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Ralph Schugar's Aerial Hearse, a Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-52 Airplane, Curtiss-Bettis Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1931 -
June 09, 1931
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Ralph Schugar's Aerial Hearse, a Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-52 Airplane, Curtiss-Bettis Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1931
Ralph Schugar's Aerial Hearse, a Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-52 Airplane, Curtiss-Bettis Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1931 - Operators adapted Ford Tri-Motor airplanes for every imaginable use. Pittsburgh mortician Ralph Schugar earned a pilot's license and turned his Tri-Motor into an aerial hearse. The death of a loved one is never easy, particularly when it occurs far from home. Schugar's unusual service reduced wait time and worry for the survivors, at a cost comparable to railroad transport.
June 09, 1931
Collections - Artifact
Ralph Schugar's Aerial Hearse, a Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-52 Airplane, Curtiss-Bettis Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1931
Operators adapted Ford Tri-Motor airplanes for every imaginable use. Pittsburgh mortician Ralph Schugar earned a pilot's license and turned his Tri-Motor into an aerial hearse. The death of a loved one is never easy, particularly when it occurs far from home. Schugar's unusual service reduced wait time and worry for the survivors, at a cost comparable to railroad transport.

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