Title
"Two Days By Plane": America's First Transcontinental Passenger Airline and the Selling of the Skies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2010
Abstract
Transcontinental Air Transport, the first transcontinental passenger airline in the U.S., cut the time necessary to cross the continent in half—and, in doing so, opened a new age in passenger aviation. In its brief life, the airline also captured the possibilities of flight, the limitations of technology, the power of celebrity, and the promise of national integration.
Recommended Citation
Fraga, Sean, ""Two Days By Plane": America's First Transcontinental Passenger Airline and the Selling of the Skies" (2010). Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for Use of Library Special Collections. 6.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/mssa_collections/6
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