strangebird
Pre-takeoff checklist
Found this book on the net
http://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE-1927-AIRCRAFT-YEAR-BOOK.pdf
http://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THE-1927-AIRCRAFT-YEAR-BOOK.pdf
Very cool. I had no idea that Fokker made a tri-motor too.
If you change the year of the book in the link there are books for each year
Really?Very cool. I had no idea that Fokker made a tri-motor too.
I think most people think Ford when they hear tri-motor, but apparently it took three motors to convince a lot of the public it was safe to fly back then!Really they make them or really I didn't know? I imagine a lot of people didn't know.
Rumor is the Ford folks measured up a Fokker trimotor overnight in their hangar & designed the Ford trimotor.Really they make them or really I didn't know? I imagine a lot of people didn't know.
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The CAA required that any portion of an airline route be flyable with an engine out. No twins could do that until the DC-2....apparently it took three motors to convince a lot of the public it was safe to fly back then!
Stinson
Swing by Detroit if you want to see one in person.Very cool. I had no idea that Fokker made a tri-motor too.