Flight on a Legendary 1928 Ford Tri-Motor (KPSP)
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2017
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Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) / (Liberty Aviation Museum) Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
NC9645 (cn 5-AT-8) "City of Wichita"
History of this fine aircraft: www.eaa.org/en/eaa/flight-expe...
Palm Springs Air Museum: palmspringsairmuseum.org/
Aircraft Information:
Wing Span: 77’ 6”
Length: 50’ 3”
Height: 12’ 8”
Cruise Speed: 122mph
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My first flight was in a Ford Tri-motor in 1946. I was 4 years old, and my dad had a friend who worked at the Eugene, Oregon airport. He arranged to take us up for a ride. It's one of the few memories I have from that long ago (I'm now 77). I have always loved to fly, and I have flown (sadly, as a passenger only) in many of the piston and then jet aircraft from that time to this. The smallest plane I've been in was a Piper Cherokee. The largest was a 747.
always love seeing comments from older people, thanks for sharing your experience sir
You need to try the a380
So you were born in 1942 and are 77 now. Obviously you skipped maths class while at school.
@@MENSA.lady2 the comment is about 3-4 years old so he is right. Your maths is shit on the other hand
@@MENSA.lady2 If you notice, my response was written three years before. I am now 80. And you are unobservant (or stupid - which is it?).
You don't need music when you have those engines singing for you. Beautiful!!
Like you could hear it anyway.
I actually got the awesome privilege of flying on this tri-motor back in 2019 in Bend Oregon. I wasn't aware it was in town till I heard the radials and I ran outside (I always do that when I hear radials!). I got on it the next day. It was an amazing experience!
The exact same thing happened for me in Bend too! 😂
The rate that early aviation progressed was _insane._ As antique as this 92-year-old beauty looks, in many ways it's more similar to a modern airliner than it is to the Wright Flyer that kicked off powered flight a mere 25 years earlier: Fully enclosed passenger compartment in the now-classic airliner layout, comfortable for the times, pretty reliable and safe, etc, etc. They pretty much invented and refined control surfaces, cockpits, control lines, fuel routing, landing gear, and so much more - in a single human generation.
Don’t forget taking it further and putting humans into space and on the moon less than 70 years later.
@@Kokopilau77 Excellent point - and a truly _unbelievable_ century it was.
@@Kokopilau77If there's one good thing that can be said about World War 2, it's the fact that it accelerated scientific development by at least two decades, allowing us to shrink the world in so many ways.
@ArianOriginal21 Oh shut up, most German engineering of the time was overly complicated for the given purpose.
Magnifcent to see one of these birds in flight. My great uncle started TAT and hired Lindbergh to lay out the routes, while the system was dubbed "The Lindbergh Line." Apparently Lindy would occasionally fly alongside a Trimotor in a smaller biplane, probably a Curtiss Civil Falcon (D12 or Conqueror powered) and wave to the passengers. The toilets were free to air.
Good one.
Uh huh
Beautiful aircraft. The Ford Tri-motor was used in the transcontinental railroad back in 1929 when it made it's first flight into the newly completed port Columbus airport passengers boarded a train from new York before arriving in Columbus Ohio for the cross country flight to Los Angeles California with stops in several cities along the transcontinental railroad route. The airline was TAT
Amazing nearly 90 years old and still going strong. Lots of love must go into keeping her air-worthy.
Such a BEAUTIFUL aircraft!! Nothing makes me happier than to see her still FLYING in the AIR, not on display at a museum.
A very enjoyable video of a classic airplane in action. No unnecessary chatter, video is clear and stable, and the clip is not overly long. Well done.
AND NO BACKGROUND MUSIC!! Thank you for an excellent video!!
What he said!
Me Four!
@@mikeeverett2006 : Me five.
Ohh, that was the engines. I thought that was music.
Just listen to those BEAUTIFUL tri-propellers spinning!!!
The Ford Tri-Motor is my favorite airplane of all times.
Not only is it absolutely beautiful. It also is very fascinating from the technical side. ❤
You see an old car runnin down the road, its cool,an old motorcycle, even more cool, an old wood boat cruising along, very cool. But this, this is absolutely beautiful, what a work of art..amazing.
Fantastic!! My grandfather used to say it took several hours for the buzzing in your head and body to go away after a long flight on a tri-motor.
Yeah, you can feel it on a short flight, I can imagine hours and hours would be grueling!
I believe that! I rode in one with my son and father. Conversation was nearly impossible!
@@RyanBomar At the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in DC, there was a Tri-Motor demo--a vibrating mat to stand on. 90 knots or about 100 MPH?
Love the art deco cabin, just beautiful.
Are the gauges on the wing real or fake? They look real???
I love the sound of radials😱
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
Amazing. I grew up in Ohio and there was a local air carrier that operated Ford Trimotor’s out of Port Clinton OH. if memory serves correctly.
You are correct. I flew in it in 1972 when I was a kid. A week or so later it crashed in the lake. Everyone survived.
I had the pleasure of riding in a Ford Tri Motor with my son and my father. It was an experience I'll never forget!
How cool is that? Three generations on one legendary classic! Thanks for sharing.
I flew on the one at the EAA museum at the Oshkosh Air venture in 2002, the 50th anniversary.
Chuck Yeager was flying Right seat on the flight I was on, right after he took a group of young eagles up.
I got his autograph on the back of the ticket.
once in a Lifetime experience for sure!
Just took a ride with my wife on one today. Bucket list item,awesome airplane! Loved it!
I worked at the Grand Canyon back in 79 and a tri-motor was flying there on a regular basis, saw it from the south rim numerous times.
One beautiful airplane. Thanks for taking the time to making this video.
What a phenomenally beautiful restoration!! Excuse the flowers in the language, but this is a jewel of an aeroplane. Please keep these gems flying.
Flew on the tin goose to Middle Bass Islands Lake Erie in the 1960s. Recall seats were like wooden school chairs.
I had the opportunity to fly EAA's Tri-motor (from the right seat) a couple of years ago when it came to KSEE. It was some of the best twenty minutes of flying ever.
Superb! You lucky thing! Thanks for getting this filmed so brilliantly and sharing with us.
Great video!!! Man, that brings back terrific memories when me and my father got a chance to fly on a Ford Tri-Motor back in 1983 in Portland, ME when I was 13 years old. What a beautiful old airplane it is !
I had the opportunity to book a flight on this airplane when it came through Reno Stead Airport in the fall of 2016. It was one heck of an experience. We flew a "lap" around the Unlimited course used by the air racers during the Air Races every year. It felt like stepping back in time to the 1920s. What a time capsule! If you have the opportunity to do the same, please take advantage of it. I cannot recommend the experience highly enough. Amazing!
BTW it was the first time I've been on an airliner that had seats that were comfortable for me! I'm 6'5" and 280lbs. I was shocked! I NEVER expected my most comfortable airliner ride to be on a 90-year-old aircraft.
Thanks for the comment, Michael! That's cool that you got to fly on her as well! I noticed the same thing, as a big guy myself, the seats were great.
For some years there was a program down in Arizona where you could get type rated(!) in the Ford Tri-Motor on the aircraft that was used famously on Grand Canyon tours. It looks to be defunct now, unfortunately. But the aircraft itself appears to be still airworthy and flying.
I flew in one back in 1973 when I went to Oshkosh. I am not sure if this is the airplane. I sat under the wing next to the right motor. It is a good thing that the DC-3 came along because as the C-47, it was a far superior airplane than the Junkers TriMotor.
Michael Ganschow-Green You Should Wear Clothes in the Twenties too... Including Leather Language too. 😀😀😀😀
Blue Marshall: Funny you should mention that! We had a couple who showed up for my flight in full 1920s outfits. The guy was rocking one hell of a suit and the lady was the perfect picture of a Flapper.
Wow, what a beautiful aircraft! Thank you for sharing this.
A real beauty in stunning order!Looks like it's come straight of the line!Great video Ryan😎👍!
I had the opportunity to fly in Tante Ju, The Junkers Tri Motor here in South Africa many years ago. Also such a great experience. Really take you back in time.
Great video! What a nice music these engines can play!
EAA owns two of these, fully restored. I flew on the other one in Miami on February 12, 2017. Awesome ride!
I flew on the other one 2 years ago, in Long Beach, CA. Both great experiences, and worth every penny.
Richard Byrne
Very beautifull and well maintained vintage aircraft, there won't be many more like this I guess. By the look of it, it reminds me of the early Fokker aircraft designs, with the big wing on top.
Yeah, they must have stolen the design, those mother Fokkers.
Just got a chance to fly on this one myself! LOVED it!
Awesome airplane! Great vid. No music, no talking. If only televised sports could do the same...
My dad (yes, my dad) flew these (4-AT and 5-AT) back in the late 20s/early 30s. I flew on this very one in 2018 (Venice, FL) and was lucky enough to sit in the right seat. We took about a 20 minute flight. It was like flying in a big graceful bird. We cruised at about 1100', doing about 80-85mph.
Thank you for uploading this piece of history.
It was an absolute pleasure to fly on, and make this video. Thank you for watching!
¡Hermosa aeronave y muy buen paseo! Muchas gracias por compartir el vídeo.
What an incredible aircraft! Another great video Ryan!
Thanks for watching, man! I hope to catch up with you soon.
Nice flight thanks for taking me along. :o)
What a beauty! Living history.
Beautiful video; beautiful aircraft.
I don't have to tell you how much I love your footage of this beautiful piece of Aviation history. OK but I will anyway :) I always enjoy watching your videos Ryan and thank you for all of your time and effort that's involved, your hard work truly shows. Your friend Ed Whiz.
Just stunning!!!
Thats wild looking... Beautiful history
That's sweet, thanks for the post.
Thanks for posting. That same plane flew over Vail, AZ on 1/14/2019. I
was sitting in the house and heard the loud engine outside. Needless to
say, I went outside and saw it flying at a very low speed. I got the
info from flightradar 24. Cool Shit! I guess it may have been visiting Tucson, AZ.
Cool
That is the coolest plane I have ever seen. What an incredible piece of history.
Beautiful aircraft, I love the engine sound.
Agreed, the look and sound are quite refreshing these days.
I believe it was this one we flew on when it was at the Gainesville GA airport for a few days. Loved it!!
Excellent film footage and sound.
Amazing condition. A real jewel.
She truly is. Thanks for watching!
Wow, thats a beauty!
Thanks for watching! I agree, stunning.
Beautiful plane! I love the old trimotor’s!
My GOD! I can't beleieve. This is wonderful and incredible!
Thank you for watching, Jose! Your words mean a lot to me!
We had a 1928 Ford trimotor at a regular Waco reunion in Mt. Vernon, Ohio several years ago so I took a ride in it.Very memorable.
A gem of and Aircraft of there time good to see a restored one today
One dayback in the late "80"s", while working at Tampa Bay Executive airport, just North of Tampa, this beautiful bird landed and gave all of us workers a free ride!!! It still had the school bus seats. It used to take island kids around the GREAT LAKES and drop them at a strip for weekly school!!!! "THE TIN LIZZY"!!! To the owner of that A/C that did that for us, It will never be forgotten. I believe you may have known Joe Moore who was the I/A in our shop!
Such a beautiful airplane!
Totally amazing example of a 90 year old plane....what a fantastic piece of restoration with a great touchdown 🤗🤗🤔👍🏼
The EAA does an amazing job of keeping history alive!
Johnson Aeromotor out of Oriphino Idaho had one when I was but a lad. My dad was a partner in the Selway Lodge, And I got to see it land and take off on a few occassions on our triple x'ed strip. An amazing airplane. Truly astounding how slow it was going when it lift off.
What a great video on it thanks for sharing Australia
what an antique aircraft it's sure is beautiful and bad ass great American craftsmanship and precise to the core
Gorgeous machine!.
Very good this flight. This aircraft is incredible! Ryan you are awesome!!
That's cool, thank you for posting.
I'm glad you dug it, thanks for stopping by!
Beautiful, from what I see, flying art.
Love this in flight Sim, hard as heck to see out of, but the engine mounted gauges are cool. Awesome video!
FS2004 a century of flight, i like flying the historic aircraft in it too like the Trimotor, DC3, Piper J3 Cub
@@gregthecarguy5092 DC3 and Cub are my favorites, definitely
Someone loves that Tri-Motor. It is bee-aaaa-yooo-teee-full! Also, excellent video and sound recording.
I flew as a passenger in 2018 at Lakeland Florida, wonderful spin around the area.
An amazing and beautiful aircraft.
Wow just wow that is fantastic, would be my dream come true to fly that beast
It's a dream, and for $70, you simply can't go wrong.
Just took the flight today on this exact plane in New Cumberland Pa. Very fun and educational.
Good to hear! She's a unique flight experience.
Gorgeous plane !
Magnificent.....perfect...no music..yet how sweet the sounds!. Did I miss the run ups?... ahhhhhh that old..I want run ups. Even if Dan Gryder or Scot Purdue were piloting.
My wife and I flew on this beauty this past Saturday. They were flying out of Sundance Airpark in Oklahoma City. A flight to remember always!
The 'Model T' of airplanes. Too cool!
I have ridden in thee Ford Tri Moters Twice in the right seat. I love them . What great planes.
I flew on one of these about 35 years ago from Norfolk to Connecticut if I remember right. An unforgettable flight.
WOW!! A real flying History!
That she is!
Great Video!, Great airplane!
I really loved to see this video, because I love ancient, old airplanes. 👍👏👏👏👏
I like the external engine gauges
i flew on one of these when she visited chicago in the mid 70's. it was a very cool ride.
Totally worth it when it stays in your memory banks like that!
While in Las Vegas Scenic Airlines had there Trimotor out & about, caught it flying just south of our house, it had a very distinctive sound, pretty neat to see. Then some months later they had a rocket car competition, & classic car event going on near Henderson at a dry lake bed. They brought their Trimotor out, it was on display, & everyone who wanted to was able to check it out inside & out. Was pretty neat!
Wow, loved it.
Thanks for the video -- and for those who did this marvelous rehabilitation.of a great airplane.
My father, Fritz Steiner. was a crewmember on TAT's first west bound commercial flight in 1928 or 29. He was the Purser. He told me numerous stories about his times as a TAT crew member,
TAT's transcontinental service was a combination of a Pennsylvania RR train called the "Airways Limited" that departed New York City in the evening and arrived at Port Columbus Airport near Columbus, OH, the next morning. There the Pullman passengers would disembark and make their way under an awning-covered walkway to a waitin TST Ford Trimotor. After everybody was aboard, they'd take off for Waynoka, OK where then procedure was reversed and the passengers boarded a Santa Fe RR train than brought them through the night to Albuquerque , NM, where they boarded the final flight headed for Glendale, CA.
My father.enjoyed interacting with his passengers. He said that the on last leg the flight left Alburqueque about 75 minutes after the Santa Fe train had departed.. Somewhere along the way they'd catch up with the train. He'd point it out to them and tell the passengers that what they were doing by flying was that much faster than the train that going to the same place -- and he was 100% correct.
He told me that it was so much faster that after the plane landed in Glendale, he'd take the Pacific Electric train to downtown, Los Angeles, go to his hotel, get spiffed up, and go to San Pedro for the steamer out to Santa Catalina Island, enjoy that beautiful spot for a few hours, returrn to LA, have a nice dinner, and turn in for the night The following morning he said he could go to the Santa Fe staton and meet the train that had left Albuquerque over an hour before their flight departed.
It was really that much faster.
It's been said that nostalgia ain't what it used to be,, but this video certainly made me nnotsalgic for my father's TAT stories.
one of these used to fly around Pompano Bch Fla....I watched it many a time!
I love these old tri-motors!
Great video - short story - I am an amateur radio operator and was commuting home in OC a few years ago. Heard the tower and John Wayne comment that a Tri-Motor was on final. Then heard at least 5-6 other pilots come back just wanting to know about the Tri-Motor and were willing to wait to taxi until they saw it. Reverence for the great machine. I have also been to the PS Air Museum - great asset to aircraft history!
the engines are so impressive, they started so smooth like automobile engines, if i didn't see this video i won't believe it.
Rode in it when it was at Palatka Fl sweet flight
Plane our fathers and grandparents flew in a nostalgic era!
A classic in perfect condition. Truly a treasure!
Thanks for watching! You're awesome, Daniel.
extraordinary view thanx! 😎
Thanks so much!
Immaculate design for the time. First US airliner. Amazing aircraft.
Nice movie. Nice aircraft and history.
Thanks for watching! She looks amazing for approaching her 90th birthday.
Wow ,what a trip!
beautiful
OK im sorry don't know how I missed it! Thanks for pointing this out, Great video, love the old plane! Salute!
No problem, thanks for watching!
Very good!!