TAT - Maddux Air Lines
On 16 November, 1929, Transcontinental Air Transport, which had introduced coast-to-coast air-rail service, bought Maddux Air Lines. The merger resulted in the creation of TAT-Maddux Air Lines, the biggest operator of Ford trimotors at the time. The combined fleet included several 4-ATs and seven 5-ATs. There were also two Lockheed Vegas and two Travel Airs that helped to carry 40,000 passengers that year and 1930 began with a timetable of full schedules.
The newly merged airline never really prospered. Coast to Coast air-rail service lasted barely eighteen months before being supplanted by round-the-clock air flights. Within four years new aircraft (the Boeing 247, and the Douglas DC-2 and -3) became available which far surpassed the Trimotor in speed, load carrying capacity, and comfort.
TAT-Maddux later merged with Western Air Express as Transcontinental & Western Air which finally became TWA.
Timetables and Promotional Materials
Dated: (c. late 1929) ?
Dated: (c. late 1929) ?
25 May, 1930
15 June, 1930
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