After this season’s issue went to press, our director Bruce Kitt came across the August 1994 issue of the Retired Northwest Pilots Association (RNPA) magazine, Contrails, and discovered this image:
Which gives wonderful context to the photo of the Capitaliner we included in the cover story. We love being able to put names against photos as it helps families and other researchers find connections! Earl Lund, Northwest Airlines mechanic, Flight Engineer, and Pilot.
Also in our Capital story, we printed this big map in portrait mode so as to be as readable as possible. Here it is “sideways” for online readers:
