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Scenes from 1930 Ford National Air Tour, starting out at Ford Airport, Dearborn Michigan.
Aviatrix (Woman pilot) Nancy Hopkins, who was invited to fly in the 1930 Ford Reliability Tour, is seen in the cockpit of her Kitty Hawk B4 biplane, manufactured by the Viking Flying Boat Company. ("Kitty Hawk" is written on her plane's vertical stabilizer.) She has been assigned the number 22 for this event, which starts at the Ford Airport in Dearborn Michigan. Scene shifts to A Waco CSO J6-7 airplane, serial number NC634N, taking off. A large formation of U.S. Army Boeing P-12 biplanes flies overhead. Crowd of spectators is gathered on ramp behind the airport terminal. The Army airplanes fly back overhead again. In foreground, a Ford Trimotor passenger airplane sits with its 3 engines running. Bill Stout of Ford's Stout Metal Aircraft Company shakes hands with Texaco Company's pilot, Captain Frank M. Hawks, in the cockpit of his Travel Air Model R "Mystery Ship," named Texaco 13. Photographer takes their picture. (Hawks is a tour referee, and about to depart for Grand Forks to make advance preparations there.) Mrs. Henry Ford steps up and also shakes Hawks' hand. He waves goodbye and taxis out for takeoff.
Scenes involving U.S. World War II CG-4A gliders
U.S. Army Glider operations in World War 2. Men set up two poles 20 feet apart on a field, for a so-called "Snatch" operation. (This involves a flying pickup, by an airborne tow plane, snatching the towline of a glider that is still on the ground. It is intended for glider retrieval. The actual operation is not shown in this sequence.) A C-47 aircraft takes off towards the camera, towing two CG-4A gliders. Close view from nearby airplane, of a glider being towed (its tow line visible).
Balloons rise near a mooring mast during the Detroit News Balloon Race in Dearborn, Michigan.
The Detroit News Balloon Race in Dearborn, Michigan. Balloons ascend near a mooring mast during the Detroit News Balloon Race.
Edsel Ford flags off aircraft at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan during a commercial reliability tour.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The president of the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford with a flag on Ford Airport. Edsel flags off an aircraft. Another aircraft taxis and takes off. Tail section of a parked aircraft.
Henry Ford at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan during a commercial reliability tour.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford talks to a man at Ford Airport. Henry Ford and a man with a tractor in the background. They talk near an aircraft as men work on it.
Henry Ford talks to a group of men at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan during a commercial reliability tour.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford talks to a group of men and women near a Ford aircraft at Ford Airport. A group of men arrive in a car. A bi-winged aircraft on a field as its propellers rotate. Bi-plane number 14 and number 24 on the field. Men stand around a parked car. The car being driven away. Henry Ford and others talk as they lean against a tractor.
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