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Florida National Airways

Operator Identification

  1970's

  United States of America

TYPE: Non-scheduled airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Fort Lauderdale, FL

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Operator History

Florida National Airways (FNA) was a non-scheduled airline operating from Fort Lauderdale, FL and founded by Joel Ribler. FNA operated a Commando in the mid-1970's, and later a Douglas DC3. On 10 May 1978, FNA's Air Operator Certificate and Ribler's ATP license were revoked by court order after Ribler flew a charter passenger flight with the DC3 overweight, without seats nor seat belts, and eventually ran out of fuel. It is unlikely that the company remained in operation after that event.

Commando Operations

February 1975* to September 1976*

FNA operated a Commando owned by Franklin J. Lindsay.

Commandos Operated

  • Smith Super 46C Commando: N355BY

Last edited: 09/01/2020