Ford Trimotor facts for kids

Ford Trimotor.

The Ford Trimotor is a family of civilian aircraft built in USA. It was used as airliner from 1926 to the beginning of the World War II. It has 3 motors. It was built in all-metal.

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Ford Trimotor interior
Corrugated wing of a 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Trimotor
Externally mounted control wires of a Ford Trimotor
Restored 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Trimotor "NC8407" owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and painted in the colors of Eastern Air Transport
On display in Washington, D.C.
The cockpit of NC-8407
Former Royal Australian Air Force (33 Squadron) Ford 5-AT-C A45-1 displayed at the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby.
Ford Trimotor passenger's view of one engine
TAT Ford 5-AT-B flown by Lindbergh
Ford 14 AT photo from L'Aerophile May 1932
A C-4A
C-4A replica
Ford RR-1 at Langley Virginia 1934
1927 4-AT-A, Serial No. 10, C-1077
Grand Canyon Airlines Ford Trimotor (note the deployed wing cargo pannier)
Ford Trimotor G-CYWZ of the Royal Canadian Air Force
Ford Trimotor at the Air Zoo