Author: AMERICAN AIRLINES
Title: American Airlines Complete System Timetable Effective April 24, 1955
Description: Cleveland, OH: American Airlines, 1955. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This timetable has a stapled spine. The timetable has been folded in half, as part of the publication. The timetable is in Very Good+ condition and was published without a dust jacket. The covers have some very beginning edge wear and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "American had a direct role in the development of the DC-3, which resulted from a marathon telephone call from American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith to Donald Douglas, when Smith persuaded a reluctant Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft based on the DC-2 to replace American's Curtiss Condor II biplanes. (The existing DC-2's cabin was 66 inches (1.7 m) wide, too narrow for side-by-side berths. ) Douglas agreed to go ahead with development only after Smith informed him of American's intention to purchase 20 aircraft. The prototype DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) first flew on December 17, 1935, (the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk). Its cabin was 92 in (2.3 m) wide, and a version with 21 seats instead of the 14–16 sleeping berths of the DST was given the designation DC-3. There was no prototype DC-3; the first DC-3 built followed seven DSTs off the production line and was delivered to American Airlines. American Airlines inaugurated passenger service on June 26, 1936, with simultaneous flights from Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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