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Article: TAKING FLIGHT COLORADO SPRINGS BANKS ITS FUTURE ON SUCCESS OF WESTERN PACIFIC.(Local)

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April 28, 1996
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Byline: Ann Imse Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

COLORADO SPRINGS -- This city was founded with a railroad spike, the first bang in the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

Today, Colorado Springs is rushing headlong into a future as a new kind of crossroads. And this time, the tourist train is a discount airliner.

Western Pacific Airlines started flying just one year ago today. But in that short time, company chairman Ed Beauvais has made it the nation's only coast-to-coast, low-fare airline, with 1,473 employees.

``Their sleepy little airport - the days of that are gone,'' said Rick Felton, Colorado Springs manager for ...

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