{"id":445,"date":"2011-03-19T00:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2023-11-28T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T00:58:58","slug":"americas-first-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s First Airline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In war surplus biplanes, aviation pioneers T. Claude Ryan and B. Franklin Mahoney made history on March 1, 1925. The launch of their Los Angeles&#8211;San Diego Air Line, would be America&#8217;s first regularly scheduled, daily airline service. <strong>This is the story of<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/FirstAirline2.pdf\">America&#8217;s First Airline.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_450\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450\" data-attachment-id=\"450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=450\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?fit=3000%2C2393\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2393\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"04-00179\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;T. Claude Ryan in the cockpit of his new airliner.  Courtesy San Diego Air &amp;#038; Space Museum.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?fit=1024%2C816\" class=\"size-large wp-image-450  \" title=\"04-00179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?resize=574%2C457\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?resize=1024%2C816 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?resize=300%2C239 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-00179.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">T. Claude Ryan in the cockpit of his new airliner. Courtesy San Diego Air &amp; Space Museum.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D445&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In war surplus biplanes, aviation pioneers T. Claude Ryan and B. Franklin Mahoney made history on March 1, 1925. The launch of their Los Angeles&#8211;San Diego Air Line, would be America&#8217;s first regularly scheduled, daily airline service. 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