123 results found
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: 2476
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: 2476
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: 663
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
View count: 663
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: 372
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: 372
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: 282
This was built as a 4-AT-B in 1928 but modified in February 1930 by Maddux 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: 282
This was built as a 4-AT-B in 1928 but modified in February 1930 by Maddux 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: 357
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: 357
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: 434
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: 434
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
View count: 260
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: 260
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: 339
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: 339
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: 237
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: 237
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: 538
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: 538
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: 368
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: 368
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: 372
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: 372
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
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1927 to December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:482650Submit Correction
View count: 483
Used by the Marines in Nicaragua. Later reserialled as P-589 and based at McCook Field. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:A8273
Alternate Serial:8273
Aircraft Version:Ford RR-2
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1927 to December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1927 to December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:482650Submit Correction
View count: 483
Used by the Marines in Nicaragua. Later reserialled as P-589 and based at McCook Field. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:A8273
Alternate Serial:8273
Aircraft Version:Ford RR-2
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:March 1927 to December 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC7121
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-35
Operator Titles:Tri-Motored Air Tours - TMAT
City / Seaplane Base:Miami - Viking Airfield / Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:January 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:468876Submit Correction
View count: 344
'All American Air Meet plane over Viking Airport in Biscayne Bay.' The aircraft seems to have been based here, perhaps in winter. TMAT was from Port Cinton, Ohio. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC7121
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-35
Operator Titles:Tri-Motored Air Tours - TMAT
City / Seaplane Base:Miami - Viking Airfield / Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:January 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC7121
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-35
Operator Titles:Tri-Motored Air Tours - TMAT
City / Seaplane Base:Miami - Viking Airfield / Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:January 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:468876Submit Correction
View count: 344
'All American Air Meet plane over Viking Airport in Biscayne Bay.' The aircraft seems to have been based here, perhaps in winter. TMAT was from Port Cinton, Ohio. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC7121
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-35
Operator Titles:Tri-Motored Air Tours - TMAT
City / Seaplane Base:Miami - Viking Airfield / Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:January 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9610
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-53
City / Airport:Grand Rapids - Kent County (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:18 June 1937
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No doubt, the pilot is Harold S Johnson of Illinois, the 'King of Fords'. Check out online videos to admire his really impressive Tri-Motor aerobatics. Soho Oil sponsored him but here the titles are not clear. Tri-Motor c/n 4-AT-42 was later registered as N9610. Photo from: Grand Rapids Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC9610
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-53
City / Airport:Grand Rapids - Kent County (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:18 June 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9610
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-53
City / Airport:Grand Rapids - Kent County (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:18 June 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:465595Submit Correction
View count: 720
No doubt, the pilot is Harold S Johnson of Illinois, the 'King of Fords'. Check out online videos to admire his really impressive Tri-Motor aerobatics. Soho Oil sponsored him but here the titles are not clear. Tri-Motor c/n 4-AT-42 was later registered as N9610. Photo from: Grand Rapids Public Library
Registration / Serial:NC9610
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-53
City / Airport:Grand Rapids - Kent County (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:18 June 1937
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City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1928
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Photo ID:459404Submit Correction
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Delivered in September 1928. Crashed in Honduras in 1934, then operated by Morgan Air Lines. Photo from: The Henry Ford
Registration / Serial:NC7120
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-34
Operator Titles:Stout Air Lines
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1928
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Photo ID:459404Submit Correction
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Delivered in September 1928. Crashed in Honduras in 1934, then operated by Morgan Air Lines. Photo from: The Henry Ford
Registration / Serial:NC7120
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-34
Operator Titles:Stout Air Lines
City / Airport:Dearborn - Ford (closed)Map
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Photo Date:October 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9606
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-4
Operator Titles:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:Columbus
City / Airport:Washington - Anacostia NAS (closed)Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:November 1928 to July 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:450881Submit Correction
View count: 775
'The first plane of the new transcontinental air line, of which Col Lindbergh is one of the organizers, photographed at Boiling Fields [sic].' Bolling Field was the same runway as Anacostia until 1935, when the US Army moved to a new Bolling Field nearby. TAT offered the first coast-to-coast air service between New York and Los Angeles in 1929, although the 48-hour journey involved a night train between NY and Columbus, Ohio and another one between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Clovis, New Mexico. 'Take A Train' merged with Maddux Air Lines, and then with Western Air Express to form TWA in 1930. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial:NC9606
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-4
Operator Titles:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Washington - Anacostia NAS (closed)Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:November 1928 to July 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC9606
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-4
Operator Titles:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
Aircraft Name:Columbus
City / Airport:Washington - Anacostia NAS (closed)Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:November 1928 to July 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:450881Submit Correction
View count: 775
'The first plane of the new transcontinental air line, of which Col Lindbergh is one of the organizers, photographed at Boiling Fields [sic].' Bolling Field was the same runway as Anacostia until 1935, when the US Army moved to a new Bolling Field nearby. TAT offered the first coast-to-coast air service between New York and Los Angeles in 1929, although the 48-hour journey involved a night train between NY and Columbus, Ohio and another one between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Clovis, New Mexico. 'Take A Train' merged with Maddux Air Lines, and then with Western Air Express to form TWA in 1930. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial:NC9606
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-4
Operator Titles:TAT - Transcontinental Air Transport
City / Airport:Washington - Anacostia NAS (closed)Map
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
Photo Date:November 1928 to July 1929
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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 Port Clinton
City / Airport:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
Photo ID:409505Submit Correction
View count: 300
What a beautiful sight as it flies over Palm Springs.
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:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
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 Port Clinton
City / Airport:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
Photo ID:409505Submit Correction
View count: 300
What a beautiful sight as it flies over Palm Springs.
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:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
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 Port Clinton
City / Airport:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:11 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
Photo ID:409489Submit Correction
View count: 279
The three R985 engines purring as it taxis back to the ramp at the Palm Springs Air Museum where it visited for a few days.
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:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:11 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
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 Port Clinton
City / Airport:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:11 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
Photo ID:409489Submit Correction
View count: 279
The three R985 engines purring as it taxis back to the ramp at the Palm Springs Air Museum where it visited for a few days.
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:Palm Springs - International (KPSP / PSP)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:11 March 2017
Photo by:John OlafsonContact
Registration / Serial:N8407
Alternate Registration:NC8407
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-69
Operator Titles:EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
Display Paint:Eastern Air Transport
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2009
Photo Date:27 July 2009
Photo by:Kas van ZonneveldContact
Photo ID:387533Submit Correction
View count: 299
Registration / Serial:N8407
Alternate Registration:NC8407
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
Display Paint:Eastern Air Transport
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2009
Photo by:Kas van ZonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:N8407
Alternate Registration:NC8407
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-69
Operator Titles:EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
Display Paint:Eastern Air Transport
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2009
Photo Date:27 July 2009
Photo by:Kas van ZonneveldContact
Photo ID:387533Submit Correction
View count: 299
Registration / Serial:N8407
Alternate Registration:NC8407
Aircraft Version:Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):4-AT-69
Operator Titles:EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
Display Paint:Eastern Air Transport
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2009
Photo by:Kas van ZonneveldContact