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"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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"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.


"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.