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- Letter from a Ford Dealer Informing Edsel Ford Their Building's Airmarker is Being Used by Pilots, March 1932 - Edsel Ford championed the development of commercial aviation in the United States. As an aid to aerial navigation, he wrote letters to Ford dealers encouraging them to paint two things on each dealer's roof: the name of the city and an arrow pointing due north. More than 4,000 communities had aerial markings of some sort by 1929.
- March 14, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from a Ford Dealer Informing Edsel Ford Their Building's Airmarker is Being Used by Pilots, March 1932
Edsel Ford championed the development of commercial aviation in the United States. As an aid to aerial navigation, he wrote letters to Ford dealers encouraging them to paint two things on each dealer's roof: the name of the city and an arrow pointing due north. More than 4,000 communities had aerial markings of some sort by 1929.