Website updated on December 7, 2023
Welcome!Welcome to Sunshine Skies, a website about vintage commercial aviation with a focus on the smaller airlines and commercial airports of Florida and Georgia. You'll find over two hundred pages full of historic photos, postcards, timetables, route maps, airport diagrams and stories about the airlines, airports and aircraft of the Sunshine and Peach states. You'll also find photos and histories of "propliners" from around the world. New photos and pages are regularly added, so please be sure to check the updates!
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FEATURED PAGES
The Walt Disney World STOLportOnce upon a time Disney World featured a private airport with airlines bringing passengers to the Magic Kingdom's front door.
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PBA's Douglas DC-3s : Where Are They Today?PBA was famous for their fleet of vintage DC-3s. Where are those planes today? We track down all 12 former PBA DC-3s.
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The History of Jacksonville's Imeson AirportBefore today's Jacksonville International Airport, airlines served the now abandoned Imeson Airport. Six-part history with 130+ images.
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POPULAR PAGES
Panama City in the 1970s
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Mackey International Airlines
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Airline History of Marco Island
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10 Most Beautiful Airliners
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Key Largo's Forgotten Airport
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The History of ATL
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