This is information from the Flight Plan-Flight Log of DC-3 (021), the James Bowie, Flight No. 44 from Midland-Odessa to Big Spring (BGS) to Sweetwater (SWW) to Abilene (ABI) to Mineral Wells (MWL) to Fort Worth (FTW) to Dallas (DAL), Love Field on April 21, 1952. This is about two months before transition to Martin 2-0-2's. I was unable to get a good scan of the original so will present the information in a table format.

Mileage	Cruising alt.	True airspeed	Grd. Speed	Flying time	Checkpoint	In	Out
					MAF		1500
45	4300	173	195	19  min.	BGS	1524	1526
67	4000	172	194	25	SWW	1556	1558
47	4000	172	184	20	ABI	1622	1625
97	3000	169	174	38	MWL	1707	1709
42	2500	168	176	19	FTW	1731	1735
30	2200	167	170	15	DAL	1754

Note: Flight log also included several items I did not show in the table such as wind direction and speed, magnetic headings, fuel on board, fuel used, alternate airports, etc.

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