It flew Douglas DC-3s, Convair 340s, Convair 580s, Beechcraft Bonanzas, and Nord 262s. Some of the claims in Confederate Gulch were true bonanzas. Six major bonanzas marked the first five years of the Comstock Lode. Central Bonanzas appeared in 1950, followed by its DC-3s; successor Frontier left about January 1977. At the time of the grounding some Bonanzas had reached 64 years in service. At the time of the grounding, some Bonanzas had reached 64 years in service. For a short time circa 1951 Lake Central scheduled Bonanzas to Mettel.