AIR SUNSHINE
RELATED PAGES: Over a dozen complete Air Sunshine timetables from 1974 - 1978
Air Sunshine, "The Florida Keys Own Airline", flew from 1974 to 1978. Originally known as AAT, Air Sunshine operated a fleet of DC-3s and Convair 440s from Miami and Tampa to the Florida Keys. The airline was absorbed by Air Florida on December 1, 1978 and continued to fly into 1979 under the name Air Florida Sunshine. Not to be confused with the unrelated Air Sunshine that operated in Florida during the 1980s-2000s.
Air Sunshine DC-3s N77KW and N75KW on the ramp at Miami in March 1978.
DC-3 N75KW at Key West on a stormy afternoon.
An Air Sunshine route map from a business card size timetable from 1974.
Two Convair 440s were operated between Miami, Marathon, and Key West. N477KW is pictured on short final at Miami in 1978. Both Convairs later flew with Ocean Airways.
This painting from the cover of a really cool brochure advertising Air Sunshine's Fiesta Del Sol tours, circa 1977, shows Convair 440 N477KW above what appears to be Duck Key.
The interior has a nice cartoonish route map. Interestingly, the entire brochure is in Spanish.
The classic, stunning Air Sunshine postcard of a DC-3 above the Bahia Honda bridge in the Florida Keys, circa 1974.
Air Sunshine issued map of Tampa Airport, circa 1974. Courtesy of William Moriaty. More scans from this brochure can be found HERE.
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