So this is now at Lunken

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 05/18/2016 at 17:28 • Filed to: For Sweden bait

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RyanFrew > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/18/2016 at 17:30

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I live right next to Lunken. Also, I get creeped out when I see local-to-me references on big online communities.

‘tis all.

HammerheadFistpunch > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/18/2016 at 17:31

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Ford TriMotor!

Steve in Manhattan > HammerheadFistpunch 05/18/2016 at 17:36

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That was my first instinct ... I have no idea why I know what it is.

For Sweden > Steve in Manhattan 05/18/2016 at 17:37

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Maybe the three motors are a distinctive feature of the TriMotor

facw > For Sweden 05/18/2016 at 17:42

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The Fokker F.VII looked somewhat similar when equipped with three engines:

I don’t believe any of those survived though.

ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/18/2016 at 17:44

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A couple of years ago, this aircraft came to a car/air show in Georgetown, just north of Austin. I took quite a few pictures of it, and you can see them here.

https://tshaff.smugmug.com/Aviation/Ford-…

Steve in Manhattan > For Sweden 05/18/2016 at 17:44

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Might be ... I just remember seeing photos of it in junior high and realizing it was important for some reason.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > facw 05/18/2016 at 17:50

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Water Fokker > Air Fokkers

ttyymmnn > facw 05/18/2016 at 17:53

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Except that the Trimotor was all-metal (aluminum), whereas the Fokker was constructed as a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and had a wing made of wood. Ford claimed that his use of metal for the fuselage made it the “safest airliner around.” The Trimotor also borrowed so heavily from earlier Junkers designs that Junkers sued Ford and won (Ford lost a countersuit), which meant that Ford was not allowed to market his Trimotor in Europe.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/18/2016 at 18:43

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Fascinating aircraft. There’s an old video somewhere of one of these doing a loop.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > facw 05/18/2016 at 20:35

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