Central Airlines Pilot Hat Badge 2nd Issue

Ft. Worth, TX 1944-1967

Central Airlines started in 1944 as a charter and FBO in Omaha, NE and then moved to Ft. Worth, TX in 1949 and started passanger service. Flew mostly the DC-3 and CV-240 which were later converted to CV-600. The airline was sold and merged with Frontier Airlines in 1967.

There were at least two airlines named Central Airlines. A different one merged with Pennsylvania Airlines to become Pennsylvia Central Airlines.