Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingeconomyheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Beaver Island Air Service was reported in May 1926 to have acquired a 12-passenger seaplane while already owning two other aircraft. The service planned passenger transportation among Northern Michigan resorts and hoped to secure a Post Office Department contract to carry winter mail to Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
The brief state-news item does not identify the company’s officers, home base, aircraft registrations, routes actually flown, or whether the proposed mail contract was awarded. The organization is therefore recorded as a probable 1926 operating entity, not as a fully documented corporation or proof of completed mail service.
Open questions
- What were the service’s legal name, owners, base, and aircraft registrations?
- Was a winter Beaver Island mail contract awarded, and what routes were actually flown?
- Is this service connected to the later Charlevoix-area aviation operators or airport records?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, May 21, 1926, “State News in Brief.”Reports that the Beaver Island Air Service had acquired a 12-passenger seaplane in New Jersey, already owned two other planes, would carry passengers between Northern Michigan resorts, and hoped to obtain a Post Office Department contract for winter mail to Beaver Island.