Cargo, Passenger Flight Records Still Elusive
The search continues for “business records” of domestic cargo and passenger flights. Routes. Dates. Content. Souls on Board. Paying Customer.
Ironically, and thankful for it, the only “official” Cargo and Passenger Miles report that exists, so far, was printed by Air Transport in July 1946.1 Further details are presented and discussed in another Post.2
These four Logbook pages from January 1946 through September 1946 were kept by Jack Stettner for his domestic and international flights.3 The second Logbook was kept by Bernard Shmanske for his DC-3 domestic flights in August and September of 1946. 4 Other than the UNRRA flights, these two Logbooks give the only tangible evidence of flights and aircraft flown by Veterans Air. Plus, they are official records for all three DC-3s in the Veterans Air fleet. So, they are definitely valuable, even if the equally desirable information about TYPE of flight (cargo or passenger) can only be “assumed” for half of the DC-3s flights (during snowbird season to/from Miami and Hyannis).
These are facing Left and Right Logbook pages. To make the six images larger, click on the top Left image and tab through each one.
