History: Examining US Carrier Capital Airlines’ Troubled Relationship With The Vickers Viscount

Capital Airlines was a US-based regional carrier that existed in various forms for around a quarter of a century. Established in November 1936 as Pennsylvania Central Airlines, it commenced operations under the Capital name in April 1948. It eventually merged into United Airlines in 1961, but not before it suffered a series of fatal accidents involving the same aircraft type, namely the British Vickers Viscount.