Transcontinental Air Transport [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Transcontinental Air Transport
Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA. Keys enlisted the help of Charles Lindbergh to design a transcontinental network to get government airmail contracts. Lindbergh established numerous airports across the country in this effort.
History.
On July 7, 1929 transcontinental trips began. It initially offered a 48-hour coast to coast trip (trains by night, and planes by day in nine
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