1929 Ford Tri-Motor

[Ryan]

1929 Ford Tri-Motor Plane Comes to Porter County from Jon L. Hendricks on Vimeo.

Check it out... It's the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor in a motio... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Ford Barn, click here.

[Chris Haynes]

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[William Kelchner]

Neat old bird

[Tom Wesenberg]

If you get a chance to fly in it, it's worth the price for a once in a lifetime experience.

[caserider]

+1 There is usually at least one of these flying every year at Oshkosh, WI during the EAA fly-in. Even if you don't take a ride (last year was ~$80/15 min. ride) it's neat watching them take off and land.

[modela@aol.com]

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

If you get a chance to fly in it, it's worth the price for a once in a lifetime experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GAa...6&feature=plcp

I second that.....
Here is the start of the flight on this Youtube video from Rock-Ford A's Club.

[Seth Swoboda]

My dad and I flew on it a couple of years ago. Well worth the price of admission. Go check this plane out.

[52merc]

it wont let me veiw it!

[jimTN]

It was here in Knoxville, Tn a couple of years ago, developed a knock and left a day early. Sure wanted to ride.

[Lawrie]

Those old planes are from a different era,
when in the USA in August we went for a rid in a Boeing B17 from willow run airfeild,
A special treat ,there was on board a WW11 B17 pilot.
Lawrie

[Ghost of elmirage]

Now THAT is cool thanx Ryan

[paul2748]

it wont let me view it either.!

[palmaceae]

I flew in the right seat of the 29 trimotor in Oshkosh several years ago, fantastic experience!

[Hyperion]

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.

Active link for video HERE

[rust]

awsome

[Capn John]

There's some overlap in the following;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GAa...EF_hID7x5_RsDQ
http://youtu.be/kZf-g4CamEQ
http://youtu.be/vd9qHnNteoQ
http://youtu.be/l6LSntA5StU
http://youtu.be/3a8G87qnZz4

[160B]

that was great!!!

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

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.

Active link for video HERE

Hyperion,
That's a great statement, "The fingerprints & dried ice cream washed right off!"
Sunday School taught us to "share what we have!"
We shouldn't be OLD GRUMPS! Be a Model A Ambassador! A car that's too precious to be touched should be left at home in a GLASS case! Bill W.

[V4F]

any pix of the 3 motor using model a motors ? great films !!

[marty in Ohio]

Back in the '60's they flew tri-motors to the islands in western Lake Erie. My wife and I, before we were married, went to Put-in-Bay and took along her 15 year old brother. It was the first time he had ever flown. We came back on the last flight of the day and found that the plane was over booked. They told me that if I could wait they would send over a Cessna to fly me back, or if someone was willing to sit in the co-pilot seat we could all go together. Well, brother rode up front. What an experience!! He said he couldn't hear the pilot during the flight as he left the windows in the cockpit open. This was so the pilot could see the gauges on the outboard engines. On this plane the outside skin was the same as the inside skin. The seats were long benches along the sides.
Island Airlines, known as the shortest airline in the world, had several tri-motors and used many of them for spare parts. They no longer use them and I don't know if any still exist.
Bygone days are sometimes the best.