"COAST TO COAST IN 48 HOURS - NYC TO LA" 40460

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10 жыл бұрын

First cross country flight, includes Charles Lindbergh. Vintage footage of the Ford Tri-Motor including travel by rail at night.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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@ffjsb 5 жыл бұрын

4:10, the old Columbus airport terminal and control tower are still there, to the south-east of the current terminal.

@user-el2fd2ll1i 5 жыл бұрын

I loved it how the co-pilot looked out his window to report position :-) Love these old documentaries! Thanks for uploading!

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

This film must have been made in 1929. TAT merged with Maddux in 1929 and with Western Air Express in 1930 to form Transcontinental & Western Air, known later as Transworld Airways, or TWA. The Airway Limited started on July 7, 1929. Given the winter scenes, my guess is the film was taken in advance of the inaugural run of the train-plane service, sometime in early 1929. The Airway Limited only lasted until May of 1932. The depression had reduced the demand for transcontinental travel to the point that a special train for the service wasn't needed. The service was handled by other PRR trains until mid-1934. By then, night flying had been perfected with a nationwide network of radio directional beacons. Newer planes like the Boeing 247 were in service, cruising at 188 mph compared to the Trimotor's sedate 100 mph. It was now possible to fly coast to coast in 19 hours, and the fare was often no more than the cost of the four days travel it took on a train. The Pennsylvania discontinued stops at Port Columbus in late 1934, and any passenger wishing to take a plane west was on their own. It was a short lived but rather romantic piece of railroad and airline history.

@7cabano 5 жыл бұрын

Great documentary!

@Tomh821 2 жыл бұрын

All about Lindbergh, never mind encountering storm fronts on the way 😨

@robandrews4815 5 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know how many passengers the Ford tri'motor carried?. I'm counting 8.

@PeriscopeFilm 5 жыл бұрын

At least 12. Google Trimotor Interior you will see.

@bruceferguson6637 2 жыл бұрын

I thought surely the trimotor had more range than that. Then it occurred to me, no restroom on board!

@quagmiredavis4117 Жыл бұрын

Bruce Ferguson They had bathroom in back of plane did your business and pulled lever .. these was sign don't pull lever if over a town ..

@markwinchester3005 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Sh#@...Emelia Earhart at (19:25)! That had to be an amazing thing to do.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

BTW, that's Anne Lindberg greeting passengers in Los Angeles.

@PeriscopeFilm 5 жыл бұрын

I think you mean Amelia Earhart.

@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm Sorry, you're right, it was Earhart. I guess I had Lindberg stuck in my brain.

@Tomh821 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Amelia Earhart! Aviation was so dangerous back then, “A landing spot always nearby” That inspires confidence! Lol

@trivet1970 8 жыл бұрын

what was the drive time in 1929?

@d.mansfield6315 6 жыл бұрын

Roughly 30 days on the Lincoln Highway between Times Square in NYC and Lincoln Park in San Francisco.

@paulmurphy42 3 жыл бұрын

What's the biplane Lindbergh's flying?

@skipstalforce 9 ай бұрын

Looks like some type of Curtiss Hawk

@paulmurphy42 9 ай бұрын

I agree, does anyone know for sure?@@skipstalforce

@skipsassy1 6 жыл бұрын

Film made in 1928 = that's the only time his popularity ruled. One year later - 1929- 1966 stock market recovery time.

@garymorris1856 Жыл бұрын

Why did they go part-way by train?

@skipstalforce 9 ай бұрын

They didn't fly at night, so they used a sleeper train to fill that part of the route.

@garymorris1856 Жыл бұрын

Met in LA by Amelia Earhart!