Bluegrass Airlines, April 2009

Delta Airlines 1936

Delta Lockheed L10-A loading at Jackson Hawkins Field KHKS

(Scenery is 1959 Louisiana-Mississippi from www.calclassic.com )

Lockheed Electra L10-A

The following information about the Lockheed Electra is taken from the documentation supplied with the FS Design Berlin FS2004 Electra package, which together with the Delta scheme by Dale de Luca provides the aircraft for these flights.

The aircraft by Arik Hohmeyer FS-Design Berlin, can be downloaded from www.avsim.com and www.flightsim.com - Filename is l104nat.zip 8.5mb The Delta livery by Arik Hohmeyer & Dale de Luca is filename l104del.zip 1.3 mb

In the summer of 1932 Robert Gross determined that the reborn Lockheed should start afresh with the very latest type of aircraft. Initially, it was to embody the usual low-drag and single engine design, but other developments dictated major changes.

The introduction by Boeing of their revolutionary model 247 which was the first low-drag twin engine all metal transport, and by Douglas of their DC-1 and later the improved DC-2, which were even faster and had more payload than the Boeing, compelled Lockheed to rethink their new plane and design a twin engine transport that would surpass it's competitors. It was decided that the model 10 should be laid out as a twin engine, all metal, ten passenger plane, with a crew of two and a toilet compartment.

It had an all metal stressed skin fuselage, motor driven retractable landing gear, and retractable flaps, something that the Boeing did not have. It was also faster than the Boeing, and competitive with the DC-2. The first Model 10 Electra was tested by Marshall Headle at Mines Field, Los Angeles on February 23, 1934.

Eventually four main versions of the Electra were produced, the L 10-A with Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior R-985SB/SB-3 engines, the model B with Wright Whirlwind R-975-E3s, the Model C with Wasp SC-1s, and the Model E with Wasp R 1340 S3H-1 engines.

The Electra was an immediate success. At it's introduction it was one of the fastest airliners available and orders flowed in from all over the world, with sales to 23 airlines in 13 countries.

Delta Airlines was founded in 1928 with the purchase of Huff Daland Duster’s the nations first aerial crop dusting company. In 1929 Delta began passenger flights between Dallas Texas and Jackson Mississippi. In 1934 service was extended to Atlanta Georgia.

We will use the July 1936 schedule. They used Stinson A Tri Motors from Charleston SC to Birmingham, and Lockheed L-10A Electras from Atlanta to Dallas. We will concentrate on the daylight flight 1 westbound and flight 2 eastbound. All times are in Central Time. In 2009 Atlanta is in the Eastern Time Zone, so you should depart at 8:30 am and expect to arrive from Dallas at 4:50 pm. All of the other times should be correct.

7:30	Lv	Atlanta, GA	Ar	3:50
8:28	Ar	Birmingham, AL	Lv	2:53
8:35	Lv	Birmingham, AL	Ar	2:46
10:28	Ar	Jackson, MS	Lv	12:59
10:40	Lv	Jackson, MS	Ar	12:47
11:28	Ar	Monroe, LA	Lv	12:00
11:35	Lv	Monroe, LA	Ar	11:53
12:21	Ar	Shreveport, LA	Lv	11:09
12:28	Lv	Shreveport, LA	Ar	11:02
1:14	Ar	Tyler, TX	Lv	10:19
1:21	Lv	Tyler, TX	Ar	10:12
2:05	Ar	Dallas, TX	Lv	9:30

In 1936 there weren’t any GPS, ILS’s or VOR’s, so only NDB information is supplied for navigation.

From		To		Freq	Hdg	Distance
Atlanta, GA	KATL	Catta (Atlanta)	AT	375.0	275º	6 nm
Catta (Atlanta)	AT	Carrollton	GPQ	278.0	262º	30 nm
Carrollton	GPQ	Bogga (Anniston)	AN	211.0	268º	40 nm
Bogga (Anniston)	AN	Robey (Birmingham)	RO	394.0	277º	39 nm
Robey (Birmingham)	RO	Birmingham, AL	KBHM		134º	5 nm
Birmingham, AL	KBHM	Mcden (Birmingham)	BH	224.0	236º	6 nm
Mcden (Birmingham)	BH	Tuske (Tuscaloosa)	TC	362.0	242º	46 nm
Tuske (Tuscaloosa)	TC	Philadelphia	MPE	219.0	252º	76 nm
Philadelphia	MPE	Allen (Jackson)	JA	365.0	243º	56 nm
Allen (Jackson)	JA	Jackson, MS	KHKS		226º	7 nm
Jackson, MS	KHKS	Raymond	RYB	375.0	256º	10 nm
Raymond	RYB	Vicksburg	VKS	382.0	258º	26 nm
Vicksburg	VKS	Molly Ridge (Rayville)	MRK	338.0	280º	44 nm
Molly Ridge (Rayville)	MRK	Monroe, LA	KMLU		292º	15 nm
Monroe, LA	KMLU	Sabar (Monroe)	ML	219.0	221º	5 nm
Sabar (Monroe)	ML	Ruston	ROQ	368.0	287º	26 nm
Ruston	ROQ	Minden	MNE	201.0	269°	36 nm
Minden	MNE	Crakk (Shreveport)	SH	230.0	249º	30 nm
Crakk (Shreveport)	SH	Shreveport LA	KDTN		66º	7 nm
Shreveport LA	KDTN	Crakk (Shreveport)	SH	230.0	246º	7 nm
Crakk (Shreveport)	SH	Veels (Longview)	GG	410.0	261º	47 nm
Veels (Longview)	GG	Tyler	TY	320.0	261º	34 nm
Tyler	TY	Tyler, TX	KTYR		132º	5 nm
Tyler, TX	KTYR	Tyler	TY	320.0	312º	5 nm
Tyler	TY	Jecca (Seagoville)	JUG	388.0	280º	56 nm
Jecca (Seagoville)	JUG	Conis (Dallas)	LV	275.0	291º	14 nm
Conis (Dallas)	LV	Dallas, TX	KDAL		312º	6 nm

Airport Information for default FS9

City	Airport Name	Code	Runways	Elev.
Atlanta, GA	Hartsfield International	KATL	8L, 8R, 9L, 9R, 26L, 26R, 27L, 27R	1026’
Birmingham, AL	Birmingham International	KBHM	6, 18, 24, 36	643’
Dallas, TX	Dallas Love	KDAL	13L, 13R, 18, 31L, 31R, 36	485’
Jackson, MS	Hawkins	KHKS	11, 16, 29, 34	341’
Monroe, LA	Monroe Regional	KMLU	4, 14, 18, 22, 32, 36	78’
Shreveport, LA	Shreveport Downtown	KDTN	5, 14, 23, 32	180’
Tyler, TX	Tyler Pounds	KTYR	4, 13, 17, 22, 31, 35	544’