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Coolidge Approves Vast New Air Transport Plan
President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover authorize a sweeping civil aeronautics program to build a national network of air routes. Plans include transcontinental routes from New York to the Pacific with branches to San Francisco and Los Angeles, plus future Atlantic and Pacific airways and a Great Lakes route. An advisory committee will guide aviation development and safety.
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