AIRWAYS HISTORY TAN Airlines
12 13 To extend TAN ’ s service between Miami and points in South America , Shelton founded Aerolineas Peruanas and Ecuatoriana with the Honduran carrier performing the duties of accounting , ground service , operations and scheduling for all three airlines . // SCOTT STACHE COLLECTION
14 In order to bypass the CAB mandate that TAN could only fly between the U . S . and Central America , Shelton created an ingenious TAN- APSA interchange equipment scheme to continue flying between Miami and South America via Honduras . TAN supplied APSA ’ s first C-46 aircraft . // CAPT . REED CLARY VIA THE CHRIS SLIMMER COLLECTION
15 C . N . Shelton ’ s ingenious equipment interchange scheme , whereby the same aircraft would fly the entire route . When departing Miami , it would be under a TAN flight number and , upon landing in Tegucigalpa , the same flight number would be used but now operated by APSA continuing on to South America . // MAP : SCOTT STACHE
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