Detroit News--Aircraft--Ford Flivver Plane--Henry Ford Looking at Plane--Item1
THF245263 / Detroit News--Aircraft--Ford Flivver Plane--Henry Ford Looking at Plane--Item1
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Artifact Overview
The Detroit News photographed Henry Ford looking at a Ford Flivver airplane. The Flivver was Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
August 1927
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2014.68.X.64.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The Detroit News.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.000 in
Width: 7.000 in
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