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American three-engined transport aircraft
The Ford Trimotor (also called the "Tri-Motor", and nicknamed the "Tin Goose") is an American three-engined transport aircraft. It made its first flight
Ford_Trimotor
Aircraft powered by three piston engines
A trimotor is a propeller-driven aircraft powered by three internal combustion engines, characteristically one on the nose and one on each wing. A compromise
Trimotor
The Latham Trimotor was a large French trimotor biplane built just after World War I and used in small numbers by the French Navy. It had three engines
Latham_Trimotor
1924 Ford 4-AT Trimotor airliner Ford 5-AT Trimotor airliner Ford 6-AT Trimotor airliner Ford 7-AT Trimotor airliner Ford 8-AT Trimotor Freighter freighter
List_of_civil_aircraft
American Trimotor Aircraft
The Stout 3-AT trimotor was the first all-metal trimotor built in America. The poorly performing tri-motor led to an updated design which became the popular
Stout_3-AT
1935 aviation accident
Medellin plane crash of 1935 was an accident involving two Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor aircraft at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia on the afternoon
1935 Medellín Airport runway collision
1935_Medellín_Airport_runway_collision
American aircraft manufacturer
was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 1924 and later produced the Ford Trimotor. At the height of the Great Depression, Ford closed the aircraft design
Stout_Metal_Airplane
Transport aircraft family by Fokker
The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American
Fokker_F.VII
United States airline (1927–1991)
controlling stake in Mexicana de Aviación and took over Mexicana's Ford Trimotor route between Brownsville, Texas, and Mexico City, extending this service
Pan_Am
American three-engined transport aircraft
Ford Trimotor design. Work began in 1953 by testing a vintage Trimotor and in 1954 Bill Stout purchased the design rights to the original Trimotor. Due
Stout_Bushmaster_2000
American airliner
The Stinson Model A was a moderately successful airliner of the mid-1930s. It was one of the last commercial airliners designed in the United States with
Stinson_Model_A
German transport aircraft
a trimotor version; the single-engine version was to be the freighter while the trimotor was the passenger airliner. In the long run, the trimotor configuration
Junkers_Ju_52
Belgian financier (1877–1928)
Airport to fly to Brussels on his private aircraft, a Fokker F.VIIa/3m trimotor (G-EBYI), along with six other people. According to those on board, while
Alfred_Loewenstein
1920s American aircraft
the late 1920s by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America. It was a trimotor passenger aircraft, and it carried 12 passengers. This was four more than
Fokker_F-10
Fokker with the Fokker F.VII Trimotor, and the metal Ford Trimotor, the Bach Air Yacht was developed as a commercial trimotor transport. In 1928, Bach filed
Bach_Super_Transport
American businessman
competition in 1963, 1964 and 1976. As well as cars, Harrah owned a Ford Trimotor, early airliner. After Bill Harrah's death, Holiday Corp, then parent of
William_F._Harrah
1939 film by Howard Hawks
weather closes the mountain pass. Geoff decides to try to fly a new Ford Trimotor over the mountains instead. The Kid asks to go with him as co-pilot. Geoff
Only_Angels_Have_Wings
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Aéronautique in Paris in 1922. A high-wing trimotor biplane of mixed construction, the aeroplane was to be powered by three
Lublin_R-XVIII
Aircraft configuration utilizing two main fuselages
Yak-55 fuselages with a third, centrally mounted jet engine, it is the only trimotor cleared for unlimited aerobatics and performs at events in the USA. Dates
Twin-fuselage_aircraft
Dutch aviation pioneer (1890–1939)
was responsible for a variety of aircraft including the Fokker F.VII/3m trimotor, a successful interwar passenger aircraft. He died in New York City in
Anthony_Fokker
American astronaut (1930–2012)
airplane flight in Warren, Ohio, when he and his father took a ride in a Ford Trimotor (also known as the "Tin Goose"). Armstrong constructed and flew model aircraft
Neil_Armstrong
1940 film by Mitchell Leisen
Nicola and her English nurse had been sailing back to America. A Stinson A trimotor was featured in the film as a Spanish aircraft. Aerial coordinator Paul
Arise,_My_Love
American electric vehicle and clean energy company
models are offered: rear-wheel drive, dual-motor all-wheel drive, and trimotor all-wheel drive, with EPA range estimates of 320–340 miles (510–550 km)
Tesla,_Inc.
Historically significant small fixed-wing aircraft
The Southern Cross is a Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane that was flown by Australian aviators Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and
Southern_Cross_(aircraft)
1937 flying boat family by Blohm & Voss
The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon) was a trimotor flying boat designed and built by the German aircraft manufacturer Blohm & Voss. It served
Blohm_&_Voss_BV_138
Fictional character in novels by American writer Clive Cussler
classic and antique cars, as well as a Messerschmitt Me 262 aircraft, a Ford trimotor aircraft, a Pullman railroad dining car, and a totem pole. The hangar also
Dirk_Pitt
1931 aircraft crash in Kansas, US
significance. The Transcontinental and Western Air flight was a Fokker F.10 Trimotor en route from Kansas City to Los Angeles on March 31, 1931. On the first
1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash
1931_Transcontinental_&_Western_Air_Fokker_F-10_crash
American inventor, engineer, and designer
nickname "Bill", Stout designed an aircraft that eventually became the Ford Trimotor and was an executive at the Ford Motor Company. William Bushnell "Bill"
William_Bushnell_Stout
American test pilot (1902–1928)
"Brooksie". Brooks demonstrated the capabilities of the new monoplane Ford Trimotor to biplane maker William Boeing by handing him the controls and sitting
Harry_J._Brooks
American aerospace engineer
(1887–1983) was an American aircraft designer in charge of developing the Ford Trimotor. Towle was raised in Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Yale University in
Thomas_Towle
1927 Dutch twin-engined airliner
1920s. It was similar overall to the Fokker F.VII which was generally a trimotor, but with a larger body with no nose engine. The F.VIII seated twelve in
Fokker_F.VIII
Rotorcraft utility Flying boats and floatplanes STOL Supersonic Tiltrotors Trimotors Triplanes Unmanned VTOL By size Light aircraft very light jets Large aircraft
List of active military aircraft of the French Armed Forces
List_of_active_military_aircraft_of_the_French_Armed_Forces
American business magnate (1863–1947)
Metal Airplane Company. Ford's most successful aircraft was the Ford 4AT Trimotor, often called the "Tin Goose" because of its corrugated metal construction
Henry_Ford
List of aircraft operated by Northwest Airlines
1965 Douglas DC-7C 17 1957 1968 Douglas DC-8-32 5 1960 1964 Ford 5-AT TriMotor 5 1928 1935 Lockheed L-9 Orion 3 1931 1933 Lockheed L-10 Electra 15 1934
Northwest_Airlines_fleet
British aircraft manufacturer
569 – Avenger with RAF.30 section wings, not built Avro 573 – commercial trimotor biplane to spec. 26/24 for Imperial Airways Avro 577 – general purpose
Avro
Fictional depictions of aircraft
Wayne was depicted piloting a Ford Trimotor in several episodes of the 1932 serial film Hurricane Express. A Ford Trimotor appeared in Chapter 1 of Flash
Aircraft_in_fiction
Recurring air race
Indiana; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Indiana. The new Ford Trimotor had a prop failure that shook loose one landing gear and an engine on one
Ford National Reliability Air Tour
Ford_National_Reliability_Air_Tour
The America was a Fokker C-2 trimotor monoplane that was flown in 1927 by Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, George Otto Noville, and Bert Acosta on their
America_(aircraft)
Defunct American aircraft manufacturer
aircraft models, ranging from the four-seat Junior to the Stinson 6000 trimotor airliner. Eddie Stinson did not live to enjoy the success of his company
Stinson_Aircraft_Company
Prototype Ha 138/BV 138 Seedrache Flying boat Patrol 1937 Production Twin-boom trimotor Ha 139 Floatplane Transport 1936 Prototype Third prototype redesignated
List_of_Blohm_&_Voss_aircraft
Room from which a pilot controls an aircraft or spacecraft
1924 Fokker F.VII, the 1926 German Junkers W 34 transport, the 1926 Ford Trimotor, the 1927 Lockheed Vega, the Spirit of St. Louis and the passenger aircraft
Cockpit
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1890–1928)
Europe, on April 13, 1928. Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen flew a Ford Trimotor to pick up the three stranded Bremen Flyers. Bennett had developed pneumonia
Floyd_Bennett
Italian medium bomber
The CANT Z.1007 Alcione (Kingfisher) was a three-engined medium bomber designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer CANT. It was regarded
CANT_Z.1007_Alcione
Type of aircraft
The Wibault 280-T was a monoplane trimotor airliner designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Wibault. Designed to accommodate up to 12
Wibault_280
Air Sedan 2-AT Pullman 3-AT Batwing Batwing Limousine Dragonfly ST Ford 4-AT 5-AT 6-AT 7-AT 8-AT 9-AT 10-AT 11-AT 12-AT 13-AT 14-A 15-P Flivver Trimotor
Ford_Model_15-P
Three-engined single-aisle airliner family
via Flightglobal Archive. Alastair Pugh (December 30, 1960). "Boeing's Trimotor". Flight. Vol. 78, no. 2073. Retrieved April 1, 2015 – via Flightglobal
Boeing_727
Topics referred to by the same term
the form of a beast Cyberbeast, a variant of the Tesla Cybertruck pickup trimotor having Beast Mode Search for "cyberbeast" , "cyberbeasts", "cyber-beast"
Cyber_Beast
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List of aircraft manufacturers (D–G)
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Piston airliner
can be traced back to the 1931 crash of a TWA airliner, a Fokker F-10 trimotor in which a wing failed, likely because water had seeped between the layers
Douglas_DC-1
Plateau of East Antarctica
Plateau was first observed and photographed from the air in 1929 by a Ford Trimotor aeroplane carrying four men on the first flight to the South Pole and back
Antarctic_Plateau
American airline in South America (1928–1967)
commercial flight across the Andes Mountains. Pan American Grace's Ford Trimotor airliner departed Buenos Aires, Argentina, and headed toward Chile. The
Pan_American-Grace_Airways
Basketball. Tragedy struck the Toilers on March 31, 1933, when a Ford Trimotor carrying members of the team from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Winnipeg crashed
Winnipeg_Toilers
undiscovered until 1958. March 31 – A Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 Trimotor crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, after a wing broke off in flight, killing
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
Argentine singer, songwriter, actor and tango artist (1890–1935)
television program. Gardel died on 24 June 1935 in a crash between two Ford Trimotor transport aircraft at Olaya Herrera Airfield, Medellín, Colombia. Others
Carlos_Gardel
Family of light single engine aircraft
built a prototype PA-32-260 with IO-360 engines mounted on the wings. The trimotor aircraft was the proof-of-concept aircraft for the twin-engined, retractable-gear
Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six
Former German aerospace manufacturer
numerous was the BV 138 Seedrache (initiated as the Ha 138), a twin-boom trimotor, while the BV 222 Wiking was much larger. Largest of all was the BV 238
Hamburger_Flugzeugbau
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List_of_Irish_gliders
Aircraft operated by American Airlines
One crashed as Flight 157. Douglas DC-7 58 1953 1967 Unknown Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor NA 1929 NA Unknown C/N:39 tail number: NC9683 is on static display at the
American_Airlines_fleet
Italian three-engine passenger and transport aircraft, 1937
military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing, trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction with a retractable tailwheel
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale
Savoia-Marchetti_SM.75_Marsupiale
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List_of_Spanish_gliders
Airline of the United States
almost 60 aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. Of the hull losses, most were propeller-driven aircraft
American_Airlines
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List_of_Czechoslovak_gliders
1928–1930 American airline, predecessor of TWA
travelled overnight to Columbus, Ohio. There, passengers boarded a Ford Trimotor aircraft at what is now John Glenn Columbus International Airport, and
Transcontinental Air Transport
Transcontinental_Air_Transport
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List of commercial jet airliners
List_of_commercial_jet_airliners
almost 60 aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. Of the hull losses, most were propeller-driven aircraft
List of American Airlines accidents and incidents
List_of_American_Airlines_accidents_and_incidents
American businessman (1923–2023)
Duluth. When he was a child, his father took him on a flight in a Ford Trimotor and, on the ice of Lake Superior, the aircraft landed on skis. The experience
David_Oreck
Museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan
the Montgomery bus boycott. Igor Sikorsky's prototype helicopter. Fokker Trimotor airplane that flew the first flight over the North Pole. Bill Elliott's
The_Henry_Ford
1974 film
down many of the screen-used props, including authentic, full-sized Ford Trimotor wicker passenger seats (matching the film's Tri-Motor aircraft miniature)
Flesh_Gordon
American gas turbine production company
Solar Turbines Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines for onshore and offshore electrical
Solar_Turbines
The sole Boulton & Paul P.32 was a British three-engined biplane built to an Air Ministry specification for a long range night bomber. A lack of engine
Boulton_Paul_P.32
1991 American TV series or program
Arango Archival Aircraft: Farman Goliath, Junkers Ju 52/3M, Fokker F.VII Trimotor, flying boats, Dornier Wal, Dornier Do X, Dornier Do 26, Short Empire flying
First Flights with Neil Armstrong
First_Flights_with_Neil_Armstrong
Aviation incident involving the improper presence of an entity on a runway
Douglas DC-9-31 and Convair CV-880 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago final 1936-06-24 Carlos Gardel death 17 6 Two Ford Trimotors Olaya Herrera Airport
Runway_incursion
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List_of_American_gliders
1940 film by Eugene Forde
appeared in the film. Paul Mantz handled the flying duties, using his Ford Trimotor (NC7121). A barley field alongside the Santa Anita race track served as
Charter_Pilot
International Airport located in Norfolk, Virginia
families dressing in their finest attire to board the 10-passenger Fokker Trimotor. Commercial air travel faced challenges in 1932 when the Navy objected
Norfolk_International_Airport
French aircraft family (1923–1931)
chord, low aspect-ratio main wing and a relatively deep fuselage. The trimotor variant had the centerline engine mounted high, which gave the aircraft
Farman_F.120
1939 bomber-transport aircraft family
transport aircraft of World War II. It was a cantilever, mid-wing monoplane trimotor with a retractable, tailwheel undercarriage. There were 875 (plus one prototype)
Savoia-Marchetti_SM.82
Air Sedan 2-AT Pullman 3-AT Batwing Batwing Limousine Dragonfly ST Ford 4-AT 5-AT 6-AT 7-AT 8-AT 9-AT 10-AT 11-AT 12-AT 13-AT 14-A 15-P Flivver Trimotor
Stout_ST
British passenger airliner (1926–1942)
The de Havilland DH.66 Hercules was a British 1920s seven-passenger, trimotor airliner built by de Havilland Aircraft Company. With the Hercules, Imperial
De_Havilland_Hercules
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Garden City 1929 1929 Rename to New York Safety Airlines. Operated Ford Trimotor (NC1780) Tri-State Airlines Iowa Rickenbacker 1930 1936 Renamed to Hanford
List of defunct airlines of the United States (Q–Z)
List_of_defunct_airlines_of_the_United_States_(Q–Z)
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Aircraft with two passenger decks
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Double-deck_aircraft
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List of active People's Liberation Army aircraft
List_of_active_People's_Liberation_Army_aircraft
Former luxury flying boat
The Supermarine Air Yacht was a British luxury passenger-carrying flying boat. It was designed by Supermarine's chief designer R. J. Mitchell and built
Supermarine_Air_Yacht
Aircraft engine family by Pratt & Whitney
DHC-3 Otter Douglas Dolphin Fairchild FB-3 Fokker F.10 Fokker F.32 Ford Trimotor Gee Bee QED Gee Bee R 1/2 Super Sportster Gee Bee R-1 Gee Bee R-2 Super
Pratt_&_Whitney_R-1340_Wasp
British flying boat
The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney (serial N241) was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930 in response to Air Ministry
Blackburn_Sydney
to St. Louis by rail, connected with a Southwest Air Fast Express Ford Trimotor to Sweetwater, TX, then took an overnight train, "The Texan," to El Paso
Standard_Air_Lines
United States Army Air Forces officer (1899–1973)
already had a complement of 23. After observing the crash of the Fokker trimotor, Josephine Ford, belonging to one of his competitors, Lieutenant Commander
Bernt_Balchen
The Bach Air Yacht was a trimotor airliner produced in the United States in the 1920s. Typical of its day, it was a high-wing braced monoplane, with fixed
Bach_Aircraft
American aviator, engineer, and businessman
St. Louis, MO, 1999. Douglas J. Ingells. Tin Goose the fabulous Ford trimotor. Magazines, Hearst (October 1, 1930). "Popular Mechanics". Hearst Magazines
James_Smith_McDonnell
Sedan was an all-metal monoplane that was an early example in the Ford Trimotor lineage. The Air Sedan was Stout's updated version of the Stout Batwing
Stout_1-AS_Air_Sedan
American business magnate (1863–1947)
Motor Company Universal Credit Corporation Ford Model T Ford Model A Ford Trimotor Ford Quadricycle Assembly line Fordism History of the automobile The Dearborn
Outline_of_Henry_Ford
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List of aircraft manufacturers (A)
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Aerospace museum in California, US
PBY-5A Catalina, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Bell AH-1E Cobra, and Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor. It also includes a replica of the Beecraft Wee Bee several racing aircraft
San_Diego_Air_&_Space_Museum
The Bach Air Yacht was a trimotor airliner produced in the United States in the 1920s. Typical of its day, it was a high-wing braced monoplane, with fixed
Bach_Air_Yacht
biplanes, and acquiring his first Ford Trimotor in 1932. He called the operation Erie Isle Airways. His first Trimotor was purchased after it had crashed
Island_Airlines
and built by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Breda. It was a low-wing trimotor monoplane with fixed, spatted main landing gear. The Ba.32 was powered
Breda_Ba.32
Belgian aerospace manufacturer
monoplane trimotor transport SABCA S.4 - projected single-engine sesquiplane fighter SABCA S.11 - 1931 trimotor airliner SABCA S.XII - 1931 trimotor feederliner;
SABCA
Series of nine cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines
civil aircraft, including the earliest versions of the Fokker Trimotor and Ford Trimotor airliners. The reliability of J-5 Whirlwind engines also led aviators
Wright_R-790_Whirlwind
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