AEROSUN INTERNATIONAL
Formerly known as Red Carpet Airlines, AeroSun served Miami, Tampa, Key West, and the Cayman Islands during 1981 and 1982 with a fleet of Convair 440s, Douglas DC-3s, and Piper Navajos.
Below: N920RC (msn 118) was one of two Convair 440s operated by Aerosun International (N910RC was the other). This aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines in 1953 and later flew with Aspen Airways before joining the Red Carpet / AeroSun fleet. In the late 1980s and 1990s it operated with Trans Dominican Airways. It was scrapped in Santo Domingo in the early 2000s.
Below: N920RC (msn 118) was one of two Convair 440s operated by Aerosun International (N910RC was the other). This aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines in 1953 and later flew with Aspen Airways before joining the Red Carpet / AeroSun fleet. In the late 1980s and 1990s it operated with Trans Dominican Airways. It was scrapped in Santo Domingo in the early 2000s.
Big thanks to David Silvera for sending in this photo of passengers boarding an Aerosun Convair at St. Petersburg, headed for the sunny Cayman Islands. David wrote, "Yes, flew the Carpet (Red Carpet Airlines, the former name of AeroSun) several times. Sad when they shut down. The gentle roll in the Convair 440 reminded me of sailing. Only once did the crew have to lift the floor of the passenger compartment to deploy the main landing gear (I believe that the manual hydraulic pump was located there)."
An AeroSun International route map based on the January 1, 1982 timetable. Map generated by Sunshine Skies using the Great Circle Mapper.
