This book is about the formation of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. (forerunner to TWA), the emergence of air travel in the United States, and for awhile, the blending of air service with the dominant mode of the time, rail travel. More about the airline than the coordinated rail service, this book provides great insight into the early days of passenger aviation. Numerous photographs accompany the text. Most photographs are of the airlines equipment and personnel but also rail accommodations are presented. Includes a 6-page color section of ephemera relating to this service. Contents: Ch. 1. Gestation, pg. 2-17, Ch. 2. Shopping List, pg. 18-33, Ch. 3. A Period for Planning, pg. 34-61, Ch. 4. Takeoff, pg. 62-91, Ch. 5. Setback, pg. 92-107, Ch. 6. Comes the Revolution, pg. 108-119, Epilogue, pg. 120-125, Ephemera, pg. 126-131, Index, pg. 132-133, Photo Index, pg. 134, Acknowledgments and Bibliography, pg. 135-136, Fleet List, pg. 138. Weekend Chief Publishing, hardcover with jacket, 138 pages., standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs with color ephemera section.

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Title

Steel Rails and Silver Wings: The Lindbergh Line to the birth of TWA

Publisher

Weekend Chief Publishing

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

0961281499

ISBN 13

9780961281496

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

New

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Dust Jacket Included

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Weekend Chief Publishing

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Hardbound; 8.5 x 11; 144 pages; printed endpapers wiith color map; color dustjacket with painting by Grif Teller; many illustrations and period advertisements; color ephemera section. "This is the history of the brief collaboration between the Pennsylvania, the Santa Fe, and even the Norfolk and Western Railroads on transcontinental air transport. "Harken back to the period of the development of the Ford Trimotor airplane. In this earlier and less sophisticated era of airliner technology existed an unlikely partnership among competititve modes of transportation. "Rediscover Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart in their roles as public relations icons. This is a rail and air journey across America in the early part of the twenthieth century."

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