1929 'Ford Tri-Motor' Aircraft Inaugurated Coast-to-coast Flights Vintage Card

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1929 'Ford Tri-Motor' Aircraft Inaugurated Coast-to-coast Flights Vintage Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THERE IS TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY
5  3/4''  X  3  1/2"  or  14.5 cm.  x  9 cm.
ORIGINAL VINTAGE CARD
FORD TRI-MOTOR
In the 1920s the Ford Motor Company was the best-known name in industry, and
when Henry Ford went into the aviation business the nation sat up and took
notice. The Ford Tri-Motor, affectionately known as the Tin Goose, was one of
the finest airplanes ever built in America. Between 1926 and 1932 a total of 199
Tri-Motors were built. Of all-metal design, they came in two basic modelsthe
4-AT with Wright Whirlwind engines of 220-horsepower each, and the larger
5-AT; powered by 450-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Wasps. These almost inde-
structible planes carried 11 to 15 passengers over every major airline route of the
period, and inaugurated coast-to-coast flights in 1929. Excellent freight haulers as
well, they seemed able to take off and land on even the tiniest airfields. Most
important, the Ford Tri-Motor proved to the American public that passenger air
travel could be safe and reliable.
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD IS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT
THE CARD IS PRINTED ON HEAVY CARD STOCK
THE CARD SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY
5  3/4''  X  3  1/2"  or  14.5 cm.  x  9 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE ARE LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE IMAGES ABOVE WITH THE RULER AS A SCALE!
THE CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THE FRONTS AND BACKS MAY HAVE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS
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