Lake Central Airlines was an airline that served points in the midwestern United States

United States

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 from 1950 to 1968, when it was merged into Allegheny Airlines

Allegheny Airlines

Allegheny Airlines was an airline operating out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1952 to 1979. It was a forerunner of today’s US Airways. Its headquarters were located on the grounds of Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia....

. Founded as Roscoe Turner

Roscoe Turner

Roscoe Turner was an aviator who was a three time winner of the Thompson Trophy.-Background:Turner was born in Corinth, Mississippi, the eldest son of a poor but respectable farmer. He came to realize that he did not want to be a farmer and found that he was attracted to mechanical devices instead...

 Airlines, the company was based at Weir-Cook Airport (now Indianapolis International Airport

Indianapolis International Airport

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) in Indianapolis, IN. It serviced communities principally in Michigan

Michigan

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, Indiana

Indiana

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, West Virginia

West Virginia

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 and Maryland

Maryland

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. It flew Douglas DC-3

Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...

, Convair 340, Convair 580, and Nord 262

Nord 262

|-See also:-References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–1966. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–1977. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. ISBN 0 354 00538 3....

 aircraft

Aircraft

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Incidents and accidents

On March 5, 1967, Lake Central Flight 527

Lake Central Flight 527

Lake Central Flight 527 was a regularly scheduled flight from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan, with stops at Lafayette, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, and Toledo, Ohio...

, a Convair 580, crashed near Marseilles, Ohio

Marseilles, Ohio

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, with the loss of all 38 passengers and crew.