Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 25, 1944
Caption:
Gerald C. Francis, head of the Francis Airways, which started an air taxi service linking eleven Southern Michigan cities today, is shown leaving the Stinson plane which landed at the Ann Arbor airport at 11:20 today.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 1946
Caption:
GIANT DC-4 TAKES ON PASSENGERS: The size of the planes Capital Airlines-PCA lands at Willow Run airport on its new schedule begun on Saturday may be judged from this photograph taken when the first stop and takeoff were made. The airline has set up a waiting room in No. 1 hangar and has an experienced ground crew on hand to service the huge liners. Other lines may begin using the airport soon.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 1946
Caption:
FIRST PASSENGERS LAND AT WILLOW RUN: Regular airline service was inaugurated at Willow Run airport Saturday when a Capital Airlines-PCA plane discharged and took on passengers on schedule. First to disembark were Seaman 3/c Eleanor Bennett, who is stationed at Hutchinson, Kansas, and Maurice J. Pastor of Detroit.