Trans-Atlantic

Trans-Atlantic was manufactured by the Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation of Chicago in February 1936. It is a single-player electro-mechanical machine themed around transatlantic air travel.

Its standout feature is a 'Take-Off' hole at the top of the playfield that routes the ball to a left-side ball-advance habitrail; balls landing in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Leg holes advance the ball further along the habitrail. A light animation on the backglass illustrates the progress of an airplane's flight as the player's score increases, giving the game a visual sense of a journey unfolding leg by leg.

Little documentation survives about Trans-Atlantic's designer or original marketing, but its flight-themed habitrail mechanism and animated backglass make it a notable example of mid-1930s Rock-Ola pinball design during the Great Depression era.