BLUEGRASS AIRLINES

September 2006

American Airlines 1935 Flights by Bill Von Sennet

In 1935 American Airlines operated a variety of aircraft. The Curtis Condor in the coach configurations was flown on the Boston-New York, Cleveland-Nashville, Chicago-St Louis (one flight) and the Washington-Cincinnati-Chicago routes.

The Curtis Condor in the sleeper configuration was flown on the Cleveland-Nashville-Ft Worth and the Dallas-Los Angeles over night routes.

The Douglas DC-2 flew on the New York-Nashville-Ft Worth and Dallas-Los Angeles daylight routes and flights from New York-Chicago.

The Vultee V-1 operated Montreal-Albany, Chicago-Cincinnati and Chicago-Dallas-Houston flights.

The Stinson U (high wing) Tri-Motor flew New York-Buffalo, New York-Albany and Boston-Cleveland flights.

The Stinson A (low wing) Tri-Motor flew the Detroit-Chicago flight.

Check out the Gordon Reublin Collection for some photos of these aircraft.

Here are the original schedules © The Official Aviation Guide October 1935

For Flight Simulator 2004 we have an excellent model of the Curtis Condor by Jens Kristensen.

Download is available at www.avsim.com filename is at32_10.zip

Also available is a Vultee V-1 by Jens Kristensen

Download is available at www.avsim.com filename is vultee_1.zip

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After test flying both aircraft, I made one change to the panels.

In the Vultee panel.cfg [Vcockpit01] section, I changed the location and size of the radio compass.

gauge12=Vultee_V1A!radio_compass, 325,308,120,120

I then copied Vultee_V1A.zip to the Condor panel folder.

In the Condor panel.cfg I substituted the Vultee radio compass for the DC-3 radio compass in the [Window07] section.

gauge00=Vultee_V1A!radio_compass, 0,0,150,150

The Vultee radio compass is an ADF that will track any NDB or VOR signal.

Here are some representative flights from the American Route System

Vultee Flight Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati

Heading	Distance	City Name	State	ICAO	NAV	Freq.	Schedule
-	0	Chicago	IL	KMDW			3:30 CT
134	4	Kedzie			MX	248.0
147	75	White Co.	IN		MCX	377.0
147	57	Indianapolis	IN	KUMP	UMP	338.0	4:33
-	0	Indianapolis	IN	KUMP	UMP	338.0	4:38 CT
116	64	Oxford	OH		OXD	282.0
134	26	Madeira	OH		MDE	379.0
205	7	Cincinnati	OH	KLUK			6:22 ET

Condor Flight Boston-New York

Heading	Distance	City Name	State	ICAO	NAV	Freq.	Schedule
-	0	Boston	MA	KBOS	BOS	112.7	10:15
247	120	Bridgeport	CT		BDR	108.8
256	50	Duzel	NJ		LS	241.0
219	6	New York (Newark)	NJ	KEWR	LS		11:50

DC-2 Flight New York-Fort Worth

Heading	Distance	City Name	State	ICAO	NAV	Freq.	Schedule
-	0	New York (Newark)	NJ	KEWR			12:05
238	54	Philadelphia	PA	KPNE	PNE	112.0
-	0	Philadelphia	PA	KPNE	PNE	112.0	12:49
240	37	Dupont			DQO	114.0
244	83	Washington	DC	KDCA	DCA	111.0	1:48
-	0	Washington	DC	KDCA	DCA	111.0	2:pm ET
260	41	Casanova	VA		CSN	116.3
258	162	Beckley	WV		BKW	117.7
252	284	Nashville	TN		BNA	114.1
284	10	Nashville	TN	KJWN			4:54 CT
-	0	Nashville	TN	KJWN			5:09
234	34	Graham	TN		GHM	111.6
252	47	Jacks Creek