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Transcontinental Air Transport
1928–1930 American airline, predecessor of TWA
Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA. Keys enlisted the help of Charles Lindbergh to design a transcontinental network to get government airmail contracts. Lindbergh established numerous airports across the country in this effort.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) was an airline founded in 1928 by Clement Melville Keys that merged in 1930 with Western Air Express to form what became TWA. Keys enlisted the help of Charles Lindbergh to design a transcontinental network to get government airmail contracts. Lindbergh established numerous airports across the country in this effort.2
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsTranscontinental Air Transport photo by NASA Langley, Public domain