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Category:Ford 4-AT

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4-AT Trimotor 
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  • aircraft family
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First flight
  • 11 June 1926
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Mass
  • 10,000 lb (maximum takeoff weight)
Length
  • 49.1 ft
Height
  • 13 ft
Speed
  • 128 mph (never exceed speed)
  • 100 mph (cruise)
Wingspan
  • 74 ft
Maximum capacity
  • 11 passenger
Total produced
  • 78
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Henry Ford mobilized millions of Americans and created a new market with his Model T “Tin Lizzie” automobile from 1909 to 1926. After World War I, he recognized the potential for mass air transportation.

Ford’s Tri-Motor aircraft, nicknamed the “Tin Goose,” was designed to build another new market: airline travel. To overcome concerns of engine reliability, Ford specified three engines and added features for passenger comfort, such as an enclosed cabin. The first three Tri-Motors built seated the pilot in an open cockpit, as many pilots doubted a plane could be flown without the direct “feel of the wind.”

From 1926 through 1933, Ford Motor Company built 199 Tri-Motors. EAA’s model 4-AT-E was the 146th off Ford’s innovative assembly line[1]

  1. ↑ https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/flight-experiences/fly-the-ford-eaa-ford-tri-motor-airplane-tour/ford-tri-motor-history

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