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Del Hopkins developed the Kevin Breen supplied the historical
information. For FS2002, download the Ford
Tri-Motor by Pierino Primavesi You can find it at avsim.com and
flightsim.com Search for Pierino Ford. After installing it, download and
unzip our Scenery. Also download Capt. Joe’s repaint! For FS2002 the scenery is complete.
Port The 05-06-03 scenery update is a
small file that corrects the location of the hangars at For FS98 download the TAT Routes
package and Golden Wings from “The Old Hangar” For FS2000 try using the FS2002
Scenery, and search flightsim.com for an FS2000 Tri-Motor. One is available but not in the TAT skin. If your Ford Tri-Motor has a panel.cfg with a
date earlier than 11/2/2002 6:16PM then download the panel update. Source
Del Hopkins FS98 download file The
Transcontinental Air Transport company was formed to provide a new service
for travelers. They created a special
route, using both airplanes and trains, that went coast-to-coast from The
management worked out plans for the route, and hired Charles Lindbergh to
survey the possible routes and oversee construction of necessary airports. The final route consisted of eleven
airports, most of which were existing at the time. Passengers left The
management of TAT worried about the possibility of a late arrival of a plane coming
into Waynoka. In order to keep the
passengers from missing the train, they provided a contingency plan. Between The As the
flights were expensive, TAT gave the passengers many amenities for their
comfort. Every airport where TAT
stopped had an Aerocar to take arriving passengers into town if there flight
terminated there. During the flights,
Harvey House hot lunches, as well as snacks, were provided for
passengers. The meals were packed in
specially-made Thermos boxes to stay warm during the flights. A steward was
aboard every flight to cater to passengers with snacks, pillows, blankets and
cotton to place in their ears to dampen the noise of the early
airliners. At each airport the
terminal had an adjustable, covered walkway that led from the airplane to the
TAT terminal door, and the Aerocar picked them up at the door to take them to
the railroad station or to their destination. TAT bought
eleven Ford Trimotors to make up their fleet.
Each plane was named for one of the cities where TAT stopped. The wicker seats on the Fords were all
upholstered for more comfort and had an added headrest for nappers. The inaugural flight, from both directions,
were preceded with announcements and praise from civic leaders and TAT
officials to huge crowds. Food and
drink was provided for all. The planes
were on display, as well as the walkways and Aerocars. This system of travel was brand new, and
excited the public. Most of the
passengers were business men who depended upon the speediest travel they could
find. At the time, TAT was the first
company to provide coast-to-coast travel that improved the time it took to
cross the nation by train. It cut
nearly 24 hours off of the fastest time for trains, which took three days to
make the trip. In October
of 1929, the great stock market crash caused TAT's business to begin tapering
off until by the summer of 1930, they declared bankruptcy. A consortium of business men bought the
assets of Transcontinental Air Transport, and Trans Western Airways and
formed Transcontinental and Western Airways, later to be renamed to Trans
World Airlines by owner Howard Hughes.
Although TAT did not last long, it did make airline history by
becoming the first transcontinental airline and providing as much comfort as
possible for passengers, unheard of in those times. Throughout its short lifespan, TAT had only
one major accident. In September of
1929, one of their Fords, lost in a fog, flew into the side of Source Del Hopkin’s FS98
Download The TAT route was flown using, what is
called today, VFR. Railroads, roads
and other familiar landmarks were followed from airport to airport. All TAT airports had radio stations,
broadcasting on the frequencies of the times.
Unfortunately, the radios in the planes were highly undependable at
this time. You can replicate this radio
navigation by using an ADF radio. The
radio frequencies used coincided with NDB frequencies. We suggest you use these aids until you get
to know the routes; no use in getting lost.
The radios will not reach all the way along the routes, so we've included
some bearings to keep you close to the route until you pick up the
radios. These bearings are for flying
east to west. If you want to fly west
to east, just subtract 180 degrees from the bearings. In the western half of the route,
there are some very tall mountains.
You don't have oxygen and the planes are not pressurized, so you will
have to thread your way between peaks, just as the original pilots did. For authenticity, stay below 10,000 feet
above sea level. That's the top for no
oxygen. If you look on a roadmap of the state you are flying through and, in
the legend, read the altitude of the highest point in the state, it won't
match the altitudes of the mountains in Flight Simulator. The simulator, in some states, has much
higher mountains than can actually be found there. This especially applies in the west. They
cheated you, so if you have to get higher its ok. True bearings are much better than
magnetic, but with the deviation varying as you travel across the country,
you have to recalculate all the time in order to use your compass. The mag bearings we have included have been
tested to keep you on course, at least until you pick up the radio frequency. Waynoka to Source 1929 Consolidated Air
Timetables
From
Eastbound flight numbers are even. KUMP-KCMH is TAT-2 Eastbound flights subtract 180 from Heading and tune in
NDB from next line up. i.e. West of |
