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Old 10-10-2012, 09:58 AM   #14
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Default Re: 1929 Ford Tri-Motor

My friend Cody Welch also flies the Tri-Motor for the EAA. This year Cody was giving rides out of the Oakland County International Airport, formerly the Pontiac Municipal Airport - "PTK" in Michigan during the "Air Fair" (open house and air show). PTK was the first aerodrome in the nation to receive airport certification from the Civil Aeronautics Bureau in 1928. So, the open house committee and I thought it appropriate to park a 1928 Ford next to the Tri-Motor during the show to give the thousands of visitors the appropriate feel of the era.

The early Model A Roadster was the only car on display during the Air Fair and it received a good going-over by the assembled masses. The fingerprints and dried ice cream washed right off. I loved hearing the stories of the old-timers who owned "A"s back in the day.

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