Stout and Ford Airplanes at Ford Airport, circa 1925
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Bill Stout built his first tri-motor airplane, the 3-AT, in late 1925, not long after Henry Ford purchased his Stout Metal Airplane Company. The 3-AT, seen several times in this clip, was a failure. The prototype was destroyed in a fire in January 1926. The disastrous 3-AT informed the design of the considerably more successful 4-AT -- the celebrated Ford Tri-Motor.
Bill Stout built his first tri-motor airplane, the 3-AT, in late 1925, not long after Henry Ford purchased his Stout Metal Airplane Company. The 3-AT, seen several times in this clip, was a failure. The prototype was destroyed in a fire in January 1926. The disastrous 3-AT informed the design of the considerably more successful 4-AT -- the celebrated Ford Tri-Motor.
Artifact
Motion picture (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1925
Creators
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Motion pictures (Visual works)
Van Zandt, J. Parker (John Parker), 1894-1990
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.18.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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