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He had been employed by TWA since June 17, 1934. Although he was regularly assigned to the TWA operations between Kansas City, Missouri, and New York, New York, he had previously flown regularly over the TWA route from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Kansas City, Missouri, and had made familiarization flights over this route so that he was currently qualified to fly it. He had made frequent stops at the Wichita Municipal Airport.
First Officer Richwine, age 26, had accumulated approximately 1700 hours of flying time and held a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating. His last physical examination, taken on February 20, 1941, as required by the Civil Air Regulations, indicated that he was in satisfactory physical condition. He had been employed by TWA as a First Officer since September 15, 1940.
Thus, it appears from the evidence that the crew of Braniff Flight 2, Captain Powers and First Officer Huff, and the crew of TWA Flight 6, Captain Boqua and First Officer Richwine, held the proper certificates of competency, were physically qualified, and by reason of their training and experience were qualified for the flights and equipment involved.
