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Old 01-25-2019, 10:53 AM   #13
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Default Re: Ford Tri-Motor

A lot of folks don't realize how influential both Henry and Edsel Ford were in the rise of the Airline industry. After buying the Stout Airplane Company to get a foothold in the industry, the subsidiary developed a series of increasingly capable aircraft culminating in the Trimotor. Ford recorded a number of firsts at Ford Airport in Dearborn - first airport beacon, first paved runway, first commercial mooring mast for airships, first passenger terminal, first airport hotel (the Dearborn Inn).

Unfortunately, a Ju-52 Tante Ju trimotor was lost last summer in an accident. Operated by Ju-Air, the plane crashed near Piz Segnas, Switzerland, while en route from Locarno to Dübendorf.
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