North Carolina Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Huntsville, Alabama Jacksonville, Florida Knoxville, Tennessee Lansing, Michigan Memphis, Tennessee Miami, Florida Milwaukee, Wisconsin Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Mobile, Alabama Muskegon, Michigan Newark, New Jersey New Orleans, Louisiana Newport News, Virginia New York City – Idlewild Airport (now JFK Airport) New York City – LaGuardia Airport Norfolk, Virginia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Raleigh, North Carolina/Durham, North Carolina Richmond, Virginia Rochester, New York Saginaw, Michigan/Bay City, Michigan/Midland, Michigan Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Toledo, Ohio Washington, D.C. – National Airport (now Reagan Airport) West Palm Beach, Florida Williamsport, Pennsylvania Winston-Salem, North Carolina Youngstown, Ohio Former destinations in 1955 Capital was serving these additional destinations in 1955 but had discontinued service to all of these smaller cities by 1961. Cheboygan, Michigan/Petoskey, Michigan/Pellston, Michigan/Harbor Springs, Michigan Clarksburg, West Virginia Elizabeth City, North Carolina Erie, Pennsylvania Hickory, North Carolina Morgantown, West Virginia Reading, Pennsylvania Rocky Mount, North Carolina Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan Wheeling, West Virginia Fleet in 1961 The above referenced June 1, 1961, Capital timetable lists flights operated with the following aircraft: Boeing 720 – the only jet type operated by the airline, leased from United Airlines but flown by Capital crews. Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6 Douglas DC-6B – listed in the June 1, 1961, timetable although they had been returned to Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in May 1961. Vickers Viscount – the only turboprop operated by the airline. United Airlines operated the Viscount aircraft following the acquisition of Capital by United. Capital operated Lockheed Constellations until 1960. It also ordered Bristol Britannia turboprops in 1956, de Havilland Comet jets in 1956, Convair 880 jets in 1958, and Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops in 1959. However, none of these aircraft were delivered to or operated by the airline. Accidents and incidents November 16, 1935 A Central Airlines Stinson Model A (NO-15107), forced to land after taking off from Allegheny County Airport when all three engines failed at an altitude of about 50 feet. The pilot made a wheels up landing straight ahead on an unfinished portion of the runway. There were no injuries but the airplane suffered major damage. The cause was fuel contamination. August 31, 1940 PCA Trip 19, a Douglas DC-3-313 (NC21789), departed Washington, D.C., into an intense thunderstorm. Probable cause was the disabling of the pilots by a severe lightning discharge close to the plane, which caused a sudden dive from , killing