I can imagine ATC's notification to the Airbus on final. "Traffic ahead at 12'oclock Ford Tri-Motor @ 5000 ft." Not every day you hear that as an airline pilot.
+Sebastian Cowley I'm sure that made the pilot's day. And...was never thought that an Airbus / Tri-motor would ever cross paths in the sky. History in the making that day :)
So great someone kept a working example of such an iconic airplane. As a true gear head really appreciate the unadorned mechanics of everything. Everything is exposed including what appears to be the oil lines between cylinders complete with braided clamps. Today, everything would be covered in shrouds. Also impressive is how quickly this aircraft became airborne. And, love the seats. It's what should be used in today's passenger aircraft. :)
Thank you! Agreed, seeing those bare cylinders just adds all the more character to this aircraft. Most radials seem to have the cowlings covering them.
Memories are flooding over me....... I'm 11 years old back in 1948 at a small airport near Sandusky, Ohio, getting ready to board this plane for a flight to Kelley's Island for a weeks vacation at my neighbor's summer cottage. It was my first flight ever and I was so excited. I sat directly behind the pilot and watched everything, and I remember seeing 90 mph on the airspeed indicator, but I don't think we flew very high. There were seven of us and it was all over too quickly as we arrived on the island, but I do remember the landing was so very smooth, and as I got out I looked and saw these big, very smooth tires, so full of air. Yes, it was quite a plane........
That’s awesome! And you got to experience this aircraft in full passenger service. Ohio is my home state, but haven’t been to Kelley’s Island before. I bet there’s some nice scenery to see from the air in the at area. Curious what carrier name this aircraft was operating under at that time.
@@LoveJT8D ...... I wish I could remember a name, but that part is a blur. It all happened so quickly, we had driven up from Columbus and I'm guessing it was a complete surprise to me......... But the memory of the week on Kelly's Island I remember because there was an old bowling alley right in the center of town where we hung out and I learned to set pins because at they had no automatic pin setter.........
I was fortunate to get a ride in this plane several years ago, and I must say it was awesome. You just can’t put it into words loved every minute. I was amazed how we took off and 60 mile an hour flew at 60 mile an hour and landed at 60 mile an hour , Incredible do it if you get a chance. I smiled so hard during the flight it when we landed my cheeks hurt I was having so much fun.
I must agree. For an old bird, it really was a smooth and enjoyable flight. A good friend of mine and I went up together. He told me later that he was sort of apprehensive about going about the time we started rolling good for take off. So he looked at me to see how I was taking it. Only to find me filming and looking out of both sides of the plane, totally oblivious of anything but the flight itself. So he relaxed and enjoyed it also. The old trimotor is one hell of a good old bird yet. And it gave us such a wonderful flight that day to remember. I know I would definitely go up again if given a chance.
@@bambangsulistio4990 I will agree with you. It was a wonderful experience. Your senses can experience the flight so much better than the newer planes. Thank you for your reply.
Soo incredibly amazing to see this as a Dutchy. Where you have managed to save this relic, we in the Netherlands can only watch the replica in the Aviodrome museum, pics and movie shots of it's original, the Fokker F-VII. Great job you guys!!
Fokker F.VII has some external similarities but is technically a totally different aircraft. This Ford Tri-motor has a more modern all metal construction.
@@Franky46Boy No doubt about that. Credits to Ford. But having won the Ford reliability contest, the Fokker definitely must have formed the blue print for the design of the Ford Tri-Motor.
LoveJT8D even just being able to say "I fly the trimotor at Oshkosh" would be amazing. This airplane was a true piece of art and required true airmanship to fly.
My son and I flew in this great plane at Oshkosh in 1985. We took off and it was wonderful but we new it would be a short flight. There was a special guest plane at the show, the Supersonic Transport and they were also selling rides. It had taken off long before we did with a group and returned to land just before we were scheduled to land. Our pilot apologized and explained to us that we would need to stay up for at least another 20 minutes or so to let the turbulence calm down. We weren’t disappointed. It was a great flight and the old girl was so well maintained that you would think it had just been built. Great memories for me and the boy
The runway the Tri-Motor landed on (25L) is the same runway I soloed from back in 1961. I later became a Captain with the same airline Eastern Air Transport later to become Eastern Airlines. LGB has sure changed.
Wow !! This was rare; I really enjoyed this unusual experience around Long Beach, Ca. I wonder how many of these Trimotors are still flying. This is a very valuable airplane. I found it also unusual when he flew over the airliner on approach to the airport. Very, very well done, and I trust that you'll keep this airplane in immaculate condition as it seems to be. Thank you so much, Aarre Peltomaa
+Aarre Peltomaa I'm glad you liked the video! The Tri-Motor is indeed quite a rare aircraft these days. I do hope this plane will fly around for many years to come.
Great job of filming. I had a ride in this same aircraft at Concord regional airport, Concord, N.C. in 2007. These engines are designed to leak a little oil so there were quite a few oil drops on the windows I filmed through. Eastern Airlines used many of these in the early days for passenger and mail delivery.
Thank you for watching! That’s awesome you had a change to fly this aircraft too. The engines definitely have some character with the oil leakage and other little nuances to work out when starting them. It’s crazy how much these planes were built to last. Just to think as a passenger it was a real treat back in those days to fly something quite loud and rattly by today’s standards.
Amazing to see all the freighters lined up because of the longshoremen's strike. And the submarine tucked in next to the bow of that classic ocean liner. Oh yeah, the plane is awesome, too. I love how form follows function.
I knew about the longshoremen's strike but, I had no clue just how many freighters were lined up waiting to deliver. It was definitely a sight to behold.
That dome use to house the Hughes flying boat. Of Culver City California build. Those old radials amaze me that the exhaust valves could take that white hot heat and not melt.
Awesome! Yeah that radial engine exhaust heat is pretty intense. I have another video of a DC-3 engine test at night, and that's the first time I witnessed just how orange the radial exhaust manifolds can get on the ground.
Gosh can’t imagine what it must have been like to be a pilot in those days, ear deafening sounds! What a joy to watch and hear those radial engines fly!!
Three old pilots walking across the ramp. One says, it's windy today ain't it? Second says, No, I think it's Thursday. Third says, Me too. Let's go get a beer.
I flew out of Chicago in the 1920s. I was around 55-56 when I rode on my first tri-motor. Amazing progress is what I remember from the planes I experienced during the first world war.
Yes it was. Just over a decade prior to my first tri-motor flight I was nearly killed by shrapnel from a bomb dropped by a plane in France with the AEF. I swore that I hated the new invention of Airplanes at that time but the tri-motor made me realize they could be used for peace.
Had a chance to fly in this exact Tri Motor today down at Cape Fear Regional. I was smiling ear to ear the entire flight, from takeoff till final.(I didnt want to land yet). Very cool experience and the takeoff is just badass. Aviation is just amazing!
It’s really cool to see. Having some of the gauges on the exterior like that really made you become “one” with the aircraft during in-flight operations.
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terrific video of this classic airplane! its great to see a plane this old still flying. this is a great opportunity to see what air travel was like back in its early days. thanks for sharing! rob
This thing is like a ghost out of another era. This is what air travel looked like way back in the day. It's so cool to see this old girl still up in the sky, doing what she was meant to do while so many others have faded to dust. If only she could talk. When I went to fantasy of flight in Florida, I went on the old pan-am airliner they had, looking at it made me appreciate what the pilots must have had to deal with back then.
I volunteered for the maintenance (100 Hour Inspection) yesterday down in Fresno, CA Chandler Airport and got to go for a test flight. It was truly an amazing experience. If you guys want, I can post a video of the take off?
In about 1987 there was a little blurb in the Manchester New Hampshire newspaper saying that a"barnstormer?" was coming through with a privately owned Ford trimotor.lf you wanted a ride be there at 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday. I got there, all pumped up and ready to go. 20 bucks to sit in the back, 30 bucks to be in the co-pilot seat - for a mere 10 bucks more I went for co-pilot! Was wonderful to get a ride on something so rare .My dad was always a fan of the early passenger planes but he never got to ride in a Ford tri motor. Naturally I couldn't wait to call him and say,hey Dad guess what I rode in - something you never rode in! The downer for me though was the owner/pilot of the plane was absolutely uncommunicative and acted like he was hating life, don't know what his personal issues were(maybe he was trying to figure out how he's going to make the next payment on the aircraft). It was fascinating to look over at the gauge showing about 80 mph that we were going and then look down at a landmark and then look at something else and then look down and see the same landmark in about the same place, kind of interesting how slow it was.
From that wheel, it really makes it look like hes actually DRIVING it instead of Flying it...LOL and talk about Hauling the mail.......LOL and at around 5:55 how did we actually get THAT close to that airliner??????
¡Fantásticas imágenes!. Una reliquia increíblemente bien conservada y funcionando. El encendido de los motores, su sonido, la escasez de instrumentos de vuelo, el diseño y equipamiento de la cabina de pasajeros, la velocidad de despegue, vuelo y aterrizaje, todos elementos que retrotraen a tiempos en los que el vuelo era un hecho artesanal. La frutilla del postre, el contraste con el jet en aproximación volando algunos metros por debajo. ¡Qué hermoso video!
from what i have seen and read , henry ford designed this plane so that he could send engines and other parts to his various plants of his . correct me if im wrong , he also started algaheny airlines for this . great job on keeping this ol gal flying.
That’s awesome! Thanks for that piece of history. I don’t know all the details myself, but the Tri-motor had a really great life of both cargo and passenger work. These planes were truly built to last.
It really is. The wing seems to have lots of surface area considering the size of the plane and really seems to have lots of abundant lift at lower speeds.
@@LoveJT8D Yeah very common for planes of that era. Straight-wing aircraft will levitate right off the ground with no nose pitch up. They could also glide a long ways if necessary.
Really crazy to think just how well built the machinery of that day was. They wanted planes to fly for a long time, not just trash in the desert after 20 years.
As somebody commented below, it took off at 60 mph, cruised at 60, and landed at 60...LOL.. not difficult to figure out flight times and destination' ETA's...the freeway may be quicker...but this is flying! PS...the racket must be quite overwhelming to the senses, after modern aircraft. And, the all metal construction allowed the Public to have more faith in it...unlike the original ones that lost wooden wings in flight. It reminds me of the JU-52...handling the engine controls "like a Wurlitzer" organ. Thanks for a great video...PSS: subscribed.
If you ever hear this aircraft overhead, remember the sound, it is indeed unique. On a summers day near an upcoming airshow, I heard one of these inside our house, "Tri-motor!" I exclaimed, & running outside, sure enough....odd thing while a distinctive sound, you are likely to see one as they fly so very slow, just hanging in the air it seems.
I saw a Ford tri- motor just like this one, maybe this one fly, with an Amelia Earhart lookalike and airplane that landed in Fort Worth, Texas Meachem Field, September10th, 2001. The next morning they took off to the west. It was 9/11/2001.
I HAVE had the good fortune to get to ride in the back of this as a pool passenger. It was an awesome and memorable experience. I highly reccomend a ride in this if you ever have the opportunity. PAY what ever the cost of the tickets are as it is a once in a lifetime experience 👍👍👍
I'm happy to say my butt has graced the pilots seat of a Ford Trimotor if only for about a minute. And a very narrow seat it was. It may have been this very aircraft. If only I knew the N number. A ride aboard this classic beauty would have been a thrill. Loafing along at highway speed is truly beautiful flight.
+LoveJT8D Hi, great video. What sort of camera are you using and what settings to get that beautiful footage on youtube. CZcams compresses the heck out of footage to the point of rendering greatl clear footage into dull results. your work looks great.
Great video! As someone who still plays Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 which have this plane as part of its "A Century of Flight" theme (Yes, at one point Microsoft cooperated with EAA in the past) , I'm genuinely impressed by how realistic the sound effects compared to the real life version in this video! Too bad the aircraft is really slow and its kinda hard to have it hands free flying for prolonged periods of time too. Still, great video!
You guys were in my hometown today, I dint even know you guys were here unit I actually saw you flying right over my house, I bet you probably would have even had more riders if you actually advertised your visit somehow maybe on one of our local News channels or something like that, but it looked like pretty much every one of your flights out of my airport were pretty much a full aircraft every single time......I am sure a lot of people probably Didn't know about this, maybe not your plane, but a trimotor just like yours, was featured in the Indiana Jones Movie, the Temple of doom I do believe, the one where they climb on board, and it actually belongs to the guy who Indiana is trying to get away from Lao Chee or something like that, the plane is full of poultry, and othert things and while everybody is asleep, the pilot, dumps all the fuel from the plane and both the pilots bail out of the plane, When Indian Jones. Shortround, and whatever her name was, kinda forgot, they tried to save the plane but with no fuel on board, and all 3 of the engines shutting down one by one, all they could do is bail out of the plane via one of those inflatable rubber rafts, and then the plane smashes into the side of the mountain.......
Even his planes made sense back in the day - Utility, Function, Dependability, Form...well, beauty wasn't so much a concern and I can respect that. Like a Fordson tractor, the Tri-Motor worked and did the job. Henry Ford was a practical, no-nonsense, kinda' guy who I don't think would be happy with what they've done to his company or his product line..
about 40 years ago my x wife wanted to fly back to fla. I don't remember where we were but she got on a Ford tri-motor to fly to a bigger airport . I think it was Indiana we were at. so 40 years ago they were still in use
Imagine the huge advancement of life a1932 Chicago businessman experienced being able to daily fly to NYC because of Henry Ford's Tri-Motor! The commercial effects this plane had on life in the early 1930s had to be completely unbelievable.
Exactly. If you get a stiff headwind, sometimes cars will pass you below. It really feels like your floating, and gives you a change to sight-see when flying at lower altitudes.
It makes history every time it flies as the oldest flying passenger plane in the world
Imagine the people who made that plane, how pleased they'd be to know she still flies today! 😌
Будешь у них спроси
"The flying Tractor" - Awesome sound!😯
I can imagine ATC's notification to the Airbus on final. "Traffic ahead at 12'oclock Ford Tri-Motor @ 5000 ft." Not every day you hear that as an airline pilot.
+Sebastian Cowley I'm sure that made the pilot's day. And...was never thought that an Airbus / Tri-motor would ever cross paths in the sky. History in the making that day :)
I wouldn't be surprised if the notification were: "Traffic ahead at 12 'o clock, UFO" (Unexplained Flying Object)
@@jeanco46 more like ofo old flying object
@@1in8billion14 flying barn .. tool shed
@@1in8billion14 😂👍
So great someone kept a working example of such an iconic airplane. As a true gear head really appreciate the unadorned mechanics of everything. Everything is exposed including what appears to be the oil lines between cylinders complete with braided clamps.
Today, everything would be covered in shrouds. Also impressive is how quickly this aircraft became airborne. And, love the seats. It's what should be used in today's passenger aircraft. :)
Amazing high resolution video.
so nice to see the cilinders in front of your eyes!
Thank you! Agreed, seeing those bare cylinders just adds all the more character to this aircraft. Most radials seem to have the cowlings covering them.
@@LoveJT8D Yes!...And that is exactly the charm of it all.
i wish i live in the USA ,for all the space,planes and freedom to fly.
byebye!
Memories are flooding over me....... I'm 11 years old back in 1948 at a small airport near Sandusky, Ohio, getting ready to board this plane for a flight to Kelley's Island for a weeks vacation at my neighbor's summer cottage. It was my first flight ever and I was so excited. I sat directly behind the pilot and watched everything, and I remember seeing 90 mph on the airspeed indicator, but I don't think we flew very high. There were seven of us and it was all over too quickly as we arrived on the island, but I do remember the landing was so very smooth, and as I got out I looked and saw these big, very smooth tires, so full of air. Yes, it was quite a plane........
That’s awesome! And you got to experience this aircraft in full passenger service. Ohio is my home state, but haven’t been to Kelley’s Island before. I bet there’s some nice scenery to see from the air in the at area. Curious what carrier name this aircraft was operating under at that time.
@@LoveJT8D ...... I wish I could remember a name, but that part is a blur. It all happened so quickly, we had driven up from Columbus and I'm guessing it was a complete surprise to me......... But the memory of the week on Kelly's Island I remember because there was an old bowling alley right in the center of town where we hung out and I learned to set pins because at they had no automatic pin setter.........
I love the shot at 5:50 of the 737 passing underneath the flight path. Great video.
Thank you! Definitely a lucky catch on that airliner landing at LGB. Glad you liked the video.
That’s an Airbus 320
I was fortunate to get a ride in this plane several years ago, and I must say it was awesome. You just can’t put it into words loved every minute. I was amazed how we took off and 60 mile an hour flew at 60 mile an hour and landed at 60 mile an hour , Incredible do it if you get a chance. I smiled so hard during the flight it when we landed my cheeks hurt I was having so much fun.
Gary T That’s awesome you has a chance to fly on this bird. Elegant and rustic, while making you feel like you’re just floating above ground.
I must agree. For an old bird, it really was a smooth and enjoyable flight. A good friend of mine and I went up together. He told me later that he was sort of apprehensive about going about the time we started rolling good for take off. So he looked at me to see how I was taking it. Only to find me filming and looking out of both sides of the plane, totally oblivious of anything but the flight itself. So he relaxed and enjoyed it also. The old trimotor is one hell of a good old bird yet. And it gave us such a wonderful flight that day to remember. I know I would definitely go up again if given a chance.
@@ronfullerton3162 you're so lucky..
@@bambangsulistio4990 I will agree with you. It was a wonderful experience. Your senses can experience the flight so much better than the newer planes. Thank you for your reply.
60? Awful close to the 57 mph stall speed.
Soo incredibly amazing to see this as a Dutchy. Where you have managed to save this relic, we in the Netherlands can only watch the replica in the Aviodrome museum, pics and movie shots of it's original, the Fokker F-VII. Great job you guys!!
Fokker F.VII has some external similarities but is technically a totally different aircraft.
This Ford Tri-motor has a more modern all metal construction.
@@Franky46Boy No doubt about that. Credits to Ford. But having won the Ford reliability contest, the Fokker definitely must have formed the blue print for the design of the Ford Tri-Motor.
It’s wonderful hearing the sound of those old radial engines... I’d love to take a ride in an old Trimotor like that...
This was such the golden age of aviation. If only I could go back in time...
Ryan White I hear you, and how cool it would be to say, I flying home on a trimotor for the holidays.
LoveJT8D even just being able to say "I fly the trimotor at Oshkosh" would be amazing. This airplane was a true piece of art and required true airmanship to fly.
@@corporate_flyerguy6708 I'm flying tomorrow. Soooo stoked. Won't get the amazing footage like this, but will upload a video for sure
I also got the ride in this plane , they are a living testimony of their design. A well-maintained machine is a fine machine.
That’s awesome you had a flight on this one. Absolutely agreed!
I just flew on this Airplane today! Loved it!
What a treat we flew in her when she was in Bend Oregon Something to never forget. Thank You
fantastic! and to think most of the designers of the ford tri-motor were probably born in the 1800s.
give me pizza or give me death Yeah, that really puts in perspective, the age of this aircraft.
Those were the years when the Tri-Motor was the lap of luxury. Gorgeous plane
Thanks for this great video.
I flew on that Ford a few years ago in Sarasota, FL and will never pass up the chance to go for another flight.
JeepCollector91 Thank you! Glad you had a chance to fly on this one.
Speaking objectively, not as your friend, this is one of the coolest videos that I've ever watched.
You absolutely nailed this!
Thank you!. What an awesome weekend that was, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching your flight too. Long Beach was the right choice.
When I was at osh...I saw this old thing take off and land 50 times a day. One of the hardest working planes there
My son and I flew in this great plane at Oshkosh in 1985. We took off and it was wonderful but we new it would be a short flight. There was a special guest plane at the show, the Supersonic Transport and they were also selling rides. It had taken off long before we did with a group and returned to land just before we were scheduled to land. Our pilot apologized and explained to us that we would need to stay up for at least another 20 minutes or so to let the turbulence calm down. We weren’t disappointed. It was a great flight and the old girl was so well maintained that you would think it had just been built. Great memories for me and the boy
That is one impressive aircraft.
servicarrider Absolutely! Built to last :)
The runway the Tri-Motor landed on (25L) is the same runway I soloed from back in 1961. I later became a Captain with the same airline Eastern Air Transport later to become Eastern Airlines. LGB has sure changed.
Awesome job filming all of this! I love the steering wheel design of the yoke! A lot of planes from that era used that design.
Thanks David! The steering wheel style yoke was definitely awesome. I don't think there is a single part of the tri-motor I wouldn't consider unique,
Wow !! This was rare; I really enjoyed this unusual experience around Long Beach, Ca. I wonder how many of these Trimotors are still flying. This is a very valuable airplane. I found it also unusual when he flew over the airliner on approach to the airport. Very, very well done, and I trust that you'll keep this airplane in immaculate condition as it seems to be.
Thank you so much,
Aarre Peltomaa
+Aarre Peltomaa I'm glad you liked the video! The Tri-Motor is indeed quite a rare aircraft these days. I do hope this plane will fly around for many years to come.
I cant wait till I get 2 fly on Friday! EAA is awesome!
Andrew S Awesome! Hope you enjoyed your flight.
Great job of filming. I had a ride in this same aircraft at Concord regional airport, Concord, N.C. in 2007. These engines are designed to leak a little oil so there were quite a few oil drops on the windows I filmed through. Eastern Airlines used many of these in the early days for passenger and mail delivery.
Thank you for watching! That’s awesome you had a change to fly this aircraft too. The engines definitely have some character with the oil leakage and other little nuances to work out when starting them. It’s crazy how much these planes were built to last. Just to think as a passenger it was a real treat back in those days to fly something quite loud and rattly by today’s standards.
Amazing to see all the freighters lined up because of the longshoremen's strike. And the submarine tucked in next to the bow of that classic ocean liner. Oh yeah, the plane is awesome, too. I love how form follows function.
I knew about the longshoremen's strike but, I had no clue just how many freighters were lined up waiting to deliver. It was definitely a sight to behold.
That dome use to house the Hughes flying boat. Of Culver City California build.
Those old radials amaze me that the exhaust valves could take that white hot heat and not melt.
Awesome! Yeah that radial engine exhaust heat is pretty intense. I have another video of a DC-3 engine test at night, and that's the first time I witnessed just how orange the radial exhaust manifolds can get on the ground.
@@LoveJT8D they glow cherry huh?
Jesus....
Gosh can’t imagine what it must have been like to be a pilot in those days, ear deafening sounds! What a joy to watch and hear those radial engines fly!!
Three old pilots walking across the ramp. One says, it's windy today ain't it?
Second says, No, I think it's Thursday.
Third says, Me too. Let's go get a beer.
I remember riding on these things when they were still in service around my 55th birthday.
Daytona Sixty-Eight Awesome! Where did you fly out of?
I flew out of Chicago in the 1920s. I was around 55-56 when I rode on my first tri-motor. Amazing progress is what I remember from the planes I experienced during the first world war.
Daytona Sixty-Eight That's awesome! Must've been an awesome experience to fly on this bird back then.
Yes it was. Just over a decade prior to my first tri-motor flight I was nearly killed by shrapnel from a bomb dropped by a plane in France with the AEF. I swore that I hated the new invention of Airplanes at that time but the tri-motor made me realize they could be used for peace.
Had a chance to fly in this exact Tri Motor today down at Cape Fear Regional. I was smiling ear to ear the entire flight, from takeoff till final.(I didnt want to land yet). Very cool experience and the takeoff is just badass. Aviation is just amazing!
That's really awesome you had a chance to fly on the Tri Motor. Makes you appreciate passenger aviation through a whole different lens.
Got a chance to fly on one of these a few days ago... LOVED it.
Jay's O'HareAviation Plane Spotting HD That's awesome! Glad you had an enjoyable flight. They don't build them like this anymore.
Love how the gauges are on a panel actually on the engine to view.
It’s really cool to see. Having some of the gauges on the exterior like that really made you become “one” with the aircraft during in-flight operations.
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A fabulous piece of aviation history. All American aviation history.
terrific video of this classic airplane! its great to see a plane this old still flying. this is a great opportunity to see what air travel was like back in its early days. thanks for sharing! rob
Thanks Rob!
Great photography.
This thing is like a ghost out of another era. This is what air travel looked like way back in the day. It's so cool to see this old girl still up in the sky, doing what she was meant to do while so many others have faded to dust. If only she could talk. When I went to fantasy of flight in Florida, I went on the old pan-am airliner they had, looking at it made me appreciate what the pilots must have had to deal with back then.
What a fantastic video
Thank you for sharing
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Glad you enjoyed the flight, and thank you for watching!
O-my God what a beautiful airplane enough said!!!
Matt Trudden Definitely a work of art and built like a tank :)
I love vintage airliners and there’s something so beautiful about radial engines.
beautiful aircraft, i love it.
Josue Haro Thanks! Nothing can match the Tri-motor's style.
I volunteered for the maintenance (100 Hour Inspection) yesterday down in Fresno, CA Chandler Airport and got to go for a test flight. It was truly an amazing experience. If you guys want, I can post a video of the take off?
Wow. The plane sounds like how I'd imagine a bunch of nuts and bolts spinning about in a washing machine to sound!
Haha yup! And yet built solid as a rock.
In about 1987 there was a little blurb in the Manchester New Hampshire newspaper saying that a"barnstormer?" was coming through with a privately owned Ford trimotor.lf you wanted a ride be there at 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday. I got there, all pumped up and ready to go. 20 bucks to sit in the back, 30 bucks to be in the co-pilot seat - for a mere 10 bucks more I went for co-pilot! Was wonderful to get a ride on something so rare .My dad was always a fan of the early passenger planes but he never got to ride in a Ford tri motor. Naturally I couldn't wait to call him and say,hey Dad guess what I rode in - something you never rode in! The downer for me though was the owner/pilot of the plane was absolutely uncommunicative and acted like he was hating life, don't know what his personal issues were(maybe he was trying to figure out how he's going to make the next payment on the aircraft). It was fascinating to look over at the gauge showing about 80 mph that we were going and then look down at a landmark and then look at something else and then look down and see the same landmark in about the same place, kind of interesting how slow it was.
One airplane ride video I truly enjoyed, thanks.
From that wheel, it really makes it look like hes actually DRIVING it instead of Flying it...LOL and talk about Hauling the mail.......LOL and at around 5:55 how did we actually get THAT close to that airliner??????
Great video! It almost feels like you were on board!
+pghsquid Thanks!
Excellent film footage and sound.
Thanks! The Tri-motor is quite an awesome aircraft.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Almost 100 years age. Fantastic! Everything works very well!
Man that was great to watch..
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the flight.
¡Fantásticas imágenes!. Una reliquia increíblemente bien conservada y funcionando. El encendido de los motores, su sonido, la escasez de instrumentos de vuelo, el diseño y equipamiento de la cabina de pasajeros, la velocidad de despegue, vuelo y aterrizaje, todos elementos que retrotraen a tiempos en los que el vuelo era un hecho artesanal.
La frutilla del postre, el contraste con el jet en aproximación volando algunos metros por debajo.
¡Qué hermoso video!
Fantastic video. I know only the Junkers 52, but it must be just like it for a passenger.
Thanks! Glad you liked the video. Have you flown on the Junkers 52?
Just beautiful. And the sound!
Agreed! The radial engine is a beautiful thing.
from what i have seen and read , henry ford designed this plane so that he could send engines and other parts to his various plants of his . correct me if im wrong , he also started algaheny airlines for this . great job on keeping this ol gal flying.
That’s awesome! Thanks for that piece of history. I don’t know all the details myself, but the Tri-motor had a really great life of both cargo and passenger work. These planes were truly built to last.
What an amazing piece of engineering!
Man. That was Fun. Great video. Gotta Love HiDef.
Hot Rod airplane. Absolutely beautiful old airplane!
Incredible how quickly it became airborne.
It really is. The wing seems to have lots of surface area considering the size of the plane and really seems to have lots of abundant lift at lower speeds.
@@LoveJT8D Yeah very common for planes of that era. Straight-wing aircraft will levitate right off the ground with no nose pitch up. They could also glide a long ways if necessary.
Now that is REAL flying!!
Absolutely!
There is fake flying?
Awesome Jetblue passing below your Tri Motor.
I have done pattern work at long beach before, out of fullerton back in the 90's what a good memeory
Vincent Smith Nice! LGB definitely has some nice scenery to fly around.
One of the most important airplane, in the comercial aviation history in the world.
Absolutely!
Just think…..this airplane was being built and flown at the same time Model Ts and Model As were current cars. Wow! Just Wow
Really crazy to think just how well built the machinery of that day was. They wanted planes to fly for a long time, not just trash in the desert after 20 years.
As somebody commented below, it took off at 60 mph, cruised at 60, and landed at 60...LOL.. not difficult to figure out flight times and destination' ETA's...the freeway may be quicker...but this is flying! PS...the racket must be quite overwhelming to the senses, after modern aircraft. And, the all metal construction allowed the Public to have more faith in it...unlike the original ones that lost wooden wings in flight. It reminds me of the JU-52...handling the engine controls "like a Wurlitzer" organ. Thanks for a great video...PSS: subscribed.
OMG!! What a wonderful plane and views !!
If you ever hear this aircraft overhead, remember the sound, it is indeed unique. On a summers day near an upcoming airshow, I heard one of these inside our house, "Tri-motor!" I exclaimed, & running outside, sure enough....odd thing while a distinctive sound, you are likely to see one as they fly so very slow, just hanging in the air it seems.
Great video legendary plane
Thanks for watching. Definitely a legendary and very unique plane. Built like a tank!
Going up in one of these is nothing short of a privilege!
Nice simple aircraft
beautiful sounding engines.
Absolutely! Hearing those radials firing on all cylinders is so pleasing to the ears.
I saw a Ford tri- motor just like this one, maybe this one fly, with an Amelia Earhart lookalike and airplane that landed in Fort Worth, Texas Meachem Field, September10th, 2001. The next morning they took off to the west. It was 9/11/2001.
I HAVE had the good fortune to get to ride in the back of this as a pool passenger. It was an awesome and memorable experience. I highly reccomend a ride in this if you ever have the opportunity. PAY what ever the cost of the tickets are as it is a once in a lifetime experience 👍👍👍
I'm happy to say my butt has graced the pilots seat of a Ford Trimotor if only for about a minute. And a very narrow seat it was. It may have been this very aircraft. If only I knew the N number. A ride aboard this classic beauty would have been a thrill. Loafing along at highway speed is truly beautiful flight.
I flew on this as well at osh 15 loved it!
+Josh Nason Awesome!
+LoveJT8D Hi, great video. What sort of camera are you using and what settings to get that beautiful footage on youtube. CZcams compresses the heck out of footage to the point of rendering greatl clear footage into dull results. your work looks great.
Dwain Marcus Glad you like the video. I'm using the Nikon D750 with the 24-120 f4 lens. I think about f20 in this video.
Would love to be able to fly on one of these beauties.
Great video! As someone who still plays Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 which have this plane as part of its "A Century of Flight" theme (Yes, at one point Microsoft cooperated with EAA in the past) , I'm genuinely impressed by how realistic the sound effects compared to the real life version in this video! Too bad the aircraft is really slow and its kinda hard to have it hands free flying for prolonged periods of time too. Still, great video!
Super video! Subscribed! Keep em coming!
russ117044 Thanks Russ! Glad you enjoyed the vid.
Thank your very much. Hope to ride in one at OshKosh 2020.
No problem! Thanks for stopping by and watching the vid. Glad you liked it. Hope you do get a ride on the Tri-motor. It's definitely a cool flight.
This is the AT-4. Note the instruments on the sides of the outboard engines!!
Michael Rutledge It’s definitely cool to look out the window and see some of the instruments as a passenger.
Bucket list!
i like the critical flight controls outside the airframe exposed to any hazard like a bird strike... not super safe
Wonderful, just wonderful!
El Kabong Thanks!
You guys were in my hometown today, I dint even know you guys were here unit I actually saw you flying right over my house, I bet you probably would have even had more riders if you actually advertised your visit somehow maybe on one of our local News channels or something like that, but it looked like pretty much every one of your flights out of my airport were pretty much a full aircraft every single time......I am sure a lot of people probably Didn't know about this, maybe not your plane, but a trimotor just like yours, was featured in the Indiana Jones Movie, the Temple of doom I do believe, the one where they climb on board, and it actually belongs to the guy who Indiana is trying to get away from Lao Chee or something like that, the plane is full of poultry, and othert things and while everybody is asleep, the pilot, dumps all the fuel from the plane and both the pilots bail out of the plane, When Indian Jones. Shortround, and whatever her name was, kinda forgot, they tried to save the plane but with no fuel on board, and all 3 of the engines shutting down one by one, all they could do is bail out of the plane via one of those inflatable rubber rafts, and then the plane smashes into the side of the mountain.......
Even his planes made sense back in the day - Utility, Function, Dependability, Form...well, beauty wasn't so much a concern and I can respect that. Like a Fordson tractor, the Tri-Motor worked and did the job. Henry Ford was a practical, no-nonsense, kinda' guy who I don't think would be happy with what they've done to his company or his product line..
about 40 years ago my x wife wanted to fly back to fla. I don't remember where we were but she got on a Ford tri-motor to fly to a bigger airport . I think it was Indiana we were at. so 40 years ago they were still in use
Wow that so scary looking with exposed control wires. Must be built like a tank. Very cool. 🛩️
Really awesome!!
Thanks for watching!
Imagine the huge advancement of life a1932 Chicago businessman experienced being able to daily fly to NYC because of Henry Ford's Tri-Motor! The commercial effects this plane had on life in the early 1930s had to be completely unbelievable.
Absolutely! And crazy to think that 30-40 years prior the idea of commercial flying was unheard of.
Aaaaand then the depression hit...
Cruising at just over 80 must look like she is almost motionless as compared to other aircraft of large sizes.
Exactly. If you get a stiff headwind, sometimes cars will pass you below. It really feels like your floating, and gives you a change to sight-see when flying at lower altitudes.
This would make a very cool jump plane.
Fantastic!
Wherewolf Wherewolf Thanks!
Ohh how I LOVE ❤ the sounds of these old radial engines.
Wow, I know this place. It is Long-beach Port. CA
Cool! Thanks!
No problem! Glad you liked the video.
I only know this plane from Indian jones. Glad to see it’s still airborn
"Tower, Trimotor - We're about 8 miles out and should be there in about 30 minutes..."
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