Transcontinental Air Transport

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airline defunct airline

Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Transcontinental Air Transport canonical 4
Transcontinental & Western Air 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
alsoKnownAs TAT ⓘ
approximateTravelTimeCoastToCoast about 48 hours ⓘ
contributedTo development of scheduled airline service in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employedAsConsultant Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
endOfOperations 1930 ⓘ
formedBrand Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
Clement Melville Keys ⓘ
Harold F. Pitcairn ⓘ
William P. Frye ⓘ
surface form: William John Frye
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
inception 1928 ⓘ
industry aviation ⓘ
introducedInnovation coordinated rail–air timetables for coast-to-coast travel ⓘ
legacy precursor of Trans World Airlines ⓘ
marketingSlogan The Lindbergh Line ⓘ
mergedInto Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
mergedWith Western Air Express ⓘ
notableFor combining rail and air travel for transcontinental journeys ⓘ
pioneering coast-to-coast passenger service in the United States ⓘ
offeredService overnight transcontinental travel ⓘ
operatedAircraftType Fokker F.VII (later variants) ⓘ
surface form: Fokker F.VII

Ford Trimotor (early variants) ⓘ
surface form: Ford Trimotor
operatedIn early 1930s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
operatedRegion contiguous United States ⓘ
surface form: continental United States
parentCompany Aviation Corporation ⓘ
primaryRoute New York–Los Angeles ⓘ
railPartner Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
surface form: Santa Fe Railway
regulatoryEnvironment pre-Civil Aeronautics Act era ⓘ
routeStructure daytime flying and overnight rail segments ⓘ
safetyRecordEvent 1929 crash near Mount Taylor, New Mexico ⓘ
serviceType passenger air transport ⓘ
startOfOperations 1929 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
ticketType through-ticket rail–air itinerary ⓘ
usedAirport Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ
Columbus ⓘ
surface form: Columbus, Ohio

Waynoka, Oklahoma ⓘ
usedTransportMode air ⓘ
rail ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lockheed Vega → operator → Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
Ford Trimotor (early variants) → notableOperator → Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
Trans World Airlines → formerName → Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcontinental & Western Air
Tin Goose → operator → Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
subject surface form: Ford Trimotor
Maddux Air Lines → mergedInto → Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ