Aircraft Photo of NC8485 | Ford 7-AT-A Tri-Motor | Ford

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC8485
Other Marks:	6
Aircraft Original Type:	Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:	Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:	Ford 7-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):	7-AT-1
Operator Titles:	Ford

Location
City / Airport:	Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:	Michigan, United States
Airport Codes:	None
Event:	Ford National Reliability Air Tour 1930

Photo Date:	27 September 1930
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	369221

Photo Comment
Finish of the 1930 Ford Reliability Tour at Ford's own airport near Detroit. NC8485 / 6, piloted by Harry Russell, took first place. It appears that this plane was at this point the sole 7-AT, with one 420-hp P&W Wasp and two 300-hp Wright J-6 engines. NC401H / 5, a 5-AT-C, took fourth place. Note, centre right inside the hangar, the Fokker F.VIIa/3m Josephine Ford, which Richard Byrd flew over or near the North Pole in 1926. This historic aircraft was the very first Fokker trimotor, demonstrated by Tony Fokker in the 1925 Reliability Tour. It is preserved near here in the Henry Ford Museum. Photo from: Wayne State University This photo was added on 18 June 2021, and has since been viewed 421 times.

Photo Comment

Finish of the 1930 Ford Reliability Tour at Ford's own airport near Detroit. NC8485 / 6, piloted by Harry Russell, took first place. It appears that this plane was at this point the sole 7-AT, with one 420-hp P&W Wasp and two 300-hp Wright J-6 engines. NC401H / 5, a 5-AT-C, took fourth place. Note, centre right inside the hangar, the Fokker F.VIIa/3m Josephine Ford, which Richard Byrd flew over or near the North Pole in 1926. This historic aircraft was the very first Fokker trimotor, demonstrated by Tony Fokker in the 1925 Reliability Tour. It is preserved near here in the Henry Ford Museum. Photo from: Wayne State University

This photo was added on 18 June 2021, and has since been viewed 421 times.

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