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...America's field headquarters remains on Taiwan, where the company also runs a huge repair facility, which currently collects about $20 million yearly for repairs on U.S. aircraft from Viet Nam. Air America's total fleet numbers about 150, including little single-engined Helio Couriers and Pilatus Porters, which can land in 250 feet or less, a Super Constellation with peculiar humps on its fuselage, and Huey helicopters. Most of the repairs and ground work are handled by Air America's 9,000 Nationalist Chinese and Philippine employees. The line's 400-odd pilots are nearly...
...dizzy Mount Pilatus...