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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/07/2017 at 15:49 • Filed to: None

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Dave the car guy , still here > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/07/2017 at 16:26

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Ford Trimotor?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/07/2017 at 16:30

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Nice. Looks like LA. I learned that building from watching Dragnet . Also, that looks like a Fokker F.VII trimotor, not a Ford. The Fokker had a fabric-covered skin, while Ford used corrugated aluminum for strength. Ford obviously copied the Fokker design, and Junkers, who pioneered the corrugated aluminum skin, successfully sued Ford to block the sale of the Ford Trimotor in Europe.

ttyymmnn > Dave the car guy , still here 09/07/2017 at 16:44

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Nope. Fokker F.VII. See my reply .

Dave the car guy , still here > ttyymmnn 09/07/2017 at 16:47

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Thats the reason I asked. I knew that Ford copied the Fokker but wasn’t certain of the details.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dave the car guy , still here 09/07/2017 at 16:47

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It was supposed to be. That’s what I told Google to show me.

ttyymmnn > Dave the car guy , still here 09/07/2017 at 16:49

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Ford was my first guess, but the plane in that photo clearly does not have the corrugated aluminum skin. The curved tail is also indicative. The Ford had a more angular vertical stabilizer.

https://tshaff.smugmug.com/Aviation/Ford-Trimotor-NC8407/