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 showed him to be in a satisfactory physical condition. He had been employed by American Airlines since February 15, 1940.

Both pilots held appropriate certificates of competency and ratings for the flight and equipment involved.

Miss Arnestad, of Chicago, Illinois, has been employed as flight stewardess by American Airlines since April, 1939.

Airplane NC 16015 operated on the flight was a Douglas Model DC-3 manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation of Santa Monica, California. It was powered with two Wright Cyclone engines, Model G-102, each rated at 1100 horse power for take-off, and was equipped with Hamilton Standard constant speed, hydromatic, full-feathering propellers, Hub Models E-3 E-50 and Blade Models 6153 A-18. This model aircraft and its equipment had been approved by the Civil Aeronautics Authority for air carrier operation over routes flown by American Airlines with 21 passengers and a crew of three and with standard gross weight of 24,400 pounds. At the time of departure of Trip 9 from Chicago, the gross weight of the airplane was approximately 23,227 pounds, including mail, cargo, 800 gallons of fuel, 160 quarts of oil, 4 passengers, and a crew of 3.

On the opposite page appears a sketch of the Lambert-St. Louis Airport (Figure A) to which Trip 9 as dispatched, indicating the