On the drive to the Coast. The mostly two lane road is often a corridor of pines.
– in the early morning fog.
The sun then breaks through and the winding road continues
past orchards
or adjacent to river and stream beds
or beside the hills recently logged.
flat fields of crops
and ALWAYS THE CLOUDS!
and more clouds and pines and two lanes and straight
and vineyards galore
and then suddenly
The airline was established by Delford Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters. It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines from Pacific Corporation (a CIA front company) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines. The holding company, Evergreen International Aviation, formed in 1979,
wholly owns the airline.[2]One of Evergreen’s Boeing 747 airplanes (registered N473EV, which suffered an in-flight engine separation in 1993) starred in the 1990 action film Die Hard 2. Additionally, Evergreen Boeing 727′s were featured in numerous films including Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino, and The Rookie with Clint Eastwood.
On November 9, 2013, it was announced that Evergreen Airlines will close on November 30, 2013 due to financial troubles.[6][7] This information was denied by Evergreen shortly after,.[8] As of December 2013 the airline is still operating.[9]On December 31, 2013, Evergreen International Airlines filled a Chapter 7 petition in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. The bankruptcy filing lists seven entities as submitting the Chapter 7 petition: Evergreen Aviation Ground Logistics Enterprise, Evergreen Defense and Security Services, Evergreen International Airlines, Evergreen International Aviation, Evergreen Systems Logistics, Evergreen Trade, and Supertanker Services.[1
from wikipedia.