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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                  FORM 10-Q/A
                               (Amendment No. 2)

(Mark One)
[X]      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED October 31, 1996
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[ ]      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM __________ TO
         ___________

Commission file number 0-1946
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                           DART GROUP CORPORATION
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           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                      53-0242973             
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 (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                 3300 75th Avenue, Landover, Maryland, 20785
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                  (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                  (301) 731-1200                  
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             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  
Yes   x     No 
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At December 13, 1996, the registrant had 1,760,063 shares outstanding of Class
A Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, and 327,270 shares outstanding of
Class B Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share.  The Class B Stock is the only
voting stock and is not publicly traded.





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This Form 10-Q/A amends the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the
"Form 10-Q") for the quarterly period ended October 31, 1996, which Form 10-Q
was filed on December 16, 1996 and amended on December 27, 1996.

The signature page of the Form 10-Q is hereby amended and restated as follows:

                                   Signatures

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                     
                                       DART GROUP CORPORATION
                                     
                                     
                                     
Date December 16, 1996                 By            Mark A. Flint            
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                                                     MARK A. FLINT
                                                 Senior Vice President
                                               and Chief Financial Officer
                                     
                                     
                                     
Date December 16, 1996                 By            Ronald T. Rice           
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                                                     RONALD T. RICE
                                                 Assistant Vice President
                                                     and Controller
                                               (principal accounting officer)
                                     
                                     
                                     


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                                   Signatures


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                        DART GROUP CORPORATION
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
Date February 11, 1997                  By               Mark A. Flint 
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                                                         MARK A. FLINT
                                                  Senior Vice President
                                                and Chief Financial Officer
                                       
                                       
                                       
Date February 11, 1997                  By               Ronald T. Rice
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                                                         RONALD T. RICE
                                                  Assistant Vice President
                                                         and Controller
                                                (principal accounting officer)
                                       




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