Airplane passenger service has number of important factors in its favor; railroads losing passenger traffic; comparison of distances, fares, schedules, equipment costs, power plants, dead weight to pay load, work done per horsepower-hour, total work done, weight, distance, time, and crew personnel; steam-rail line distance is from 27 per cent to 42 per cent greater, and extra-fare train takes twice as long to make trip.
Air and rail traffic comparisons
Airway Age
Airway Age ; 9 , n 12
1928
2 pages
1 Fig.
Article (Journal)
English
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