Feature of the Month - January 2013

Wiggins Airways 1953


(image copyright Bjorn Larsson, www.timetableimages.com)

 

Wiggins Airways, has been an employee owned company since 1985, but was founded in 1929 and is based out of Manchester (KMHT), New Hampshire.  The airline is a regional carrier of freight, serving 11 states in the northeast and offers private passenger charter services.  In 1953 it provided scheduled commuter services between Albany and Boston in New England using Cessna T-50s.
 
These flights are taken from the 1953 timetable available at the excellent web site www.timetableimages.com

Albany - Keene - Manchester - Lawrence - Boston
(Flights 11 & 12)

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

095

0

1100

Albany

KALB

1552

-

68.2

101

68.2

1152

Keene

KEEN

1508

277

36.7

148

36.7

1221

Manchester

KMHT

1431

282

19.0

183

19.0

1242

Lawrence

KLWM

1311

329

22.5

-

22.5

1302

Boston

KBOS

1345

003

0

Albany - Orange - Fitchburg - Boston
(Flights 21 & 22)

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

111

0

1115

Albany

KALB

1156

-

67.6

107

67.6

1159

Orange

KORE

1114

293

23.4

125

23.4

1220

Fitchburg

KFIT

1049

287

35.2

-

35.2

1247

Boston

KBOS

1015

306

0

Albany - Pittsfield - Springfield - Worcester - Boston
(Flights 31 & 34)

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

143

0

1445

Albany

KALB

1055

-

29.3

126

29.3

1512

Pittsfield

KPSF

1032

323

36.3

096

36.3

1535

Springfield

KCEF

1005

306

29.5

097

29.5

1603

Worcester

KORH

0936

277

38.7

-

38.7

1632

Boston

KBOS

0900

278

0

Albany - Hartford - Willimantic - Providence - Norwood - Boston
(Flights 41 & 44)

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

153

0

1200

Albany

KALB

1028

-

79.0

102

79.0

1256

Hartford

KHFD

0938

334

21.0

106

21.0

1317

Willimantic

KIJD

0911

283

33.7

037

33.7

1342

Providence

KPVD

0844

287

30.2

052

30.2

1403

Norwood

KOWD

0822

217

12.0

-

12.0

1420

Boston

KBOS

0800

232

0

Albany - No. Adams - Pittsfield - Boston
(Flights 231 & 232)

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

108

0

0815

Albany

KALB

1638

-

28.1

212

28.1

0841

No. Adams

KAQW

1616

289

17.0

105

17.0

0900

Pittsfield

KPSF

1555

032

101.2

-

101.2

0958

Boston

KBOS

1445

288

0

 

Flight Simulator Files

There is a Cessna T-50 'Bobcat' by Alphasim available for FS2004 from the Virtavia freeware site www.virtavia.com/Freeware/index.php.  A current aircraft for Wiggins Airways for both FS2004 and FSX is the Beechcraft Model 99 from Premaircraft at www.premaircraft.com/new_aircraft_menu/index.html and the Wiggins repaint is available at www.premaircraft.com/paintshed22/index.html

 

 

 

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