The airline began as Connie Kalitta Services in 1967, when he began moving auto parts with a twin-engine Cessna 310. In 1984, he would change its name to American International Airways.

An airline rooted in drag racing . Kallitta Air's origins go back to 1967 when it was founded by Conrad "Connie" Kalitta. A five-time world champion professional drag racer, he didn’t fit the ...

Conrad "Connie" Kalitta's air transport company is lending a hand to keep the air tankers battling the blazes. By Emmet White Published: Jan 23, 2025 10:20 AM EST. Save Article.

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Former drag racing champ Conrad "Connie" Kalitta is helping air tankers battle the blazes with his Kalitta Air aviation logistics and transport company. Here's How a Drag-Racing Legend Is Helping ...

And at the same time, he built the largest air cargo company in the world, Kalitta Air, headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Yes, even at 80 years old now, Connie is still piloting 747s from outside ...

Air-freight magnate and drag-racing legend Connie Kalitta looks back on his sometimes stormy but always high-flying career. By John Phillips Published: Jan 29, 2016 Save Article ...

Connie Kalitta gained fame in his "Bounty Hunter" dragsters beginning in the 1960s. He won 10 NHRA titles as a driver. ... Kalitta Air includes 21 747 jumbo jets and 1,500 employees.

He quit racing for a time in the 1970s to focus on Kalitta Air, but in the 1980s he was back in the seat, and finished in the Top 10 seven years in that decade. 1999 was his last year of driving ...

As the Bounty Hunter, Connie Kalitta, now 83, ... He now has 36 airplanes, ranging from 13 Boeing 737s to 11 Learjets which fly everything from regular freight to air ambulance runs.

In a concerted effort to hire both pilots and mechanics, Kalitta Air Careers will adorn Shawn Langdon's Top Fuel dragster starting with this weekend's race near Seattle. The 2023 NHRA Camping ...

A Motorsports Hall of Famer and multiple world-speed record holder is helping quell the devastating wildfires burning in the foothills of Los Angeles, California — one air tanker drop at a time.