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American Airlines Through The Years
1920's 1930's 1940's 1950's 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1920's:
On April 15, 1926, when Charles Lindbergh, Robertson Aircraft Corporation's chief pilot, flew a bag of mail in a DH-4 biplane from Chicago to St. Louis. This flight is regarded as the first regularly scheduled flight of what was to become American Airlines.
A year later in April 1927, another American Airlines forerunner, Colonial Air Transport operated the first passenger night flight in the United States. This flight, which carried six passengers from Boston to New York City, was the first scheduled passenger flight in New England. Reportedly Mrs. Gardiner Fiske was the first paying passenger to flown by what was to become American Airlines.
Universal Aviation Corps. (also an American Airlines predecessor) inaugurated the nation's first transcontinental rail-air-rail service on June 14, 1929. This service was operated in conjunction with the New York Central and the Sante Fe railroads.
The wooden Fokker F-10A was the flagship type for American Airways in 1930. For its time, the F-10A was a remarkably capable aircraft. American Airways used these aircraft to provide coast-to-coast service. Notice the early American Airways logo on the tail of the aircraft. The search light beacon motif was used because American Airways used lighted air