From there the Tin Goose was sold to Boulder Dam Tours in February 1937, where it entered sightseeing air tour service. Ruckstill and entered the fleet at Grand Canyon Airlines. Here the aircraft helped in the development of TWA’s route system. In April 1931, ownership of the aircraft was transferred to Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA). It inaugurated westbound transcontinental commercial air service on July 7, 1929, with sister ship City of Columbus. It was sold to Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT, the logo that graces the aircraft’s fuselage today) in January 1929 where it became NC9645 and was named City of Wichita. 8, flew its first flight on December 1, 1928. Liberty Aviation Museum’s 1928 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-B, serial No.
