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Contents 1 Byrds flight over the North Pole 2 Infobox 3 Have original plans of the ford tri-motor 4 Operation History 5 Air conflict?

[edit] Byrds flight over the North Pole

Byrds claim to have flown over the North Pole is generally discredited nowadays, the speed of the Tri-Motor being insufficient to take Byrd from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and back in the 15.5 hours he was gone. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cabdude (talk • contribs) 18:02, 29 August 2005.

In any case, the information was incorrect. Only one aircraft was used on that expedition, and it was a Fokker. However, the expedition was funded by Ford, and the aircraft named after his daughter. Fokker was so worried that the public would believe the "Josephine Ford" was the product of his competitor that he plastered his own name all over it! (see [1]) FiggyBee 08:38, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

I think this article needs an aircraft infobox. --JJ 00:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Y Done --Colputt 14:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Have original plans of the ford tri-motor

Would like to find value of these were drawn by TOM TOWLE —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.32.182.79 (talk) 09:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Operation History

I think that Pan Am also operated some Ford Trimotors from its beginning till 1932. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by N747pa (talk • contribs) 03:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Air conflict?

The infobox says start date 1929, the lead 1925. Which is it? Trekphiler (talk) 22:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Not sure about the 1929 date the first 4-AT flew in June 1926, an earlier one-off Ford 3-AT (a three-engined version of the single-engined Stout 2-AT Pullman) had flown in 1925 but it was not exactly the same as the 4-AT and successors. Perhaps it needs to be made clearer in the intro. MilborneOne (talk) 22:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Definitely needs clarifying. David Donald (Encyclopedia of World Aircraft {Etobicoke: Prospero, 1997}, p.859) says 2-AT Pullman entered service with Florida Airways & Ford Air Transport in '26, & it evo into 1-off 8-passenger 3-AT (with 3x149kW/200hp Whirlwind) in '25, which evo into the Ford. The Trimotor entry (p443) says the 2-AT was in production in early '25, & Ford took over manufacture, the Whirlwinds uncowled. The 4-AT first flew 11 June '26, 2 crew/8 seats, 3xJ-4 Whirlwinds; the 4-AT-B in '27 with 177kW (220hp) J-5s, 12 seats, 39 built. If that clarifies anything... Trekphiler (talk) 03:28 & 03:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

If this article is about the 4-AT onwards then we need to find out when the first 4-AT entered service? MilborneOne (talk) 12:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)