1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, June 2007
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Artifact Overview
Richard Byrd flew this Fokker F.VII airplane toward the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains. When The Henry Ford's Heroes of the Sky exhibit opened in 2003, the Fokker was placed in a setting suggesting the frozen landscape at Spitzbergen, Norway -- where Byrd began and ended his flight.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital image
Date Made
June 2007
Subject Date
June 2007
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.2173
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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Artifact1925 Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd
Explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett flew this Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane toward the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains. Edsel Ford financed the expedition, and Byrd acknowledged his patron by naming the plane Josephine Ford, after Ford's daughter.