# A Visit to the Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan (Where Stout Metal Airplanes Are Made) / The New Ford Model A / Ford All-Metal Airplanes / The New Ford Model A / Ford All-Metal Airplanes

A Visit to the Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan (Where Stout Metal Airplanes Are Made) / The New Ford Model A / Ford All-Metal Airplanes / The New Ford Model A / Ford All-Metal Airplanes Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “A visit to the Ford Airport at Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., where Stout metal airplanes are made.” “Detroit -- Motor Capital of America.” “Dearborn, suburb of Detroit.” Aerial view. “The men behind the plane -- Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and W.B. Mayo.” “Some prominent people they meet at the Ford Airport.” “Colonel Lindbergh.” “Baron Von Huenifeld.” “Mr. Edsel Ford.” “Major Fitzmaurice.” “Captain Koehl.” \[1927\] b. The New Ford 11. “The Ford gravity feed fuel system enables you to operate as long as you have a drop of gasoline in supply tank.” “In 5 minutes and 31 seconds the new Ford was over the top traveling 35 miles an hour.” “North or south, hot or cold, the new Ford’s performance is a certainty.” Model A Fords on snowy mountain road approach lodge - close-up of front of car - sign on building, ‘Mount Rainier National Park, Nisqually Entrance.’ \[1927\] c. “The fledgling takes its Baptismal flight.” Ford Tri-Motor plane of ‘S.A.F.E.way Airlines’ taxiing to runway. “Taking delivery.” Group by plane - some get in - plane taking off. “In operation - on air routes and airports throughout America.” Footage of man’s feet and legs walking through mud. \[1929\] d. “The new Ford is a real…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1927
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-447a-e)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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