Mohawk Airlines VA
Besides flying for Venture Hawaii and AeroTexas I also fly for my own one man virtual airline (VA), Mohawk Airlines. Mohawk is a defunct airline that was based out of Ithaca and later Utica, New York. The airline began as Robinson Airlines, bought and changed to Mohawk in 1952. Labor difficulties helped force it near bankruptcy and it was purchased/merged with Allegheny in 1972. Allegheny later became part of legacy carrier US Airways.
I don’t know what attracted me to Mohawk Airlines. I never flew on their aircraft, never knew anyone that did. I do like the geography of the area. I like their fleet and their Native American symbol on the tail. Whatever the reason I decided to gather information and resources and build a fictional version airline to fly virtually. I’ve been able to find the aircraft they used and paints for the livery. I also found a retro AI flight plan that has all of their flights from 1971 for the One Eleven and the FH227A. So now I can fly around the virtual skies and listen to ATC talk to my virtual Mohawk brethren as we fly around New York and the Mohawk Valley. Mohawk Airlines progress and finances are tracked using VA Financials.