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Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:44 am
by rufrdr
I visited a Ford Tri-Motor at the airfield in Camarillo today. Rides were $75 for 15 minutes so I passed. Great looking plane with a lot of history.
Coming in for a landing
Loading passengers
That's me!
Fueling up
Saw her again when we were having lunch near the airfield.
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:54 am
by saddler
Nice.
I'd have felt the $75 in my pocket heating up by the second though!
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:30 am
by Rarms
Cracking opportunity, thanks for sharing.
Makes me think of Dirk Pitt :)
Had either one of these or the Fokker version fly over me in the Solent last year, great.
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:50 pm
by Plumose
Rarms wrote:
Makes me think of Dirk Pitt :)
My first thought too.
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:12 pm
by Lever357
Beautiful plane, think I would have been tempted at that price although the name "TAT Airlines" does but me off somewhat!!!
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:06 pm
by GeeRam
Lever357 wrote:Beautiful plane, think I would have been tempted at that price although the name "TAT Airlines" does but me off somewhat!!!
But, yes, 75 bucks for a 15min flight is a bargain really.....bearing in mind, 10 years ago I paid 400 bucks for a 30 min flight in a B-17G Flying Fortress.
Re: Ford Tri-Motor
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:42 pm
by ovenpaa
My parents took my son for a ride in something similar many years ago, apparently they had to use jump leads to get it going :)