Capital Airlines ’55
Capital Airlines was the name assumed by Pennsylvania Central airlines in April 1948, as it better reflected the then current operational network than the original name. It continued serving the eastern United States until was merged into United Airlines in 1961. Its primary hubs were National Airport near Washington, DC and Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At its peak it was the fifth largest domestic carrier in the U.S.
At the time of this timetable Capital were operating four iconic aircraft. PCA had been operating the DC-3 since ’39 and had been the launch operator for the DC-4 from ’46. Capital had been operating the Lockheed Constellation since ’50, and finally became the first U.S. operator of the Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner in ‘55.
The times for these flights are taken from the timetables for ’55 available at the excellent www.timetableimages.com.
The following flights are a selection of the routes covered by Capital Airlines in each of these aircraft.
|
Heading |
Distance |
501 |
City Name |
ICAO |
500 |
Heading |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
190 |
0 |
0600 |
Norfolk |
KORF |
1708 |
|
39.2nm |
|
262 |
39.2nm |
0630 |
Elizabeth City |
KECG |
1645 |
010 |
86.8nm |
|
279 |
86.8nm |
0720 |
Rocky Mount |
KRWI |
1600 |
083 |
43.6nm |
|
290 |
43.6nm |
0753 |
Raleigh/Durham |
KRDU |
1527 |
099 |
57.4nm |
|
285 |
57.4nm |
0831 |
Greenboro/High Point |
KGSO |
1451 |
110 |
14.0nm |
|
218 |
14.0nm |
0856 |
Winston Salem |
KINT |
1427 |
105 |
65.4nm |
|
284 |
65.4nm |
0936 |
Charlotte |
KCLT |
1347 |
038 |
79.4nm |
|
299 |
79.4nm |
1024 |
Asheville |
KAVL |
1302 |
104 |
72.2nm |
|
232 |
72.2nm |
1121 |
Knoxville |
KDKX |
1213 |
119 |
85.6nm |
|
254 |
85.6nm |
1207 |
Chattanooga |
KCHA |
1122 |
052 |
80.8nm |
|
278 |
80.8nm |
1151 |
Huntsville |
KHSV |
0938 |
074 |
159.6nm |
|
|
159.6nm |
1310 |
Memphis |
KMEM |
0815 |
098 |
0 |
|
Heading |
Distance |
441 |
City Name |
ICAO |
438 |
Heading |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
350 |
0 |
0605 |
Norfolk |
KORF |
- |
- |
- |
|
315 |
123.3nm |
0820 |
Washington |
KDTW |
1158 |
|
266.3nm |
|
305 |
266.3nm |
1030 |
Cleveland |
KBKL |
1020 |
135 |
85.5nm |
|
344 |
85.5nm |
1030 |
Detroit |
KDTW |
0820 |
125 |
48.3nm |
|
|
48.3nm |
1058 |
Flint |
KFNT |
0740 |
165 |
0 |
|
Heading |
Distance |
921 |
City Name |
ICAO |
926 |
Heading |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
286 |
0 |
0835 |
New York |
KLGA |
1225 |
|
355.6nm |
|
291 |
355.6nm |
1055 |
Cleveland |
KBKL |
1035 |
107 |
85.5nm |
|
295 |
289.0nm |
1100 |
Milwaukee |
KMKE |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
Detroit |
KDTW |
0835 |
125 |
457.5nm |
|
|
257.5nm |
1230 |
Minneapolis/St. Paul |
KMSP |
0515 |
113 |
0 |
|
Heading |
Distance |
905 |
City Name |
ICAO |
906 |
Heading |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
312 |
0 |
0830 |
Washington |
KDCA |
1220 |
|
177.3nm |
|
288 |
177.3nm |
0950 |
Pittsburgh |
KPIT |
1125 |
132 |
357.4nm |
|
|
357.4nm |
1035 |
Chicago |
KORD |
0840 |
109 |
0 |
Flight Simulator Files
There is a Capital DC-3 for the FS2004 MAAM payware aircraft in dc3cap.zip and for the FS2004 default DC-3 in capital.zip. There is a capital texture set in texture_capital.zip for the Manfred Jahn freeware FSX DC-3 in DOUGLAS_C-47_V2.zip.
There is a DC-4 available for Capital in cap_dc-4.zip. This is for the model of the DC-4 from Jens Kristensen at flightsim in dc4_v10.zip for FS2004. It may work with later versions of Jens’ DC-4 for FSX up to dc4_v30x.zip.
There is a Constellation scheme for capital in cap_l049.zip for the FS2004 constellation in FSDZL049.zip. The FSDZ consteallation has been converted to FSX including the Capital textures in CONFSX11.ZIP and CONFSXFX.ZIP.
There is a Viscount including the Capital texture from Jens Kristensen in viscount_10.zip and viscount_10x.zip.