Vance International Airways

McCulloch was an entrepreneur known for, among other things, the eponymous chainsaw brand and as founder and promoter of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

After the war he operated a number of profitable aircraft and airline related businesses at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, including contract work flying C-46 aircraft and Northwest Air Service, an air taxi operator.

[5] In February 1965, Vance was approved to run a series of weekend scheduled flights between Twin Falls, Idaho and San Francisco and Los Angeles on behalf of Sun Valley ski resort using a DC-7.

[8] In May 1966 VIA took money from outside investors, led by Stanley G. Silver, allowing a resumption of operations with a single DC-7 in August 1966.

Robert P. McCulloch, already flying potential customers to Lake Havasu City with a uncertificated fleet of Lockheed Electras and Constellations, wanted the VIA certificate to turn his air operation into an airline.

[14] On 3 November 1970, the CAB re-issued the supplemental certificate in the name of McCulloch International Airlines.