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WELCOME ABOARD! GREAT FLYING WITH ONA CREW!

Holder of the ONA Super Wings Gold Award for magnificent contributions to the ONA Crew Web

RON PREEDE

Navigator Franzek and Ron

Ron in the DC-8 cockpit
on a nightflight

Great flying with ONA crew!

RON´S ONA PHOTO ARCHIVES!

F/E with UACI for the 1978 hadj, 
then flew the DC-10 for 
Loftleidir 4 months. 

Steedman Hinckley got a contract  to 
fly 747 for Saudi from June 1979 - 
Dec 1980. 

Ron then came back to the States and 
started ONA and thereafter changed 
to National Jan 1981 - Jan 1986. 
Ron started his successful airline 
career with ONA 1 Apr 1959 - 
Sep 1963 and ONA 2 Nov 1965 - 
Sep 1978. UACI ONA 3 National Oct 
1978 - Jan 1986, ending his flying 
with Tower Air Jan 1986 - Sep 2000.

UACI DC-10 in Icelandic colors
crewed by UACI January 1979

United Air Carriers, Inc.

Saudi Airports

ONA AC 864 at Dacca
Bangladesh 1974 -
ONA DC-8 N1976 in
Spain 1975 -
ONA DC-7C 1966

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photo left to right:

no 1: J. Norman
no 2: Doris Hadorn
no 3: Milt Marshall
no 4: Marliese Berger Edelmann
no 5: Ron Preede
no 6: Carolyn Carado
no 7: Paul Witting 
(Paul says its not him!!!)
no 8: Amos Blum

Photo courtesy Ron Preede!

Left to right in front:
Ed Bower, Bob Wagenfeld, Amos Blum,
Marilyn White, Chris Linder Starkloff,
our beloved Captain Stinkky Davis,
Anna-Liisa Wallin and Sigrid White.
Back row best pals Dick Bord and 
Ron Preede. Behind, kind of 
squinting, is maintenance rep 
George Carter.  Amos went to work 
in L.A. for Flying Tigers.
George Carter went to work for Air 
Cal. The ONA maintenance people might 
know George´s whereabouts today. 
Sam Rogers, Dallas Texas

 



RON PREEDE IN SAUDI

UACI 747 in Saudi colors crewed 

by UACI June 1979 - February 1981





RON PREEDE







ONA HERO 

CAPTAIN STINKY DAVIS

by MOE THAWER











UACI DC-10 used for Hadj 

October 1978


 



UACI 747 in Saudi colors crewed 

by UACI June 1979 - February 1981


 




UACI changed to ONA then to 

NATIONAL AIRLINES from 1981 

til December 1985

ANNE BRADDOCK PREEDE

OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS
CREW WEBRING

Anne with colleagues
at graduation 1969-1970
Photos courtesy Ron Preede and
Sigrid Monkemeyer

Airplane photos
by courtesy Al Quack

"You are flying on one of ONA´s 
Bicentennial Aircraft 
designed by one of our employees 
as a symbol of our participation 
in the celebration of America´s 
200th anniversary.


Ron sent the fantastic photo of ONA 
Bicentennial Celebration!

In keeping with ONA´s role of promoting 
masstravel for recreational, cultural 
and educational purposes, we have named 
our bicentennial project "visitUS".

Through 1975, 1976 and 1977 the 
aircraft will visit most cities in 
the US, Hawaii, the islands of the 
Caribbean and many European countries 
extending an invitation to all people 
to "visit US" during this 
"Celebration America" period.

We hope this card will serve as a 
memento of your flight and a reminder 
of the wonders of a free and 
independent USA and its 200th
Anniversary Celebration."