At 0720 on a crisp February morning in 1952, a Douglas DC-3 sporting red trim and the title 'Mid-Continent Airlines'above the cheatline, starts its engines on the ramp at Kansas City Municipal Airport, Missouri, preparing for departure to points south with a final destination of New Orleans, Louisiana. Meanwhile, at Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Convair 240 bearing the same company name receives its final passengers before its scheduled 0725 departure for Houston, Texas, via five intermediate stops. And in Sioux City, Iowa, at the Municipal Airport, another Mid-Continent DC-3 begins the boarding process for a 0730 trip to Chicago (Midway) with three landings scheduled in Iowa and one in Illinois.
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