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Group hosting 1940s USO-themed dance
SANDUSKY -- Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 50 is inviting the public to a 1940s USO-themed hangar dance from 6 to 10 p.m. July 2 at Griffing-Sandusky Airport, 3115 Cleveland Road, Sandusky. The back drop for the evening is a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor.
Music will be provided by Terry Kitchen's 17-piece Swing City Big Band accompanied by three vocalists. Hors d'oeuvers prepared by Blue Ribbon Catering and a cash bar will be available.
Cost is $13 single, $25 per couple in advance and $15 each at the door.
Tickets are available at Griffing Flying Service, 419-626-5161, or any officer of EAA Chapter 50, 419-239-8292.
For information, visit www.EAA50.org .
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The back drop for the evening is a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor. Music will be provided by Terry Kitchen's 17-piece Swing City Big Band accompanied by three vocalists. Hors d'oeuvers prepared by Blue Ribbon Catering and a cash bar will be available.
Pilot Cody Welch briefs passengers on history and instructions about the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, a nine-passenger plane that opened the skies for commercial airliners. The plane was part of an event at Greenwood Municipal Airport.
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The 8- to 12-passenger Fokker was the aircraft of choice for many airlines, both in Europe and the Americas. Along with the similar Ford Trimotor, itself having an all-metal design based on the World War I aircraft designs of German engineer Hugo Junkers , it dominated the American market in the late 1920s. The best publicity for the F.VII and its subsequent versions (F.VIIa, FVIIb and American-built F.9 and F.10) were record flights. Here are some, as listed in Wikipedia:
By the way, if you want to read a fascinating research of the Fokker Trimotor use in Spain, packed with interesting details and rare photographs, I sincerely recommend to read this article @ Network54 .
And what about Anthony Fokker? He desperately tried to copy the success of the Trimotor, but none of his later airplanes has won similar recognition and popularity. Since 1935, KLM clearly prefered imported DC-2s over Dutch-built Fokkers.
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