{"id":7277,"date":"2024-02-26T01:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T06:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:04:52","slug":"us-history-of-tourism-ford-trimotor-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/us-history-of-tourism-ford-trimotor-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"US History of Tourism: First Coast to Coast Flight 1929"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>When was the first commercial coast to coast flight?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">US History of Tourism, first coast to coast flight: <strong>Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT)<\/strong> was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA.\u00a0 \u00a0The <strong>Transcontinental Air Transport <\/strong>airline was like <strong>&#8220;The Lindbergh Line&#8221;<\/strong> and the idea began in the months after the 1927 transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>\u00a0USA History of Tourism &#8211; The Lindbergh Line &#8211; First Coast to Coast Flight &#8211; Transcontinental Air Transport &#8211; TAT &#8211;\u00a0 Ford Tri-Motor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7942\" style=\"width: 986px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36tMXyr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"STOKES COLLECTION 1934 American Classics \/ 16.5&quot; x 11&quot; . Ford Trimotor - Amazon.com Poster Vintage\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ford-Tri-Motor-1929-TAT.-Lindbergh-line-.jpg\" alt=\"STOKES COLLECTION 1934 American Classics \/ 16.5&quot; x 11&quot; . Ford Trimotor - Amazon.com Poster Vintage\" width=\"996\" height=\"661\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Stokes Collection 1934 American Classics \/ 16.5&#8243; x 11&#8243; . Ford Trimotor &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36tMXyr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Amazon.com Poster Vintage<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Who were the sponsors of the first commercial coast-to-coast flight in the USA?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The main sponsors of this commercial airline were:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Charles Lindbergh, <\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Harold Bixby, <\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Henry Breckinridge, <\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Harry Knight<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Commander William Robertson<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3wETcxT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AMAZON-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sovrn.co\/1k3v9j2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/descarga-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">They set out to unite the <strong>coasts of the Atlantic and the Pacific<\/strong>, between the cities of New York and Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"First Coast to Coast Flight 1929 Map - US History of Tourism: #USA #history\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-36.jpg\" alt=\"First Coast to Coast Flight 1929 Map - US History of Tourism: #USA #History\" width=\"1000\" height=\"508\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sovrn.co\/1pyeyyw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-17.59.51-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Vintage Posters Ads &amp; Prints on Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_13003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13003\" style=\"width: 1021px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dnxuUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vintage poster Ads\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/poster-002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage poster Ads\" width=\"1031\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Vintage poster Ads<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sovrn.co\/1lwmx86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/descarga-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sovrn.co\/sxkt41l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>TAT investors were:<\/strong> The Curtiss companies, the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, the Atchison Railroad, Topeka and Santa Fe plus five investment banks. In the spring of 1928, the group <strong>formed Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc<\/strong>., with Clement Melville Keys <strong>(Curtiss)<\/strong> as chairman and a board of directors composed of representatives of major investors.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7909\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor - US History of Tourism, first coast to coast flight: Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA.\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-5-AT-Tri-Motor-TAT-line.jpg\" alt=\"Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor - US History of Tourism, first coast to coast flight: Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA.\u00a0\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">History of Tourism: Ford Tri-Motor\u00a0 5 AT\u00a0 &#8211; Pic: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum <strong>(1)<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Charles Lindbergh Chairman of TAT Technical Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Charles Lindbergh became Chairman of the TAT<\/strong> <strong>Technical Committee.<\/strong> The Lindbergh Technical team designed the air route to follow. They chose 10 cities spaced between the coasts: Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind .; St. Louis, Mo .; Kansas City, Kan .; Wichita, Kan .; Waynoka, Okla .; Clovis, NM; Albuquerque, NM; Winslow, Ariz .; and Glendale, California.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Transcontinental Air Transport<\/strong> bought or rented sites for airports. Pilots and mechanics were also hired, coordinated airline and rail schedules. They also directed the construction of runways, airport terminals and weather stations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">TAT tested the schedules of the stops between June 20 and July 6, 1929. Several pracytical trips and training with teams and personnel were made. Before the first client traveled, <strong>almost 50,000 test miles<\/strong> were recorded. Also<strong> transported 261 passengers<\/strong> through the different sections of the TAT route to make sure everything was ready.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j6W3d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>How Were the Ford Trimotor 5-AT?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The <strong>Ford Tri-Motor<\/strong> was popularly dubbed the <em>&#8220;Tin Goose&#8221;<\/em>. Its <strong>corrugated metal fuselage l<\/strong>ooked like a tin washboard, and his body seemed to crawl on the ground like the belly of a goose. The plane chosen by Lindbergh was the Ford TriMotor. According to Lindbergh, the Ford had more power and better maintenance than any other airplane.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7955\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ford Tri-Motor - EAA Aviation Center\u00a0 -US History of Tourism, first coast to coast flight: Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-101.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Tri-Motor - EAA Aviation Center\u00a0 -US History of Tourism, first coast to coast flight: Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA\" width=\"970\" height=\"646\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ford Tri-Motor &#8211; EAA Aviation Center\u00a0 &#8211; 3000 Poberezny Road &#8211; Oshkosh, WI 54902 <strong>(7)<\/strong> &#8211; Book Fly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Having three engines made flying on that plane safer than on other planes of that time. If one or maybe two engines stop running in flight, the TriMotor could land safely with only one of the two engines. The plane&#8217;s cabin could <strong>accommodate a maximum of 10 passengers<\/strong>. The plane had been built to transport more people but <strong>Transcontinental Air Transport<\/strong> dismantled six seats to leave the place for a kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A very narrow corridor ran through the center of the <a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/tsa-rules-2020\/\">passenger cabin<\/a>. Next to each seat was a window covered with velvet curtains. Each passenger had their own reading lamp and also an electric lighter with an ashtray. The seats were adjustable to three positions and resembled more common splinters than the current seats of an airplane. The <strong>Ford TriMotor had a top speed of <em>110 miles per hour.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>First Coast to Coast Flight: Inauguration Day in NYC\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0On July 7, 1929, transcontinental travel began. He initially offered a <strong>48-hour coast-to-coast travel<\/strong> (night trains and day planes on several flights). The first Passengers had to board, first, a night train to take them to the airport in Columbus, Ohio (today is John Glenn International Airport), 850 miles away.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7961\" style=\"width: 955px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ford Tri-Motor &quot;City of New York&quot; at hall NYC Pennsylvania station, - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line- First Coast to Coast Flight\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-8.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Tri-Motor &quot;City of New York&quot; at hall NYC Pennsylvania station, - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - First Coast to Coast Flight\" width=\"965\" height=\"714\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ford Tri-Motor &#8220;City of New York&#8221; at hall NYC Pennsylvania station, &#8211; <strong>US History of Tourism<\/strong> &#8211; TAT &#8211; Lindbergh Line &#8211; First Coast to Coast Flight 1929<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">At the NYC Pennsylvania station, a <strong>Ford Tri-Motor<\/strong> called <strong><em>City of <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>New York<\/em> <\/strong>was in the hall. He was taken for the occasion and was Christening by <strong>Amelia Earhart.<\/strong> After the speeches, passengers boarded The Airway Limited on Platform 15, and the train departed to Columbus\u00a0 at 6:05 pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Vintage Posters Ads &amp; Prints on Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_13002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13002\" style=\"width: 1021px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dnxuUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vintage Posters Ads\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/poster-003-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Posters Ads\" width=\"1031\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Vintage Posters Ads<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>First Day:\u00a0 New York to Waynoka<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Because The <strong>city&#8217;s Union Station<\/strong> was located in the city center, TAT built its own train station and terminal at the <strong>Columbus airport<\/strong>. Thus, the transfer from train to plane was faster and more comfortable for passengers.\u00a0\u00a0It was a cloudy day with light rain that fell in Columbus on July 8, 1929. Passengers who arrived at the new <strong>Columbus Penn train station<\/strong> walked down a gangway to the <strong>Ford Tri-Motors<\/strong> aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The plan was for two Tri-Motors to take off at the same time and move together across the continent. The <strong>Ford Tri-Motor<\/strong> chosen were the so-called <strong><em>City of Columbus<\/em><\/strong> and the <strong><em>City of Wichita.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7958\" style=\"width: 979px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pennsylvania Railroad - Coast to Coast 48 hs. - Ford Tri-Motor -\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lindbergh-line-1929-pensilvania-railroad.jpg\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Railroad - Coast to Coast 48 hs. - Ford Tri-Motor - \" width=\"989\" height=\"735\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pennsylvania Railroad &#8211; Coast to Coast 48 hs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Who were the passengers on the first coast-to-coast flight in the USA?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The passengers on the <em>City of Columbus<\/em> Plane (2)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Colonel Edgar S. Correll (President, Stutz Motor Company, IN)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Paul Henderson. Jr. (Colonel Henderson&#8217;s son)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Stay Brainerd (Associated Newspapers. NYC)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>S.W. Higgins (Dennison Manufacturing Company, MA)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>U. Grant Border (U.S. Border &amp; Sons. NYC)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>J.W. Brennan, (Central Traffic Manager. TAT)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Daniel M. Shafer (Chief of Passenger Transportation. Pennsylvania Railroad)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Albert A Garthwaite. (Vice President. Lee Tire Company. PA)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The passengers on the <em>City of Wichita<\/em> Plane\u00a0<\/strong> :<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Charles Tice (Fox Movietone News and Equipment)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Carl Larsen (Fox Movietone News and Equipment)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>William Chaplin (Associated Press. NYC)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Miss M.A. Salomon (Chamber of Commerce. Brooklyn. NY)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mn. John T. Litch (Boston. MA)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>E.E. Greiner (Springfield. OH) William James Bryant (Nation&#8217;s Business. D.C.)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mn. George P. Putnam (NYC) Mn. F.C. Kenney (Indianapolis. IN)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Carl Larsen and Charles, members of <strong>Fox Movietone, filmed the historic TAT inaugural trip across the United States<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/videos\/48-hours-coast-to-coast-1929-tat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The film still exists and it&#8217;s very interesting to view (here)<\/strong><\/a> this documented trip across the continent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After the two <strong>Ford Tri-Motor<\/strong> departed, Mr. T.B. Clement, the General Traffic Manager of <strong>Transcontinental Air Transport<\/strong> , hosted a breakfast in the TAT hangar. Important guests that attended the start of the inaugural flights and the celebration breakfast included<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Henry Ford.<\/strong> ( Chairman of <strong>Ford Motor Company<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Eckel Ford (Henry Ford&#8217;s\u00a0 son);<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">William B. Mayo (Chief Engineer of <strong>Ford Motor Company<\/strong>);<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Harvey Firestone (<strong>Firestone Tire Company<\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Columbus Airport<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Early in the morning , at the <strong>Columbus Airport (3),<\/strong> the passengers board a Ford Trimotor plane and <strong>fly to Waynoka &#8211; Oklahoma<\/strong>. The plane had to <em>stop 4 times<\/em> to refuel before arriving in Oklahoma. There they boarded another night train on the <strong>Santa Fe Railroad for a trip to Clovis, New Mexico<\/strong>. On the train they spent the night and arrived at the next airport.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7960\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Columbus Airport - Transcontinental Air Transport - First Coast to Coast Flight - US History of Tourism - indbergh Line \" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-5.jpg\" alt=\"Columbus Airport - Transcontinental Air Transport - First Coast to Coast Flight - US History of Tourism - indbergh Line \" width=\"700\" height=\"1075\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Columbus Airport &#8211; Transcontinental Air Transport &#8211; First Coast to Coast Flight &#8211; US History of Tourism &#8211; Lindbergh Line<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Around noon, the TAT flight stops in St. Louis, where pilots who had flown from Columbus were replaced by a new flight crew. TAT limited the flight time of its pilots to no more than five hours in the air in a single day. A <strong>TAT pilot earned more than $ 12,000 a year,<\/strong> more than double the salaries that most pilots earned at that time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>St. Louis to Kansas City: Lunch on Board<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the stage of <strong>St. Louis to Kansas City<\/strong> the passengers were served lunch. Ford trimotor stabilized, the service on board served some <strong>aluminum trays with napkin and tablecloth.<\/strong> The food was chicken, cheese and egg salad sandwiches, a pickle and salt. A piece of cake, an apple and a banana were also served. To accompany the meals the <strong>option was milk or <a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/travel-nespresso-coffee-maker-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coffee<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In Kansas City there was <strong>another technical stop,<\/strong> where any nervous passenger had the option of making a train connection. From Kansas City, the air route followed the Santa Fe rail route to the <strong>next stop in Wichita<\/strong>. Leaving Wichita, the trip to Waynoka was only <strong>117 flight miles.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Samsonite Luggage Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_13025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13025\" style=\"width: 1211px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lKmXp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Samsonite Luggage\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/samsonite.jpg\" alt=\"Samsonite Luggage\" width=\"1221\" height=\"1481\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Samsonite Luggage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Landing in Waynoka<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">At Landing in Waynoka, TAT passengers are driven by car to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train station. There at dinner will be the <strong>Harvey House restaurant<\/strong>. The food was five stars;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Blue knitted oysters<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Duck Salmi,<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Prairie Chicken with Redcurrant Jam<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pickled lamb tongue.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">At 8 pm, <strong>TAT service personnel<\/strong> accompanied passengers to a special railroad car (The Missionary) bound for Clovis. The train left Waynoka at 11 p.m. through western Oklahoma and northern Texas. He stopped in the cities of Woodward, Shattuck, Canadian, Miami and Amarillo. In Clovis, passengers had breakfast\u00a0 in <strong>other\u00a0 Harvey House<\/strong>, when they arrived at the City<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7899\" style=\"width: 895px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shedules Transcontinental Air Transport - First Coast to Coast Flight -\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/columlkkklllbus.jpg\" alt=\"Shedules Transcontinental Air Transport - First Coast to Coast Flight - \" width=\"905\" height=\"435\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Shedules Transcontinental Air Transport &#8211; First Coast to Coast Flight &#8211; <strong>US History of Tourism<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Second Day: Clovis to Los Angeles<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">First Coast to Coast Flight: From the Clovis train station, a car drove passengers to the Clovis terminal &#8220;Portair&#8221; five miles west of the city. The departure of the plane was <strong>scheduled for 8:10 AM.<\/strong> The plane took off and reached the height of 8,000 feet. Passengers expect a trip with three stopovers to refuel before reaching their final destination. <strong>The name of\u00a0 Ford Tri-Motor is &#8220;City of Wichita,&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Albuquerque was the first stop<\/strong> on the second day of flight. After the <strong>stopover<\/strong>, a light lunch was served and the service was withdrawn before arriving at the Continental Division. The most dangerous part of the trip, the flight from <strong>Albuquerque to Kingman through Winslow<\/strong>, was also the most picturesque.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"125\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the late afternoon, the TAT <strong>Ford Tri-Motor<\/strong> approaches through the <em>Cajon Pass between the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains<\/em> in California. Approaching <strong>Glendale Airport, their final destination,<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/tsa-rules-2020\/tsa-checking-id-at-gate-2022\/\">plane<\/a> slid over Pasadena, north of Los Angeles. Also about Hollywood and movie studios.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/ford-tri-motor-1929\/\"><strong>Part II :Inauguration Day in Los Angeles\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0Two Air Crash in Five Months\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 TAT &amp; Western Air Express &#8211; Ford Tri-Motor Today<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sources First Coast to Coast Flight\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Smithsonian Air &amp; Space<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C4AWkK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Flying In lingbergh Line &#8211; Robert F kirk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/329lazR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Building of an Airport : Port Columbus Robert F kirk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aahs-online.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal American Aviation Historical Society<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/ford-5-tri-motor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Smithsonian\u00a0 Ford Plane<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyaviationmuseum.org\/collection\/aircraft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liberty aviation museum.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaa.org\/shop\/Flights\/FlyTheFord.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EAA Aviation Center\u00a0 &#8211; 3000 Poberezny Road &#8211; Oshkosh, WI 54902<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/palmspringsairmuseum.org\/programs\/ford-trimotor-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/palmspringsairmuseum.org\/programs\/ford-trimotor-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alm Springs Air Museum<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airmuseumguide.com\/\">Air Museum Guide<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<figure><\/figure>\r\n<figure><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/329lazR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51FTI1116nL.jpg\" alt=\"The Building of an Airport: Port Columbus: \" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C4AWkK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ford Tri-Motor - Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: (Transcontinental Air Transport'S Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51XTKvrD26L.jpg\" alt=\"Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: (Transcontinental Air Transport'S Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ford Tri-Motor &#8211; Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: ( Transcontinental Air Transport\u00a0\u00a0 Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Coast to Coast Travel: Inauguration Day in Los Angeles<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The same day at Grand Central Air Terminal near Los Angeles, two <strong>Ford Tri-Motor 1929\u00a0<\/strong> were christened. The TAT Tri-Motors were the Ciry of Los Angeles and the City of Philadelphia. Mary Pidcford christened the City of Los Angeles, and Gloria Swanson christened the Ciry of Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A huge crowd of approximately <strong>30,000 turned out for the christening<\/strong> and viewed the historic beginning of transcontinental service to the east.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Charles Lindbergh<\/strong> piloted the City of Los Angeles on its inaugural travel to the east. (2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_11127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11127\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Maddux AirLine - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T - Transcontinental Air Transport\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lindbergh-line-Ford-Trimotor-1929-pensilvania-railroad-.jpg\" alt=\"Maddux AirLine - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T - Transcontinental Air Transport\" width=\"750\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maddux AirLine &#8211; US History of Tourism &#8211; TAT &#8211; Lindbergh Line &#8211; Ford Tri-Motor T &#8211; Transcontinental Air Transport<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">TAT &#8211; MADDUX Airline Brochure\u00a0 &#8211; <b>May 25, 1930 <\/b>&#8220;Western Division&#8221; (ex-Maddux Air Lines)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/timetableimages.com\/ttimages\/tat.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Image from the collection of Bjorn Larsso<\/a>n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Passengers on the City of Los Angeles Plane:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A.L. Rocklcin (LA Examiner)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">T. Delapp (LA lima)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jack Scanlon (Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">M.D. Schatrman (Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thomas B. Eastland (San Francisco. Director TAT)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">R.W. Millar (Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Wife of Charles Lindbergh)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Major C.C. Moseley (Vice President, TAT)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dr. W.J. Furie (Long Beach. California)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>The passengers on the City of Philadelphia Plane<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Albert Hitchin (Insurance Broker, Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">R.K. Rochester (Vice President, Pennsylvania Railroad)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mrs. R.K. Rochester Charles Walker (Fox News, Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Miss Velva Darling (Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">John B. Austin (President. Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Turner Wills (Los Angeles)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7967\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Transcontinental Air Transport - US History of Tourism\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-40.jpg\" alt=\"Transcontinental Air Transport - US History of Tourism\" width=\"548\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Transcontinental Air Transport<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Charles Lindbergh<\/strong> that day flew the plane <em>&#8220;City of Los Angeles&#8221;<\/em> to Winslow, Arizona. From there, the next day on July 9, <strong>Charles Lindbergh flew the <em>City of Philadelphia<\/em>,<\/strong> back to Los Angeles. With the return flight, traveled Amelia Earhart and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A curiosity: Upon arrival in Los Angeles (Glendale) there was a second christening of the\u00a0 Ford Trimotor 1929 <strong>City of Philadelphia<\/strong>. Again <strong>Gloria Swanson,<\/strong> movie star, christening for the second time the <strong>City of Philadelphia<\/strong>. Some 20,000 people attended the second christening of the plane that had just completed the first voyage of the transcontinental passenger airline.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">During the<strong> first month of TAT<\/strong> ( Lindbergh Line) operations, <strong>153 passengers traveled the entire route. Also 280 passengers made shorter trips between intermediate points<\/strong>. TAT reported that its passenger transport capacity index was<strong> 37 percent<\/strong>.<strong> 99.4 percent<\/strong> of scheduled miles were completed. The planes<strong> flew 113,240 of the planned 113,957 miles.<\/strong> The number of passengers and miles traveled increased during the following months.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Ford\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tri-Motor 1929:<\/strong>\u00a0Two Air Crash in Five Months<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>On September 3, 1929,<\/strong> a\u00a0 <strong>Ford\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tri-Motor 1929 <\/strong><strong>5-AT-21B NC 9647 &#8220;City of San Francisco&#8221;,<\/strong> westbound TAT flight crashed into Mt. Taylor in New Mexico. &#8220;All passengers and crew aboard died. The Associated Press said it was the first plane crash on a regular commercial land route. The September accident was the first of three serious accidents for TAT in the next five months. It was the first disaster of a commercial airline.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>On January 19, 1930<\/strong> <strong>TAT Flight Number 7, Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-C <\/strong>crashed north of Oceanside, California. The plane encountered rain, low clouds, fog, and possibly engine problems, Flying from the races at Agua Caliente, near Tijuana, Mexico to Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The left wing struck the ground, slamming the aircraft into the ground, which subsequently caught fire. The pilots and all 14 passengers aboard died in the crash. <strong>Charles Lindbergh, as chairman of TAT<\/strong> technical committee, was involved in the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Ford\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Tri-Motor 1929<\/strong><strong> &amp; Western Air Express<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7973\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lindbergh Line - First Coast to Coast Flight 1929 \" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lindberg-Line-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Lindbergh Line - First Coast to Coast Flight 1929 \" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lindbergh Line &#8211; First Coast to Coast Flight 1929<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After the <strong>first accident many of the Transcontinental Air Transport passengers chose the train<\/strong>. TAT began offering more services on board, but they had no effect. The fall of the stock market in October 1929 <strong>plus the second accident,<\/strong> put Transcontinental Air Transport on the verge of Bankruptcy<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35olJdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/amazon-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The government offered airlines long-term mail contracts in exchange for buying larger and safer airplanes for passenger transport.Transcontinental Air Transport, which did not carry mail, merged with <strong>Western Air Express<\/strong>, which already had a contract with the government. The merger was announced on<strong> October 25, 1930<\/strong>. The company that later became TWA stopped operating its train service. From that moment on, the entire route began to fly with only one night stop in Kansas City..<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7957\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-TWA1.jpg\" alt=\"US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T\" width=\"700\" height=\"905\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>US History of Tourism<\/strong> &#8211; TAT &#8211; Lindbergh Line &#8211; Ford Tri-Motor 1929 T<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Are Ford Tri Motors still flying?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Two Ford Trimotors are still being used by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) to fly passengers on sightseeing tours : a 4 -AT-E, bought by the association after a crash and fully restored Also a 5-AT-B owned by the Liberty Aviation Museum. At present there are almost 18 Ford Trimotor among those that are in operation, restoration and exhibition in museums. We will deal with this later in another note-<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7954\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Air Museum - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T City of Wichita\" src=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TAT-Lindbergh-line-Coast-to-Coast-1929-67.jpg\" alt=\"Air Museum - US History of Tourism - TAT - Lindbergh Line - Ford Tri-Motor T City of Wichita\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pic: Air Museum Guide &#8211; US History of Tourism &#8211; TAT &#8211; Lindbergh Line &#8211; Ford Tri-Motor 1929\u00a0 T City of Wichita <strong>(9)<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Tips of\u00a0 First Coast to Coast Flight:\u00a0 US History of Tourism &#8211; TA<\/strong>T<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The one-way fare from New York to Los Angeles was <strong>$ 352<\/strong>. It would be worth about $ 5,000 in 2019<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The trip lasted 48 hours &#8211; Train\u00a0 &amp; Ford Trimotor<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The height of the flight was 8,000 feet.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">People made fun of the airline abbreviation (TAT) interpreting it as <em>&#8220;Take A Train&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The trip was a hard physical endurance test<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">TAT was also called <strong><em>The Lindbergh Line<br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sources First Coast to Coast Flight\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Smithsonian Air &amp; Space<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C4AWkK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Flying In lingbergh Line &#8211; Robert F kirk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/329lazR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Building of an Airport : Port Columbus Robert F kirk\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aahs-online.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal American Aviation Historical Society<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/ford-5-tri-motor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Smithsonian\u00a0 Ford Plane<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyaviationmuseum.org\/collection\/aircraft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liberty aviation museum.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaa.org\/shop\/Flights\/FlyTheFord.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EAA Aviation Center\u00a0 &#8211; 3000 Poberezny Road &#8211; Oshkosh, WI 54902<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/palmspringsairmuseum.org\/programs\/ford-trimotor-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/palmspringsairmuseum.org\/programs\/ford-trimotor-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alm Springs Air Museum<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airmuseumguide.com\/\">Air Museum Guide<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<figure><\/figure>\r\n<figure><\/figure>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/329lazR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51FTI1116nL.jpg\" alt=\"The Building of an Airport: Port Columbus: \" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C4AWkK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ford Tri-Motor - Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: (Transcontinental Air Transport'S Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51XTKvrD26L.jpg\" alt=\"Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: (Transcontinental Air Transport'S Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ford Tri-Motor\u00a0 1929 &#8211; Flying the Lindbergh Line: Then &amp; Now: ( Transcontinental Air Transport\u00a0\u00a0 Historic Aviation Vision) de [Kirk, Robert F.]<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Related Post<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/best-50-travel-gadgets-2020\/\">Best travel gadgets\u00a0 for hiking 2020<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/thomas-cook-history-of-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas\u00a0 Cook &amp; 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First Coast to Coast Flight &#8211; Transcontinental Air Transport &#8211; TAT &#8211; <strong>US History of Tourism<\/strong> &#8211; Ford Tri-Motor &#8211; Charles Lindbergh &#8211; Amelia Earhart &#8211; City of Los Angeles &#8211; City of Wichita &#8211; City of New York<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When was the first commercial coast to coast flight? 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