"The World's Largest Family-Owned, Public-Use Airport"
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Roger Cable Roger, born Feb. 11, 1938, was only seven when he started helping his father build the airport. He was young and short but he did a man-size job and grew up on the airport. He learned to fly before he knew how to drive and soloed in seven different aircraft on his sixteenth birthday.
Later he joined the Navy, and during his tour of duty, he was introduced to that tropical paradise, Hawaii. Later he married Barbara Jean Barnard, and they had a son Bob, who is now maintenance foreman of Cable Airport. Roger's daughter, Lori, lives in San Francisco and is activity manager for Hyatt Hotels. Roger has since divorced and lives where his heart is, in Hawaii. Upon his return from the Navy he took over operation of the flight school and made it very successful. Like his father, he was a doer and a talented businessman. He started the Cable Air Taxi service using Cessna 402s and Beech 18s making it a profitable charter business. But he had even bigger dreams. On March 28, 1968, he launched Cable Commuter Airlines with an inaugural flight from Ontario to Los Angeles airport. That was just the beginning. Their fledgling fleet soon grew to include twelve De Havilland Twin Otters. Their business grew rapidly and was providing commuter service from Lancaster and the Inland Empire area to the LA basin.
Cable Commuter Airlines Roger worked hard to make the business successful and it was. Sometime later the commuter airline was bought out by a large conglomerate. Unfortunately, the conglomerate didn't have Roger's business acumen and soon went out of business. Roger didn't mind being out of the airline business, because it gave him the opportunity to return to his beloved Hawaii where he is now a manager for a Chevron oil distributor. Cable Airport Through The Years >>
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