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Description:On March 1, 1925, Ryan Airlines Incorporated, founded by Tubal Claude Ryan and Frank Mahoney, started the first year-round, regular passenger service in the U.S.A. and they operated it as the Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line. The company modified three Standard Aero Corporation J-1 Trainers to carry four passengers as well as a Davis-Douglas Cloudster, which was modified to carry as many as ten passengers. Although successful, it ceased operations in 1927 when Ryan Airlines decided to begin building airplanes. Their first unique design, the M-1, was popular among airmail pilots and its reliability attracted the attention of a young man name Charles Lindbergh, who contacted the company and asked if they could build an airplane that could make a nonstop flight from New York to Paris. The company assured Lindbergh they could, and the result was the Spirit of St. Louis, and a flight that would propel Lindbergh into history. For more information about this company, visit the website of the San Diego Air & Space Museum - Ryan Aeronautical Collection.
This incredibly rare, original "Schedule of the Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line" is a double-sided advertising timetable card featuring a fantastic illustration of a Standard J-1 bi-plane on the front. It reads: "Travel By Air - Beautiful! Speedy! Safe! Restful! Educational! Economical! - Luxurious Four-Passenger Cabin Planes"
The rear of the card features the daily schedule of the air line with rates of $14.50 one way and $22.50 round trip. There were two flights daily; one departing LA at 9:30 AM and arriving San Diego at 10:30 AM and another departing San Diego at 4:00 PM and arriving LA at 5:30 PM.Terminals were located in Los Angeles at 99th and Western Ave. Phone Thornwall 7397 and also located at San Diego - Ryan Flying Field (adjoining Pt. Loma Golf Links) Phone Main 4688.
Size:Measures approximately 5.5" x 3.25"
Condition:No tears or stains. Minor corner bumping and minor creasing in top left corner. Age toning to paper.Please see photos for a more detailed visual description of the item.
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