The soothing purr from a Ford Tri-motor flight over the EAA’s Sea Plane Base on Lake Winnebago.
Happy Sunday.
🛩️ #EAA #AirVenture #FordTrimotor #Aviation #AvGeek #AviationHistory #Flying #Flight #TheWonderofFlight
A vintage Ford Trimotor airplane soars through a clear blue sky, its distinctive three-engine design visible against the backdrop. The plane is flying just above the leafy green treetops in Kalamazoo, Michigan, capturing a moment of historic aviation framed by nature.
I saw the Ford Trimotor (flying from the AirZoo) as I walked through Bronson Park on Sunday. 😁
#photography #airplane #trimotor #fordtrimotor #kalamazoo #michigan #oops
In #SEPTEMBER 1928
‘First Time Up!’
Illustration from a Ford Motor Co. ad, the 12th of an aviation-oriented series, each entitled ‘First Time Up!’
*The American Boy* Sept. 1928
A major player in the emergence of commercial air travel was #HenryFord, whose #FordTrimotor, ➡️
#FordTrimotor. produced 1926-1933, was the first plane designed specifically for passenger service, and who embarked on a nationwide ‘Ford National Reliability Air Tour’ to win over an understandably skeptical public.
#FordMotorCompany #AirTravel #aviation #illustration
In #AUGUST 1931
Interior of Ford Trimotor passenger aircraft with “club” type cabin furnishings. August 1931.
#FordMotorCompany #FordTrimotor #passengerplane #aviation
#OTD in 1928
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‘First Time Up!’
Illustration from a Ford Motor Co. ad, the 12th of an aviation-oriented series of ads, each entitled ‘First Time Up!’
A major player in the emergence of commercial air travel was #HenryFord himself, whose #FordTrimotor, produced 1926-1933, ➡️
Yesterday we had a visit from the Liberty Aviation Museum from Port Clinton, Ohio and its Ford Tri-Motor.
It was a good day to fly and many did.
What a great piece of aviation history. #fordtrimotor #portclinton
‘First Time Up!’
Ford Motor Co. ad. *The American Boy* magazine, September 1928, the 12th of an aviation-oriented series of ads, each entitled ‘First Time Up!’. Ford’s Trimotor, produced 1926-1933, was the first plane designed for passenger service.
#FordTrimotor
Another key player was #HenryFord, whose #FordTrimotor - produced from 1926 to 1933 - was the first airplane designed specifically for passenger travel, and who embarked on a nationwide ‘Ford National Reliability Air Tour’ to win over an understandably skeptical public.
Visitors to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC pass by airplanes hanging from the ceiling. Among them are a Ford Tri-Motor and a Douglas DC-3.
Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. 2025
#airandspacemuseum #airplanes #dc #douglasdc3 #fordtrimotor #humans #humansofbluesky #museum #smithsonian #urbangaze #washingtondc #artyear #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #photography #travel #travelpics #wanderlust #weareroamers
Ford Trimotor (1926-1933)
#aviation #airplane #FordTrimotor
View from inside a vintage aircraft, showing part of the engine and propeller. The metallic structure of the engine and the motion blur of the spinning propeller blade is visible. Below, the houses, roads, and green spaces of the City of Oshkosh stretch out, with Lake Winnebago in the distance. The photo is taken through a window, and part of the green window frame is visible on the right side.
Flying along the Western Shore of Lake Winnebago in the EAA Ford Trimotor at AirVenture 2003. #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #Aircraft #Aviation #Oshkosh #AirVenture #Wisconsin #FordTrimotor
Revell Ford Trimotor 1/77
Bought and built early 2000s. Used snow skids. No paint Actually put some decals on this one. #scalemodeling #fordtrimotor #airplane
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Stout Air Ford Tri-motor, Detroit (Dearborn), 1928. Rare early amateur 16mm film footage. My collection. Available for licensing.
#memory #16mmfilm #film #aircraft #rare #vintagefilm #Fordtrimotor #Detroit #Ford #flying #homemovie
Nothing like a Sunday morning Ford Tri-Motor flyover #RobVenture #fordtrimotor #palmsprings #nonrevlife @ Palm Springs, California www.instagram.com/p/BttwZKwBkdD/