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U.S. TRANSCONTINENTAL TRIP TIME
NEW YORK - LOS ANGELES, SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE
1958 Boeing 707
1954 Douglas DC-7, First Nonstop
1952 Douglas DC-6
1946 Lockheed Constellation
Year 1940 Boeing 307
Douglas DC-2
1935
1934 Boeing 247
1933 Ford Tri-motor, Day and Night, 11 stops
1930 Ford Tri-motor, Overnight at KC, 11 stops
1930 Ford Tri-motor (Day) Rail (Night)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Total trip time (hours)
Fig. 7.1. Transcontinental travel time from 1930 to 1958.

600

Boeing 747-400

Passengers 400 Lockheed Constellation Boeing 747-200

Ford Tri-Motor Douglas DC-3
200 Boeing 707

Aerospatiale/British
Aerospace Concorde
0
1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
Year
Fig. 7.2. Increase in number of passengers carried.