Airlift International
Overview
 
Airlift International was based in the USA and operated from its inception in 1945 until June 1991. Airlift's headquarters were on the grounds of Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...

 in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...

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Airlift International was founded as Riddle Airlines
Riddle Airlines
Riddle Airlines was founded by John Paul Riddle in 1945 in Miami, Florida as a charter and freight airline. In 1965, it became Airlift International. Riddle was headquartered in the Miami, Florida area....

 by John Paul Riddle
John Paul Riddle
John Paul Riddle was a pilot and an aviation enthusiast, most well known for co-founding what later became Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University .- Personal life :...

 in 1945 in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

 as a charter and freight airline. In 1965, it became Airlift International. In 1968, Airlift Intl. expanded and acquired Slick Airways
Slick Airways
Slick Airways was founded in 1946. It later acquired California Eastern in 1948, then sold out to Airlift International in 1968....

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The first flights were between Miami and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 using Curtiss C-46 and Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-4
The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engined propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s in a military role...

 aircraft.
Quotations

You know the day destroys the night, Night divides the day, Tried to run — Tried to hide — Break on through to the other side!

"Break Through (To The Other Side)" from The Doors (album)|The Doors (1967)

We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall The time we cried? Break on through to the other side.

"Break on Through (To The Other Side)" from The Doors

It hurts to set you free, but you’ll never follow me.

"The End" from The Doors (1967)

People are strange when you're a stranger Faces look ugly when you're alone Women seem wicked when you're unwanted Streets are uneven when you're down.

"People Are Strange" on the album Strange Days|Strange Days (1967)

When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange.

"People Are Strange" on the album Strange Days (1967)

Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive, now You get yours, baby I'll get mine Gonna make it, baby If we try.

"Five to One" on the album Waiting for the Sun|Waiting for the Sun (1968)

The old get older And the young get stronger May take a week And it may take longer They got the guns But we got the numbers Gonna win, yeah We're takin' over Come on!

"Five to One" on the album Waiting for the Sun (1968)

At first flash of Eden, We race down to the sea. Standing there on Freedom's shore. Waiting for the sun...

"Waiting for the Sun" on the album Morrison Hotel|Morrison Hotel (1970)

This is the strangest life I’ve ever known.

"Waiting for the Sun" on the album Morrison Hotel (1970)

Killer on the roadHis brain is squirming like a toad.

"Riders on the Storm" from the album L.A. Woman|L.A. Woman (1971).

 
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