Mesa's first CEO and founder, Larry Risley

Farmington airport aerial view

Farmington airport terminal building where Mesa had their corporate offices

Early timetable for Mesa Air Shuttle

Information on Mesa Saratoga flights to Albuquerque

1991 Mesa Airlines timetable

Larry and Janie Risley in front of Mesa’s first C-99 airliner

Early C-99 originally from Sun West Airlines

March 1987 New Mexico Business Journal featuring Larry Risley

Mesa C-99 parked in Denver

Early plastic versions of Mesa Airlines boarding passes

Handheld weight and balance calculator used in Mesa’s C-99s

Mark Sharp and Keith Husband hamming it up. Photo Keith Husband

Mesa’s first BE-1900. Later renumbered N55YV.

Telluride Airport aerial view looking east toward the town of Telluride

Mesa Beechcraft 1900C model

Mesa’s first Cessna Caravan, later renumbered N105YV.

Pilot Jay Wilde helping passenger with bags from the Caravan.

N105YV – Mesa’s first Caravan parked in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Farmington Hangar with Caravan and BE1900

Early timetable for Centennial Airlines

Centennial Airlines C-99, old Sun West Airlines airplane Photo: R.A. Scholefield

Chief Pilot Larry Donald Oswald (1949-1989). Died in crash of Beech CATPASS 200 N39YV on ferry flight from Santa Monica, California to Farmington.

Captain Brian Baumunk sitting on the airstairs of a CATPASS 200, N63JR

Early CATPASS 200, registration number 911LR