Lindbergh Boom

During this period, dozens of companies were formed to create airlines, and aircraft for a new age in aviation.

Air racing, record attempts, and barnstorming remained popular, as aviators tried to recapture the prizes and publicity of Lindbergh's Transatlantic flight.

Within a year of his flight, a quarter of Americans (an estimated thirty million) personally saw Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis.

This included: [5] Companies were consolidating Lindbergh Boom start-ups at a rapid rate.

Some, like Curtiss-Wright, went on a buying spree before the market crash and struggled to maintain control afterward.