these transports of the mid and late 1930s can be credited with increasing the
The introduction of
these transports of the mid and late 1930s can be credited with increasing the
number of air passengers from 474,000 in 1932 to 1,102,000 in 1937 and to
1,176,858 passengers in 1938 (U.S. Department of Commerce statistics). Other
statistics state that the number of passenger miles traveled in the United States
increased 600 percent from 1936 to 1941, a growth that was very largely due to
the DC-3. But even as late as 1939, flying travelers made up just 7.6 percent
of the long-distance train market. It would take several years more before the
number of passengers traveling by air surpassed the train.