North Central Airlines Flight Log Sheet #2073, October 10, 1966
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Artifact Overview
Airplanes require careful maintenance, and each flight must be thoroughly documented in a logbook. This log, for a 1966 flight by Douglas DC-3 N21728, records everything from crew members' names, to flight times, to the operating temperatures of the engines' cylinder heads. Equipment problems and subsequent corrective actions are noted as well.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Log (Record)
Date Made
10 October 1966
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.140.2.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of North Central Airlines.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Yellow (Color)
Blue
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The Henry Ford's DC-3 flew to Dearborn under its own power, landing at Ford Motor Company's proving ground -- first developed as an airport in 1924 -- on May 28, 1975. Over its 36-year career for Eastern Airlines and North Central Airlines, the plane traveled 12 million miles and logged 84,875 flying hours, a record for a commercial aircraft at the time.