KETC | Living St. Louis | Transcontinental Air Travel


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KETC | Living St. Louis | Transcontinental Air Travel

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From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Jim Kirchherr reveals rare archival footage of the first commercial air-travel company that provided coast-to-coast service in just 48 hours. In 1929, Transcontinental Air Travel began providing a cross-country service of both rail and air travel for $350. Passengers would fly by day and sleep on the train by night. Charles Lindbergh helped to select the company's planes and laid out the route.

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