maverick Men Who Made Them. pp-106</ref> The "Low Cost - Low fare" airlines were set to replace the commuter "propeller" airlines. The local "propeller" airline in Fresno paid its Captains $30,000/year, First Officers $20,000/year, and hard-working Flight Attendants $900/month. Air 21 paid: Captains $48,000, First Officers $30,000/year, and hard-work Flight Attendants $18,000/year. The airline served "Otis Spunkmeyer" muffins on all flights, and the finest spirits and wines. It had fares as low as $39 one-way: another example $119 roundtrip to fly from [[Colorado Springs]] to Fresno at a time when other airlines were charging potentially $467.50 <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135798,00.html</ref>. ~~==Success==~~ Some people can have success but still fail. Some people can fail but still succeed. Miller and VanderLugt showed the world another Horatio Alger story, that if someone has an idea, and heart, and hard work - they can accomplish anything. After all, since 1903 and the Wright Brother's first flight..., how many people have started an airline? 200, 300, 400? How many people have envisioned a Jet Airline, and gathered the resources to do it? 100..., maybe 200? Out of the billions of people who have lived on the planet since 1903. The same would be true of those might mavericks who started railroads, car companies, steel mill, shipping lines. It is a success simply to grab hold of one of these monsters tales and hang on for as long as you can. [28] == References ==