July 8th, 1929 start-up
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July 8th, 1929 start-up
EVENTS of Monday July 8th , 1929 [initial transcontinental air-rail passenger service].
Saint Louis Globe-Democrat, dated Tuesday July 9th, 1929, pg 8, left column top, “First T.A.T. Planes Land at St. Louis with 18 passengers”;
-- photo, three columns wide:
http://livingstlouis.wordpress.com/2004/07/08/living-st-louis-video-transcontinental-air-travel/
[scroll down and then click on the youtube image]
Anne Morrow Lindbergh appears in image 134 [GDGPS0134.JPG] post-merger photo, T.A.T. later became T&WA. Image shows the recently finished (1929) "office" at St. Louis Flying Field,
One of the lesser-known makers of the industry is shown in the next photo. H.M. Bixby first "backed" the Atlantic crossing, then afterword arranged for purchase of Ford Tri-Motors to begin the T.A.T. start-up. He worked with Lindbergh at various steps during the late 1920's, and managed to exploit the famous name at each step (without much notice to his own planning efforts).
Second from left is Harold M. Bixby (banker, initial “backer” who named “Spirit of St. Louis”; later Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce); man on left is Harry Hall Knight (stockbroker at Knight, Dysart & Gamble, and “backer”, and 1926 president of St. Louis Flying Club). These behind-the-scene financiers first backed the “Spirit of Saint Louis” crossing, then later set-up the first T.A.T mixed air-railroad routes (through Saint Louis), working with Clement Melville Keys (Curtiss-Wright). Oddly, H.M. Bixby left the world of finance, and after the mergers (TAT-Maddux) he had a long career with PanAm, as a Vice President.
The T.A.T start-up was quickly followed by a wave of mergers (some forced by government): passenger line operated by transport companies previously competing with each other .... awarded jointly to Transcontinental Air Transport + Maddux Air Lines + Western Air Express, ... and Pittsburgh aviation industries = Transcontinental and Western Air,
Here's the credit line for the above photo's:
University of Missouri Digital Library.
_Globe-Democrat_ Collection
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis Globe Democrat Collection Home
Saint Louis Globe-Democrat, dated Tuesday July 9th, 1929, pg 8, left column top, “First T.A.T. Planes Land at St. Louis with 18 passengers”;
-- photo, three columns wide:
“Crowd Greets First T.A.T. Passengers ... The ‘City of Columbus’ and the City of Wichita’ tri-motored planes inaugurating Transcontinental Air Transport air-rail passenger service, stopped at Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field at noon yesterday to refuel and allow their passengers to stretch their legs a few minutes. “
The photograph shows the crowd which greeted the planes. A refueling truck is servicing the one on the left.”
Video and Audio: Newsreel footage is included in this later TV coverage, Transcontinental Air Travel; Video, 8 minutes and 53 seconds, mostly from a 1929 “talky” movie about T.A.T.’s Air-Rail Transcontinental route:The photograph shows the crowd which greeted the planes. A refueling truck is servicing the one on the left.”
http://livingstlouis.wordpress.com/2004/07/08/living-st-louis-video-transcontinental-air-travel/
[scroll down and then click on the youtube image]
Anne Morrow Lindbergh appears in image 134 [GDGPS0134.JPG] post-merger photo, T.A.T. later became T&WA. Image shows the recently finished (1929) "office" at St. Louis Flying Field,
One of the lesser-known makers of the industry is shown in the next photo. H.M. Bixby first "backed" the Atlantic crossing, then afterword arranged for purchase of Ford Tri-Motors to begin the T.A.T. start-up. He worked with Lindbergh at various steps during the late 1920's, and managed to exploit the famous name at each step (without much notice to his own planning efforts).
Second from left is Harold M. Bixby (banker, initial “backer” who named “Spirit of St. Louis”; later Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce); man on left is Harry Hall Knight (stockbroker at Knight, Dysart & Gamble, and “backer”, and 1926 president of St. Louis Flying Club). These behind-the-scene financiers first backed the “Spirit of Saint Louis” crossing, then later set-up the first T.A.T mixed air-railroad routes (through Saint Louis), working with Clement Melville Keys (Curtiss-Wright). Oddly, H.M. Bixby left the world of finance, and after the mergers (TAT-Maddux) he had a long career with PanAm, as a Vice President.
The T.A.T start-up was quickly followed by a wave of mergers (some forced by government): passenger line operated by transport companies previously competing with each other .... awarded jointly to Transcontinental Air Transport + Maddux Air Lines + Western Air Express, ... and Pittsburgh aviation industries = Transcontinental and Western Air,
Here's the credit line for the above photo's:
University of Missouri Digital Library.
_Globe-Democrat_ Collection
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis Globe Democrat Collection Home
