Photograph
Fokker F-VIIA Trimotor
| Left side view of a Fokker F-VIIA Trimotor sitting on the runway. This airplane was bought by Edsel Ford in 1926, and he named it after his daughter, Josephine Ford. It was donated to pilot Richard Byrd's arctic expedition. Byrd was the first pilot to fly across the North Pole. On May 9, 1926, Byrd set out with co-pilot Floyd Bennett, and despite an oil leak, supposedly managed to make the flight from Spitsbergen to the North Pole and back in under 16 hours. Painted on the side of the airplane is: "Wright 'Whirlwind' Engines," "BA," "Fokker," "Josephine Ford," "Byrd Arctic Expedition." The tail identifier reads: "No. 1." |
| Image ID: | 121602 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| State: | New Jersey |
| Collection Name: | Aircraft manufacturing photographs, circa 1925-1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 1075.5.13, Box 1, Folder 5 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Signs and symbols |
| Airplanes |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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