"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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A Ford Trimotor, as evidenced by the "Found on road dead" marking on the
vertical stab.
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Andrew Chaplin
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"Andrew Chaplin" > wrote in
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> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> A Ford Trimotor, as evidenced by the "Found on road dead" marking on the
> vertical stab.


"Fix Or Repair Daily"

First on Race Day. :)

Waldo.



On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:40:15 -0400, "Ancient Mariner"
> wrote:

>This Transcontinental Air Transport aircraft was involved in the first
>transcontinental passenger aviation venture in the summer of 1929.
>Passengers went to Columbus, Ohio, by train. They crossed the road
>(historical site now marked) to the now-refurbished "terminal" and boarded
>this beauty to fly via approximately 200 mile legs to Waynoka, OK. From
>there, Santa Fe RR hauled them to New Mexico where they got on another
>aircraft that eventually got them to San Francisco. This one in the photo
>was probably the first ever to offer in-flight meals, and the service was
>well publicized, ridiculed by some (TAT = "Take a Train") and not a huge
>commercial success.
>
>TAT merged with Maddux later that year and later with Western Air Express to
>become Transcontinental and Western (TWA).
>
>The name "TAT" is immortalized in Columbus - the oldest Italian restaurant
>opened that year -TAT Ristorante.
>