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Challenger Airlines was a United States airline incorporated in Wyoming December 31 1941 by Charles W. Hirsig II as Summit Airways Inc. a non-scheduled carrier. In 1944 Hirsig filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Docket No. 1091 for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to engage in air transportation in Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska.Mr. Hirsig was killed in an airplane accident on January 15 1945. After Hirsig’s death George J.