Stout and Ford Airplanes at Ford Airport, circa 1925

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Motion picture (Visual work)

Subject Date

circa 1925

Location

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.