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HAVE YOU FLOWN IN A FORD LATELY?

HAVE YOU FLOWN IN A FORD LATELY?. Sound on, click advance. MUSIC: Eric Robertson – Baby James. a Jerry C Smith production 2012. On May 19, 2012, I was once again privileged t o ride in a vintage Ford Tri-Motor , Model 4-AT-E.

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HAVE YOU FLOWN IN A FORD LATELY?

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  1. HAVE YOU FLOWN IN A FORD LATELY? Sound on, click advance MUSIC: Eric Robertson – Baby James a Jerry C Smith production 2012

  2. On May 19, 2012, I was once again privileged to ride in a vintage Ford Tri-Motor , Model 4-AT-E. Yep; Ford, like the car. Ford built these aircraft for early airline use. Ford NC8407 now belongs to the Experimental Aircraft Association . She was barnstorming at Shelby County Airport (KEET), transporting dozens of local folks way back into aviation history. Built in 1929, this machine has enjoyed a colorful career

  3. There were only 199 Ford Tri-Motors built; 18 are still flying today. They cost about $42,000 to build; equivalent to today’s $529,000. By contrast, the Ford Model A’s parked under her wing sold for about $500 ($6300 today). Based upon similar designs by Germany’s Fokker and Junkers companies, Ford’s Tri-Motor kick-started America’s airline industry.

  4. Yep; those are Ford auto steering wheels

  5. Talk about control pressure!

  6. NC8407 originally came with three Pratt & Whitney Whirlwind engines, @ 300hp each, but now has P&W Wasp @450hp. Fuel burn averages 15-20 gallons per hour, per engine , which yields about 1.5mpg at an average cruise of 85-90mph. Not bad, though, considering a total of 1350hp, with 9-13 passengers and two crew aboard a 83 year old airliner.

  7. Our pilot, EAA volunteer Rand Siegfried

  8. Our senior passenger, Mr. Mize of Odenville, AL. At age 96, he was a teenager when this plane was built.

  9. “Okay, folks; time to board”

  10. Something old, something new….

  11. Running up the engines

  12. “You folks all ready to fly?”

  13. “Shelby County, Ford 407 on one six main for takeoff”

  14. She lifts off so gently you don’t notice…

  15. North at US31 ,Pelham,AL I-65 at far right

  16. One of many limestone quarries in Shelby County

  17. Low & slow….note plane shadow

  18. One of the world’s most beautiful sounds

  19. Tank farm, Pelham, I-65…tanks were once flattened by a tornado

  20. Each passenger has a picture window seat

  21. Upwind approach to 16 pattern

  22. Midfield crossover into pattern

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