Mid-Continent Airlines

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Mid-Continent Airlines operated in the central United States through the 1930s and 1940s. The company was in 1928 in Sioux City, Iowa as Hanford's Tri-State Airlines by Arthur Hanford, Jr. The name was changed to Mid-Continent Airlines in 1938. The airline merged with Braniff in 1952.

Aircraft operated by Mid-Continent Airlines included the Ford Trimotor, Lockheed Electra, Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Lodestar, and Convair 240. By the time of the merger, the airline's routes stretched from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Houston and New Orleans.

External links

• [History of Mid-Continent Airlines at braniffinternational.org]
• [Mid-Continent Airlines advertising, route maps, and timetables]
• [Mid-Continent Airlines advertising]

 

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