ABOUT US

Maine Aviation was founded by brothers Joe and Tom Caruso who, just out of the military after World War II, took the advice of their Uncle Sully and started flying scenic flights in a seaplane from the Hinckley boat dock in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1947. By their third year, the brothers had leased the Bar Harbor Airport, finding a permanent home for their aviation business. Then, in 1959, Joe Caruso moved his family to Portland, where he established Maine Aviation Corporation.

There never was any question about the future of Allyn "Al" Caruso, Joe's son: He literally grew up on the flight ramp at the Bar Harbor Airport, and during his high school years fueled and washed planes at the Portland airport. Al Caruso flew for Bar Harbor Airways and, at age 19, became an airline captain.

Today, Al Caruso is joined in operating Maine Aviation by his wife, Alysan, General Manager, and their younger son, Travis, the company's Director of Maintenance. Al and Alysan's older son, Tom, was the company's chief pilot for several years, and now flies for Continental Airlines.

For three generations, Maine Aviation and the Caruso family have been providing aviation services to the private, corporate, commercial, and general aviation community. Maine Aviation's Cessna Pilot Center has been teaching people to fly for more than 40 years. "Maine Aviation's success is a result of our dedication to total customer satisfaction as our number one business objective," says Al Caruso. "Our broad range of services and capabilities permit us to offer a full complement of professional support – from aircraft management to charter, maintenance, aircraft sales, flight training, and shared ownership programs. Our company takes great pride in our excellent reputation for exceptional standards of safety, reliability, and professionalism."