Finally flew in a Ford.

[38bill]

I know a lot of you have flown in a Ford Tri-motor before and today I got my chance. This beautiful 5-AT-B (serial number 8) was built in 1928. Had a great time.

 

[JSeery]

That is cool, I flew in my first bi-plane a couple of years ago.

 

[tubman]

I flew in one in Florida last winter. It was the best $75 bucks I have ever spent. Great experience. The guys running the airlines could take a few hints from these guys.

 

[Seth Swoboda]

That is cool, I flew in my first bi-plane a couple of years ago.[/QUOTE

The bi-plane is on my bucket list yet. The Tri-Motor I have done. I can't find a bi-plane operator in Southern Illinois or St. Louis, Mo.

 

[48fordnut]

Look up EAA chapter in your area.

 

[38bill]

I flew in one in Florida last winter. It was the best $75 bucks I have ever spent. Great experience. The guys running the airlines could take a few hints from these guys.

I agree, well worth the money.

Here are a couple of more photos. Check out the wood control wheels.

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Look up EAA chapter in your area.

48fordnut.......A little before your time, but your "BUFF" avatar reminds me of these guys playing-around in Galveston in '52. DD

 

[5851a]

That looks like a good time. The cabin looks 1st class compared to what I always had thought they would look.

 

[adileo]

One word - WOW!

 

[Pomeroy41144]

48fordnut.......A little before your time, but your "BUFF" avatar reminds me of these guys playing-around in Galveston in '52. DD

A low flying Lockheed Hudson collided with a 1935 Ford on that beach in February 1943;
several people were killed.

 

[leon bee]

Man, I want to do that. Years ago, one of those Fords lived in Ottawa, Kansas and they gave rides sometimes. We went down there to do it once, but something went wrong and I've always regretted it. Glad to know I might still be able to.

 

[TonyM]

Flew on the same airplane a few years ago. Here is my 1937 Ford Fordor De Luxe on the ramp with the Ford Trimotor at the Ford Motor Company Airplane Hangar at the old Ford Airport, Lansing, Illinois (now KIGQ).

 

[tubman]

The steering wheels, even though they look to be solid wood, seem to have the same overall shape as a banjo wheel!

 

[Veeder]

Very cool I had a ride in one when I was a kid at Bradley back in the late 60s

 

[Alaska Jim]

v8coopman, is that a B-36 over the beach? I was crew-chief B-52G- 70-74. I would like nothing better than to have an opportunity to ride in a Ford Tri-motor, but I doubt that they will make the flight to Alaska any time soon.

 

[TonyM]

A low flying Lockheed Hudson collided with a 1935 Ford on that beach in February 1943;
several people were killed.

That was a Lockheed/Vega B-34, which is more along the lines of the Ventura Bomber, that collided with the 1935 Ford Tudor on Galveston Beach. That was February 21, 1943. The five men in the bomber were killed and the father and his six children in the Ford were seriously injured. The Ford was hurled about 30 feet by the impact with the bomber, which collided with the grille, hood, windshield and roof of the Ford, tearing the roof off. A real tragedy.

 

[pooch]

I flew the tri motor quite a bit in FS 2004.

Am making a virtual reality console and gunna get it all out again soon.

 

[corvette8n]

Cool, did Ford build the radial engine?, or did Stout.

 

[Marv]

Cool, did Ford build the radial engine?, or did Stout.

Neither one. Some had Pratt Whitney and some had wright whirlwind that I know of.

 

[Jembow]

I got to fly co-pilot in the EAA Trimotor after the Ford Centennial in 2003 , took the stick for a half-circuit. Dream come true!