Post by Fran Roele (BGAM011) on May 18, 2024 5:08:27 GMT -5
Hi!
To make things a little easier I'm updating the list on the website with the nearest airports. I try to look for places that are historic correct and specific to the time period. Of course in the years after 1929 a lot has changed. There is little I cna do about that. Here's the list:
I hope it will be of use to someone. I will update the original post as I go along.
Last time I was here the Mail Division was my task, and I like to pick it up again.
For now, I'm going to fly this route - not sure what plane ... Maybe something build around 1929. With the 40th Anniversary update in MSFS I have plenty of old planes to choose from.
Some planes that were used during this time period:
1929 Curtiss Robin
1929 Ford 5AT Tri-Motor
1927 Spirit of St. Louis
Colonial Air Transport used:
Fokker Universal
Fokker F.VII
Curtiss Lark
Robertson Aircraft Corporation used:
DH-4
National Air Transport used:
Curtiss Carrier Pigeon
Douglas M-2
Travel Air 5000
Travel Air 6000
Ford Trimotor
Western Air Express
Douglas M-2
Varney Airlines used:
Swallow J-5
Pacific Air Transport used:
Ryan M-1
Northwest Airways used:
Curtiss Oriole
Waco JYM
Clifford Ball used
Waco 9
Continental Air Lines used:
Fairchild 71
Fokker F.10A
Fokker F.32
Fokker Universal (Super for passengers)
Boeing Air Transport used:
Boeing Model 40A
Pitcairn Aviation used:
PA-5/8 Mailwing
Texas Air Transport used:
Pitcairn Mailwings
St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways used:
Fokker Universal (Super for passengers)
Embry-Riddle Company used:
WACO
Fairchild
Monocoupe
National Parks Airways used:
Stearman C3MB
Feel free to use any plane you have, as long as it has a prop, it's a go.
Cheers,
Fran
To make things a little easier I'm updating the list on the website with the nearest airports. I try to look for places that are historic correct and specific to the time period. Of course in the years after 1929 a lot has changed. There is little I cna do about that. Here's the list:
V1.0
CAM 1 Colonial Air Transport New Brunswick, NJ - Hartford, CT - Boston, MA 192 mi (historic)
Newark (KEWR) - Hartford-Brainard Airport (KHFD) - Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (KMHT) 181 mi (direct)
CAM 2 Robertson Aircraft Corporation Chicago, IL - Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL - St Louis, MO
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) - Peoria Airport (KPIA) - Columbia Airport (KCAU) 278 mi
CAM 3 National Air Transport Chicago, IL - Moline, IL - St Jospeh, MO - Kansas City, MO - Wichita, KS - Ponca City, OK - Tulsa, OK - Oklahoma City, OK - Ft. Worth, TX - Dallas, TX
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) - Quad City Int Airport (KMLI) - South Bend Airport (KSBN) - Kansas City Int Airport (KMCI) -
Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (KICT) - Ponca City Regional Airport (KPNC) - Tulsa Int Airport (KTUL) - Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) -
Fort Worth Meacham Int Airport (KFTW) - Dallas Int Airport (KDFW) 1,059 mi
CAM 4 Western Air Express Salt Lake City, UT (Woodward Field) - Las Vegas, NV - Los Angeles, CA
Salt Lake City Airport (KSLC) - Las Vegas Airport (KLAS) - Los Angeles Airport (KLAX) 600 mi
CAM 5 Varney Air Lines Salt Lake City, UT - Boise, ID - Pasco, WA
Salt Lake City Airport (KSLC) - Boise Airport (KBOI) - Pasco Airport (KPAS) 530 mi
CAM 6 Discontinued x
CAM 7 Discontinued x
CAM 8 Pacific Air Transport Seattle, WA - Tacoma, WA – Vancouver, WA - Medford, OR – San Francisco, CA - San Jose, CA - Fresno, CA - Bakersfield, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Seatle Lake Union Airport (KLKE) - Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) - Portland Int Airport (KPDX) - Rogue Valley Int-Medford Airport (KMFR) -
San Francisco Int Airport (KSFO) - San Jose Airport (KSJC) - Fresno Yosemite Int Airport (KFAT) - Bakersfield Airport (KBFL) - Los Angeles Airport (KLAX) 1,099 mi
CAM 9 Northwest Airways Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI - Madison, WI - La Crosse, WI - St Paul/Minneapolis, MN
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) - General Mitchell Int Airport (KMKE) - Dane County Regional Airport (KMSN) - La Crosse Regional Airport (KLSE) - 383 mi
St. Paul Downtown Airport (KSTP)
CAM 10 Discontinued x
CAM 11 Clifford Ball Cleveland, OH - Youngstown, OH - Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland Hopkins Int Airport (KCLE) - Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (KYNG) - Pittsburgh Airport (KPIT) 123 mi
CAM 12 Western Air Express Cheyenne, WY - Denver, CO - Colorado Springs, CO - Pueblo, CO
Cheyenne Regional Airport (KCYS) - Broomfield Airport (KBJC) - Colorado Springs Airport (KCOS) - Pueblo Memorial Airport (KPUB) 199 mi
CAM 13 Discontinued x
CAM 14 Discontinued x
CAM 15 Discontinued x
CAM 16 Continental Air Lines as part Cleveland, OH - Akron, OH - Columbus, OH - Dayton, OH - Cincinnati, OH - Louisville, KY
of Universal Aviation Corp Cleveland Hopkins Int Airport (KCLE) - Akron Fulton Int Airport (KAKR) - John Glenn Columbus Int Airport (KCMH) - Dayton Int Airport (KDAY) -
Is NOT Continental Airlines Cincinnati Lunken Airport (KLUK) - Bowman Field (KLOU) 339 mi
CAM 17 National Air Transport New York, NY - Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH - Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL
La Guardia Airport (KLGA) - Cleveland Hopkins Int Airport (KCLE) - Toledo Executive Airport (KTDZ) - Detroit Metro Airport (KDTW) -
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) 772 mi
CAM 18 Boeing Air Transport Chicago, IL - Iowa City, IA - Cedar Rapids, IA - Des Moines, IA - Omaha, NE - Lincoln, NE - North Platte, NE - Cheyenne, WY - Rock Springs, WY -
Salt Lake City, UT - Elko, NV - Reno, NV - Sacramento, CA - San Francisco, CA
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) - Iowa City Municipal Airport (KIOW) - Eastern Iowa Airport (KCID) - Des Moines International Airport (KDSM) -
Eppley Airfield (KOMA) - Lincoln Airport (KLNK) - North Platte Regional Airport (KLBF) - Cheyenne Regional Airport (KCYS) -
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS) - Salt Lake City Airport (KSLC) - Elko Regional Airport (KEKO) - Reno-Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) -
Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC) - San Francisco Int Airport (KSFO) 1,918 mi
CAM 19 Pitcairn Aviation New York, NY - Philadelphia, PA - Washington, DC - Richmond, VA – Winston Salem NC - Greensboro, NC – High Point, NC - Spartanburg, SC - Atlanta, GA
La Guardia Airport (KLGA) - Philadelphia Airport (KPHL) - Washington National Airport (KDCA)*1 - Richmond Int Airport (KRIC) - Smith Reynolds Airport (KINT) -
Piedmont Triad Int Airport (KGSO)*2 - Brower Field, High Point (NC60)*3 - Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) - Spartanburg Downtown Airport (KSPA) -
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Int Airport (KATL)" 763 mi
CAM 20 Colonial Western Airways Albany, NY - Schenectady, NY - Utica, NY - Rome, NY - Syracuse, NY - Rochester, NY - Buffalo, NY - Cleveland, OH
Albany Int Airport (KALB) - Schenectady County Airport (KSCH) - Oneida County Airport (KUCA)*4 -Griffiss Int Airport (KRME) -
Syracuse Hancock Int Airport (KSYR) - Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Int Airport (KROC) - Buffalo Niagara Int Airport (KBUF) -
Cleveland Hopkins Int Airport (KCLE) 443 mi
CAM 21 Texas Air Transport Dallas, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Houston, TX - Galveston, TX
Dallas Int Airport (KDFW) - Fort Worth Meacham Int Airport (KFTW) - William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) - Scholes International Airport (KGLS) 320 mi
CAM 22 Texas Air Transport Dallas, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Waco, TX - Austin, TX - San Antonio, TX - Laredo, TX
Dallas Int Airport (KDFW) - Fort Worth Meacham Int Airport (KFTW) - Waco Regional Airport (KAKT)*5 - Stinson Municipal Airport (KSSF)*6 -
Laredo International Airport - (KLRD)*7 417 mi
CAM 23 St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways Atlanta, GA - Birmingham, AL - Mobile, AL - New Orleans, LA
Atlanta Int Airport (KATL) - Birmingham–Shuttlesworth Int Airport (KBHM) - Mobile Regional Airport (KMOB) - Lakefront Airport (KNEW)*6 479 mi
CAM 24 Embry-Riddle Company Chicago, IL - Indianapolis, IN - Cincinnati, OH
Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) - Indianapolis Int Airport (KIND) - Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport (KLUK) 270 mi
CAM 25 Pitcairn Aviation Atlanta, GA - Jacksonville, FL - Miami, FL
Atlanta Int Airport (KATL) - Jacksonville International Airport (KJAX) - Miami International Airport (KMIA) 595 mi
CAM 26 National Parks Airways Great Falls, MT - Helena, MT - Butte, ID - Pocatella, ID - Ogden, UT - Salt Lake City, UT
Great Falls Int Airport (KCTF) - Helena Regional Airport (KHLN) - Bert Mooney Airport (KBTM) - Pocatello Regional Airport (KPIH) -
Ogden-Hinckley Airport (KOGD) - Salt Lake City Airport (KSLC) 493 mi
To be continued ...
I hope it will be of use to someone. I will update the original post as I go along.
Last time I was here the Mail Division was my task, and I like to pick it up again.
For now, I'm going to fly this route - not sure what plane ... Maybe something build around 1929. With the 40th Anniversary update in MSFS I have plenty of old planes to choose from.
Some planes that were used during this time period:
1929 Curtiss Robin
1929 Ford 5AT Tri-Motor
1927 Spirit of St. Louis
Colonial Air Transport used:
Fokker Universal
Fokker F.VII
Curtiss Lark
Robertson Aircraft Corporation used:
DH-4
National Air Transport used:
Curtiss Carrier Pigeon
Douglas M-2
Travel Air 5000
Travel Air 6000
Ford Trimotor
Western Air Express
Douglas M-2
Varney Airlines used:
Swallow J-5
Pacific Air Transport used:
Ryan M-1
Northwest Airways used:
Curtiss Oriole
Waco JYM
Clifford Ball used
Waco 9
Continental Air Lines used:
Fairchild 71
Fokker F.10A
Fokker F.32
Fokker Universal (Super for passengers)
Boeing Air Transport used:
Boeing Model 40A
Pitcairn Aviation used:
PA-5/8 Mailwing
Texas Air Transport used:
Pitcairn Mailwings
St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways used:
Fokker Universal (Super for passengers)
Embry-Riddle Company used:
WACO
Fairchild
Monocoupe
National Parks Airways used:
Stearman C3MB
Feel free to use any plane you have, as long as it has a prop, it's a go.
Cheers,
Fran
Footnotes:
*1 The correct airfield was Arlington's Hoover Field, but due to its dangerous nature it was merged and no longer exists.
*2 Formerly known as Greensboro Airport
*3 869 Ft of grass strips (2)
*4 This is not the proper airport, but it is the nearest and available. Will research more. There is currently no airport/strip near that is both near and available. IF you know more please let me know. Love to hear it.
*5) The TAT flew to Rich Field in 1929 originally, but that no longer exists.
*6) Not historical correct, but it was available in 1929 and it size plus location makes it an acceptable substitute.
*7) Not historical correct, but only available airport