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- Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1927 - Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- circa 1927
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Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1927
Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Harry Brooks, Thomas Lanphier, William B. Mayo, and Charles Lindbergh, November 1927 - Charles Lindbergh visited Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in November 1927, not long after his May 1927 solo transatlantic flight. While there, Lindbergh (far right) posed for a photo with (left to right) Harry Brooks, Ford Motor Company test pilot; Major Thomas Lanphier, commanding officer at nearby Selfridge Field; and William Mayo, head of Ford's aircraft division.
- November 08, 1927
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Harry Brooks, Thomas Lanphier, William B. Mayo, and Charles Lindbergh, November 1927
Charles Lindbergh visited Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in November 1927, not long after his May 1927 solo transatlantic flight. While there, Lindbergh (far right) posed for a photo with (left to right) Harry Brooks, Ford Motor Company test pilot; Major Thomas Lanphier, commanding officer at nearby Selfridge Field; and William Mayo, head of Ford's aircraft division.
- Harry Brooks with Ford Flivver Airplane #3 at Ford Airport, December 1927 - Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- December 14, 1927
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Harry Brooks with Ford Flivver Airplane #3 at Ford Airport, December 1927
Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Ford Pilot Harry Brooks and Mechanic Harry Russell with Ford Tri-Motor Airplane, 1927 - Harry Brooks (left) and Harry Russell posed with a Ford Tri-Motor for this photo in 1927. Brooks was close to Henry Ford, who considered Brooks his favorite test pilot. Mr. Ford was deeply saddened when Brooks died in the crash of a prototype Ford airplane in 1928. Russell, in addition to his skills as a mechanic, was an accomplished pilot himself.
- 1927
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Ford Pilot Harry Brooks and Mechanic Harry Russell with Ford Tri-Motor Airplane, 1927
Harry Brooks (left) and Harry Russell posed with a Ford Tri-Motor for this photo in 1927. Brooks was close to Henry Ford, who considered Brooks his favorite test pilot. Mr. Ford was deeply saddened when Brooks died in the crash of a prototype Ford airplane in 1928. Russell, in addition to his skills as a mechanic, was an accomplished pilot himself.
- Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1925 - Test pilot Harry Brooks waved from a Ford Flivver airplane circa 1925. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- circa 1925
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Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1925
Test pilot Harry Brooks waved from a Ford Flivver airplane circa 1925. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1926 - Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. Three or four prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after his test pilot, Harry Brooks, died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- 1926
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Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1926
Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. Three or four prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after his test pilot, Harry Brooks, died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Detroit News--Aircraft--Ford Flivver Plane--Harry Brooks in Plane--Item1 - The <em>Detroit News</em> photographed test pilot Harry Brooks flying a Ford Flivver airplane. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- August 01, 1927
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Detroit News--Aircraft--Ford Flivver Plane--Harry Brooks in Plane--Item1
The Detroit News photographed test pilot Harry Brooks flying a Ford Flivver airplane. The Flivver was Henry 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 Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.