| dbo:abstract | - Mid-Continent Airlines was an airline which operated in the central United States from the 1930s until 1952 when it was acquired by and merged with Braniff International Airways. Mid-Continent Airlines was originally founded as a flight school at Rickenbacker Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, during 1928, by Arthur Hanford Jr., a dairy operator. The Hanford Produce Company was the largest creamery in the United States with over 100 trucks in operation. The company was primarily a dairy but also sold ice cream and poultry. The Hanford's also founded and built the new Rickenbacker Airport and operated eight gas stations and several service repair garages under the name Hanford's, Inc. The airport was a division of Hanford's, Inc., but the service stations and garages were later sold to finance airline operations. Mid-Continent was based in Kansas City, Missouri at the time of its acquisition by Braniff. (en)
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| dbp:airline | - Mid-Continent Airlines (en)
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| dbp:focusCities | - * Sioux City Municipal Airport* Houston William P. Hobby Airport* Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Moisant Field* Shreveport Municipal Airport (en)
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| dbp:headquarters | - Kansas City, Missouri 1936 to 1952 (en)
- Sioux City, Iowa 1928 to 1936 (en)
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| dbp:hubs | - * Kansas City International Airport* Minneapolis-St. Paul Wold-Chamberlain International Airport (en)
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| dbp:secondaryHubs | - * Tulsa International Airport* Des Moines International Airport* St. Louis Lambert International Airport (en)
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| rdfs:comment | - Mid-Continent Airlines was an airline which operated in the central United States from the 1930s until 1952 when it was acquired by and merged with Braniff International Airways. Mid-Continent Airlines was originally founded as a flight school at Rickenbacker Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, during 1928, by Arthur Hanford Jr., a dairy operator. The Hanford Produce Company was the largest creamery in the United States with over 100 trucks in operation. The company was primarily a dairy but also sold ice cream and poultry. The Hanford's also founded and built the new Rickenbacker Airport and operated eight gas stations and several service repair garages under the name Hanford's, Inc. The airport was a division of Hanford's, Inc., but the service stations and garages were later sold to finance ai (en)
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| rdfs:label | - Mid-Continent Airlines (en)
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