I bought a Vista Elite around 1982 with a very nice Shimano 600EX Arabesque group with cassette hub, black frame with red head tube, and double butted spokes. I used to ride it to the airport, rearrange the pedals, seat and handlebars using only a hex wrench, and hand it to the ticket counter lady to put on the plane, unboxed.

This from Lou Deeter's Used Bike Buying Guide:
"VISTA: Service Cycle Supply Co, 75 Modular Avenue, Commack NY 11725. Mad by Columbia in U.S. and Japan.
Model:
Elite 82 Araya steel
Carrera 7 84 Chromoly"

NIDA is another name for Columbia, a bicycle company dating back to the origins of bicycle.