Pilot V. N. Johns with Ford Tri-Motor Plane at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1931
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Vernon N. Johns operated Independence Air Tours in connection with the Dearborn Inn, the hotel adjacent to Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Note the headphones hanging above each seat. They allowed passengers to hear the tour narrator's commentary. Three engines, combined with an uninsulated cabin, made a flight in a Ford Tri-Motor a noisy experience.
Vernon N. Johns operated Independence Air Tours in connection with the Dearborn Inn, the hotel adjacent to Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Note the headphones hanging above each seat. They allowed passengers to hear the tour narrator's commentary. Three engines, combined with an uninsulated cabin, made a flight in a Ford Tri-Motor a noisy experience.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
18 July 1931
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane)
Hotels (Public accommodations)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
59.13.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles M. Hart.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Stamp on back: PLEASE RETURN TO L.G. Treadway Service Corporation 247 PARK AVE., N. Y. C.
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