Transcontinental Air Transport  Keystone K-78D Patrician  NC10N     (c/n 206)

                                 

                                        This elegant airliner, when built in 1928, was the largest and faster tri-motor commercial
                                        transport of the day.   18-20 passengers were accommodated and it was built for coast
                                        to coast service.  Unfortunately it was a victim of the Great Depression of 1929 and only
                                        three were eventually built.  TAT had ordered ten of them, but, as indicated, the curtailing
                                        of service due to the economic times resulted in the order being cancelled, although
                                        NC10N did operate several revenue passenger flights.   Despite Keystone's reducing
                                        the price from $90,000 to $65,000 there were no buyers and NC10N was sent back
                                        to the manufacturer.  Fate unknown.  .
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