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Coast to Coast Flying Began 33 Years Ago in Clovis
In 1929 1930 Transcontinental Air Transport opened coast to coast service via train and air, linking New York to Los Angeles with a flying Ford Trimotor. Passengers rode trains across the map then boarded planes at Columbus Ohio and flew to Clovis New Mexico before continuing to California. Will Rogers aided early interest. the scheme faced changes by 1930 as night flying emerged and depression pressured routes.
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Clovis
John McMillion
N.M
UPI
Cannon Air Force Base
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Will Rogers
New Mexico
New York
Los Angeles
Transcontinental Air Transport
Santa Fe Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Ohio
Waynoka
Okla
Santa Fe
Los
Angeles
Te Gov Air Lines Sb
Curtiss Condor
Clovis and
TAT
Ford Tri-Motors
Country
Prairie City
Lindbergh