the Capital name out of Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut. In a bizarre final chapter to the brand's story, in July 2004 Capt. Marshall was transporting a passenger in a Capital Airways Piper PA-31 Navajo from Waterbury to upstate New York. The plane crashed as it made an approach in clear weather near Lake George. Both pilot and passenger were killed. Their bodies were mangled and burned in the wreckage. A pistol magazine with two missing rounds was found at the crash scene, but no gun was ever found. Many people believe that the passenger, a businessman who was facing both bankruptcy and indictment for fraud, and who had attempted to buy a large life insurance policy just prior to the flight, killed the pilot and himself, causing the crash. The bodies were so mutilated that no official cause of death was determined and the case was closed. This marked the last chapter of Capital Airlines. Destinations: 1937–1960 In 1937, PCA's main route was from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., with stops in Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit, Cleveland, Akron, and Pittsburgh. Spurs ran from Detroit to Pontiac and Flint, and from Pittsburgh to Parkersburg and Charleston. By 1941, new spurs were added from Grand Rapids to Chicago, Sault Ste. Marie and Traverse City; from Pittsburgh to Erie and Buffalo; and from Charleston to Tri-Cities, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Birmingham. New routes ran north from Washington to Baltimore, Harrisburg and Williamsport, and south to Norfolk, then across North Carolina serving Rocky Mount, Raleigh, Greensboro, Hickory, and Asheville. Pittsburgh-New York City service was added by 1946. By 1950 the network extended south to Atlanta, Mobile, and New Orleans, and west to Minneapolis. Memphis and Huntsville were added by 1953, along with interchange service on National Airlines to Florida. By 1960, the year before its merger with United, Capital served Florida with its own aircraft on flights to Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Destinations in 1961 The June 1, 1961, Capital Airlines timetable shows service to the following: (cities in bold had Boeing 720 flights) Akron, Ohio/Canton, Ohio Atlanta, Georgia Asheville, North Carolina Baltimore, Maryland Birmingham, Alabama Bristol, Virginia/Kingsport, Tennessee/Johnson City, Tennessee Buffalo, New York Charleston, West Virginia Charlotte, North Carolina Chattanooga, Tennessee Chicago, Illinois – Midway Airport Chicago, Illinois – O'Hare Airport Cleveland, Ohio Detroit, Michigan Elmira, New York/Corning, New York Flint, Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan Greensboro, North Carolina/High Point,