Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1926
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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.
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.
Artifact
Airplane
Date Made
1926
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Designed by Otto Coppen and made by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Heroes of the Sky
Object ID
28.481.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Leather
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 6.125 ft
Width: 22.833 ft
Length: 15.333 ft
Inscriptions
Marked in white each side: FORD Tail marked: 268 Wings aluminum painted silk marked underneath: FORD 268.
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