Maine Aviation

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.