111 results found
Registration / Serial:NC7583
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-37
City / Airport:Quincy - Monroe (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:15 April 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:591832Submit Correction
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Operated by Ford offering joy flights to Ford car buyers. NC7583 was sold to the US government and taken to Costa Rica in connection with work on the Trans-American Highway. Joined the Costa Rican register as TI-64. Photo from: Quincy Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC7583
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-37
City / Airport:Quincy - Monroe (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:15 April 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC7583
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-37
City / Airport:Quincy - Monroe (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:15 April 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:591832Submit Correction
View count: 172
Operated by Ford offering joy flights to Ford car buyers. NC7583 was sold to the US government and taken to Costa Rica in connection with work on the Trans-American Highway. Joined the Costa Rican register as TI-64. Photo from: Quincy Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC7583
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-37
City / Airport:Quincy - Monroe (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:15 April 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC3114
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-7
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:591651Submit Correction
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After its license expired in September 1930, NC3114 plane was put on display in the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City. It was later broken up for parts. Photo from: Denver City Library Special Collection
Registration / Serial:NC3114
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-7
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC3114
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-7
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:591651Submit Correction
View count: 126
After its license expired in September 1930, NC3114 plane was put on display in the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City. It was later broken up for parts. Photo from: Denver City Library Special Collection
Registration / Serial:NC3114
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-7
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:EC-RRA
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-F Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-71
Location:Not known
Country:Spain
Photo Date:December 1931 to March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:587983Submit Correction
View count: 184
The sole Ford 4-AT-F, ex NC9656. Arrived in Spain in 1931 to fly for CLASSA and LAPE. By the end of the Spanish Civil War it was in Nationalist military service coded 42-8. To EC-BAB. Withdrawn from use in 1944. Photo from: Iberia
Registration / Serial:EC-RRA
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-F Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-71
Location:Not known
Country:Spain
Photo Date:December 1931 to March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:EC-RRA
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-F Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-71
Location:Not known
Country:Spain
Photo Date:December 1931 to March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:587983Submit Correction
View count: 184
The sole Ford 4-AT-F, ex NC9656. Arrived in Spain in 1931 to fly for CLASSA and LAPE. By the end of the Spanish Civil War it was in Nationalist military service coded 42-8. To EC-BAB. Withdrawn from use in 1944. Photo from: Iberia
Registration / Serial:EC-RRA
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-F Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-71
Location:Not known
Country:Spain
Photo Date:December 1931 to March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC422H
Fleet number:96
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-096
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:4 December 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:581467Submit Correction
View count: 179
NC422H was a weather diversion after fog prevented it landing at Newark. NC422H was lost in a hangar fire at Sioux City, Iowa, on January 20, 1937. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC422H
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-096
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:4 December 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC422H
Fleet number:96
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-096
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:4 December 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:581467Submit Correction
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NC422H was a weather diversion after fog prevented it landing at Newark. NC422H was lost in a hangar fire at Sioux City, Iowa, on January 20, 1937. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC422H
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-096
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:4 December 1932
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N76GC
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Operator Titles:Scenic Airlines
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Harry Reid International (KLAS / LAS)Map
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1975 to 1981
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Photo ID:572882Submit Correction
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Built in 1928. Unfortunately this aircraft was lost on 10 August 1981 on the Las Vegas flightline when it was damaged beyond repair due to heavy winds.
Registration / Serial:N76GC
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Operator Titles:Scenic Airlines
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Harry Reid International (KLAS / LAS)Map
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1975 to 1981
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N76GC
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Operator Titles:Scenic Airlines
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Harry Reid International (KLAS / LAS)Map
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1975 to 1981
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Photo ID:572882Submit Correction
View count: 188
Built in 1928. Unfortunately this aircraft was lost on 10 August 1981 on the Las Vegas flightline when it was damaged beyond repair due to heavy winds.
Registration / Serial:N76GC
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Operator Titles:Scenic Airlines
City / Airport:Las Vegas - Harry Reid International (KLAS / LAS)Map
Region / Country:Nevada, United States
Photo Date:1975 to 1981
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NC-436H
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-103
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:July 1931 to July 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571127Submit Correction
View count: 146
Taken at Chicago Municipal Airport for a flight to Kansas City. Registered to United Airlines/National Air Transport on 3 June 1931. Replaced by the Boeing 247 it was sold to TACA, Honduras on 15 July 1935. Re-registered to TACA Nicaragua as AN-AAK24 January 1942. Sold to an unknown owner in Mexico in January 1946 as XA-FON. The aircraft was later operated by Servicios Aereos de Chiapas and was written off after a double engine failure resulted in a non-fatal crash on a flight from Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport with four POB for Minatitlan/Coatzacoalco Airport, Mexico. (United Airlines Photo)
Registration / Serial:NC-436H
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-103
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:July 1931 to July 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NC-436H
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-103
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:July 1931 to July 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571127Submit Correction
View count: 146
Taken at Chicago Municipal Airport for a flight to Kansas City. Registered to United Airlines/National Air Transport on 3 June 1931. Replaced by the Boeing 247 it was sold to TACA, Honduras on 15 July 1935. Re-registered to TACA Nicaragua as AN-AAK24 January 1942. Sold to an unknown owner in Mexico in January 1946 as XA-FON. The aircraft was later operated by Servicios Aereos de Chiapas and was written off after a double engine failure resulted in a non-fatal crash on a flight from Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport with four POB for Minatitlan/Coatzacoalco Airport, Mexico. (United Airlines Photo)
Registration / Serial:NC-436H
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-103
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:July 1931 to July 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:29 June 1929 to 31 December 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571014Submit Correction
View count: 120
To Northwest Airways in 1929. In 1935 to Alaska. Then it joined Monroe Airlines, Michigan. In June 1951 it was purchased by Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with new c/r N8419 to be used by the United States Fire Services but for a short while it was used in a film "Red Skies of Montana". It was also leased back to Northwest Airlines for a commemorative flight in 1956. On 4 August 1959 the aircraft crashed at Grangeville, Idaho killing three people. The aircraft was substantially destroyed but rebuilt from the remains and other Tri-motor components. Registration cancelled 14 February 2018.
Registration / Serial:N8419
Alternate Registration:NC8419
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-58
Operator Titles:Northwest Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:29 June 1929 to 31 December 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:29 June 1929 to 31 December 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571014Submit Correction
View count: 120
To Northwest Airways in 1929. In 1935 to Alaska. Then it joined Monroe Airlines, Michigan. In June 1951 it was purchased by Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with new c/r N8419 to be used by the United States Fire Services but for a short while it was used in a film "Red Skies of Montana". It was also leased back to Northwest Airlines for a commemorative flight in 1956. On 4 August 1959 the aircraft crashed at Grangeville, Idaho killing three people. The aircraft was substantially destroyed but rebuilt from the remains and other Tri-motor components. Registration cancelled 14 February 2018.
Registration / Serial:N8419
Alternate Registration:NC8419
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-58
Operator Titles:Northwest Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:29 June 1929 to 31 December 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Stout Bushmaster 2000
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:St. Louis Air Tours
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1996
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Photo ID:570991Submit Correction
View count: 151
the year before still with Denali Wings Air Tours. Crashed 25 September 2004 near Fullerton Municipal Airport while taking off during the Fullerton Airport Appreciation Day - gust lock still attached.. - photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:St. Louis Air Tours
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1996
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Stout Bushmaster 2000
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:St. Louis Air Tours
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1996
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Photo ID:570991Submit Correction
View count: 151
the year before still with Denali Wings Air Tours. Crashed 25 September 2004 near Fullerton Municipal Airport while taking off during the Fullerton Airport Appreciation Day - gust lock still attached.. - photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:St. Louis Air Tours
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1996
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Stout Bushmaster 2000
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:TAT - Tri-Motor Air Tours
City / Airport:Phoenix - Mesa Gateway (KIWA / AZA / IWA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Event:Copperstate Fly In 2000
Photo Date:14 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:566384Submit Correction
View count: 1189
Sadly this aircraft was destroyed, and the 2 crew injured, at Fullerton Municipal Airport, CA., on 25th September 2004 when it crashed shortly after taking off with the rudder and elevator gust locks still fitted.
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:TAT - Tri-Motor Air Tours
City / Airport:Phoenix - Mesa Gateway (KIWA / AZA / IWA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:14 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Stout Bushmaster 2000
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:TAT - Tri-Motor Air Tours
City / Airport:Phoenix - Mesa Gateway (KIWA / AZA / IWA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Event:Copperstate Fly In 2000
Photo Date:14 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:566384Submit Correction
View count: 1189
Sadly this aircraft was destroyed, and the 2 crew injured, at Fullerton Municipal Airport, CA., on 25th September 2004 when it crashed shortly after taking off with the rudder and elevator gust locks still fitted.
Registration / Serial:N750RW
Aircraft Version:Stout Bushmaster 2000
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:TAT - Tri-Motor Air Tours
City / Airport:Phoenix - Mesa Gateway (KIWA / AZA / IWA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:14 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N9645
Alternate Registration:NC9645
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-8
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Reno
City / Airport:San Francisco - Crissy Field (CSY) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1970
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:563967Submit Correction
View count: 554
This is Bill Harrah's beautiful Ford, just out of the shop after a 5-year rebuild. The Golden Gate Bridge and typical San Francisco fog are in the background.
Registration / Serial:N9645
Alternate Registration:NC9645
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-8
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:San Francisco - Crissy Field (CSY) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1970
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Registration / Serial:N9645
Alternate Registration:NC9645
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-8
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Reno
City / Airport:San Francisco - Crissy Field (CSY) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1970
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:563967Submit Correction
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This is Bill Harrah's beautiful Ford, just out of the shop after a 5-year rebuild. The Golden Gate Bridge and typical San Francisco fog are in the background.
Registration / Serial:N9645
Alternate Registration:NC9645
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-8
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:San Francisco - Crissy Field (CSY) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1970
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Registration / Serial:N9637
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Display Paint:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Airport:Santee - Cooper Regional (MNI)
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:3 May 1969
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563850Submit Correction
View count: 201
Here is a beautiful photo by James Sullivan of N9637, when it was owned by Dolph Overton.
Registration / Serial:N9637
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Display Paint:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Airport:Santee - Cooper Regional (MNI)
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:3 May 1969
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:N9637
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Display Paint:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Airport:Santee - Cooper Regional (MNI)
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:3 May 1969
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563850Submit Correction
View count: 201
Here is a beautiful photo by James Sullivan of N9637, when it was owned by Dolph Overton.
Registration / Serial:N9637
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-11
Display Paint:Pan American Airways System - PAA
City / Airport:Santee - Cooper Regional (MNI)
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:3 May 1969
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NC7117
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-31
Operator Titles:Blue Bird Air Transport
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563831Submit Correction
View count: 152
This was built as a 4-AT-B in 1928 but modified in February 1930 by Maddox to 4-AT-E standards with J-6 engines. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC7117
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-31
Operator Titles:Blue Bird Air Transport
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NC7117
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-31
Operator Titles:Blue Bird Air Transport
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563831Submit Correction
View count: 152
This was built as a 4-AT-B in 1928 but modified in February 1930 by Maddox to 4-AT-E standards with J-6 engines. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC7117
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-31
Operator Titles:Blue Bird Air Transport
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NC9639
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-17
Operator Titles:Pan American-Grace Airways - Panagra
Aircraft Name:San Fernando
City / Airport:Lima - Callao / Jorge Chávez International (SPJC / LIM)Map
Country:Peru
Photo Date:January 1932 to June 1936
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563798Submit Correction
View count: 194
For their operations in South America, Panagra installed cargo hatches in the top rear fuselage of several of their Trimotors. This photo shows how they were used. I am not sure where this photo originated. I got the print from Steve Hudek's collection. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC9639
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-17
Operator Titles:Pan American-Grace Airways - Panagra
City / Airport:Lima - Callao / Jorge Chávez International (SPJC / LIM)Map
Country:Peru
Photo Date:January 1932 to June 1936
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NC9639
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-17
Operator Titles:Pan American-Grace Airways - Panagra
Aircraft Name:San Fernando
City / Airport:Lima - Callao / Jorge Chávez International (SPJC / LIM)Map
Country:Peru
Photo Date:January 1932 to June 1936
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563798Submit Correction
View count: 194
For their operations in South America, Panagra installed cargo hatches in the top rear fuselage of several of their Trimotors. This photo shows how they were used. I am not sure where this photo originated. I got the print from Steve Hudek's collection. Photographer unknown.
Registration / Serial:NC9639
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-17
Operator Titles:Pan American-Grace Airways - Panagra
City / Airport:Lima - Callao / Jorge Chávez International (SPJC / LIM)Map
Country:Peru
Photo Date:January 1932 to June 1936
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NC3115
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-8
Operator Titles:Royal Typewriter Company
Aircraft Name:Royal Air Truck
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:549938Submit Correction
View count: 269
The Royal Typewriter Company of Hartford, Connecticut, bought this early Tri-Motor to deliver its typewriters to distributors. The intention allegedly was to drop them by parachute! Wikipedia even claims that 11,000 typewriters were airdropped but we don't believe it. The aircraft was sold to Stout Air Services within a few months. William Stout is the unmistakable fellow on the right. The others are Edsel Ford on the left and, a bit off topic, Richard Byrd. Photo from: The Henry Ford
Registration / Serial:NC3115
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-8
Operator Titles:Royal Typewriter Company
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC3115
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-8
Operator Titles:Royal Typewriter Company
Aircraft Name:Royal Air Truck
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:549938Submit Correction
View count: 269
The Royal Typewriter Company of Hartford, Connecticut, bought this early Tri-Motor to deliver its typewriters to distributors. The intention allegedly was to drop them by parachute! Wikipedia even claims that 11,000 typewriters were airdropped but we don't believe it. The aircraft was sold to Stout Air Services within a few months. William Stout is the unmistakable fellow on the right. The others are Edsel Ford on the left and, a bit off topic, Richard Byrd. Photo from: The Henry Ford
Registration / Serial:NC3115
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-A Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-8
Operator Titles:Royal Typewriter Company
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:1 August 1927
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:M-CKKA
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-68
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 20 May 1930
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:549247Submit Correction
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Operated by CLASSA, this Tri-Motor carried out the first air service from Spain to the Canary Islands on 20 May 1930, flying from Madrid to Los Rodeos on Tenerife via Casablanca. The aircraft was imported through Ford's European agent in the UK. On the left is almost certainly G-ABEF (c/n 4-AT-61). The location may well be Hooton, on the Mersey, where G-ABEF was assembled, although this was supposedly later in 1930. M-CCKA to EC-KKA in 1931. To G-ACAK, then to VH-USX for use in New Guinea, see other photo, and destroyed there by Japanese attack in January 1942.
Registration / Serial:M-CKKA
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-68
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 20 May 1930
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:M-CKKA
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-68
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 20 May 1930
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:549247Submit Correction
View count: 139
Operated by CLASSA, this Tri-Motor carried out the first air service from Spain to the Canary Islands on 20 May 1930, flying from Madrid to Los Rodeos on Tenerife via Casablanca. The aircraft was imported through Ford's European agent in the UK. On the left is almost certainly G-ABEF (c/n 4-AT-61). The location may well be Hooton, on the Mersey, where G-ABEF was assembled, although this was supposedly later in 1930. M-CCKA to EC-KKA in 1931. To G-ACAK, then to VH-USX for use in New Guinea, see other photo, and destroyed there by Japanese attack in January 1942.
Registration / Serial:M-CKKA
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-68
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1930 to 20 May 1930
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NC15551
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-101
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:13 August 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:517773Submit Correction
View count: 214
Mishap at Santa Monica. 1931 machine, formerly NS1 of the US Department of Commerce, bought by Pan American Airways to be delivered to CNAC in China. Photo from: Los Angeles Times / University of California, Los Angeles
Registration / Serial:NC15551
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-101
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:13 August 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC15551
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-101
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:13 August 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:517773Submit Correction
View count: 214
Mishap at Santa Monica. 1931 machine, formerly NS1 of the US Department of Commerce, bought by Pan American Airways to be delivered to CNAC in China. Photo from: Los Angeles Times / University of California, Los Angeles
Registration / Serial:NC15551
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-101
City / Airport:Santa Monica - Municipal (KSMO / SMO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:13 August 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow 1990
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:489012Submit Correction
View count: 135
Currently part of Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow 1990
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:489012Submit Correction
View count: 135
Currently part of Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow 1990
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:488997Submit Correction
View count: 184
Currently part of the Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow 1990
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:488997Submit Correction
View count: 184
Currently part of the Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Watsonville - Municipal (KWVI / WVI)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:26 May 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Area:Morgan Hill / Flying Lady Museum [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:488921Submit Correction
View count: 179
Currently part of the Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Area:Morgan Hill / Flying Lady Museum [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Philadelphia
City / Area:Morgan Hill / Flying Lady Museum [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:488921Submit Correction
View count: 179
Currently part of the Fantasy of Flight collection.
Registration / Serial:N9651
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-34
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Area:Morgan Hill / Flying Lady Museum [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1990
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N9612
Alternate Registration:NC9612
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-55
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Richmond
City / Airport:Richmond - International (KRIC / RIC)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:Virginia Aviation Museum
Photo Date:18 April 2006
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:486142Submit Correction
View count: 172
On display at Richmond from 1 November 2005 until January 2009. It has been based at Mid America Flight Museum, Mount Pleasant, Texas, since 28 May 2014.
Registration / Serial:N9612
Alternate Registration:NC9612
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-55
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Richmond - International (KRIC / RIC)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:18 April 2006
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:N9612
Alternate Registration:NC9612
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-55
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:City of Richmond
City / Airport:Richmond - International (KRIC / RIC)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Collection:Virginia Aviation Museum
Photo Date:18 April 2006
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:486142Submit Correction
View count: 172
On display at Richmond from 1 November 2005 until January 2009. It has been based at Mid America Flight Museum, Mount Pleasant, Texas, since 28 May 2014.
Registration / Serial:N9612
Alternate Registration:NC9612
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-55
Display Paint:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Richmond - International (KRIC / RIC)Map
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Photo Date:18 April 2006
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact