Visitors walking about on the ramp of the Ford Airport, in Dearborn Michigan, during the 1930 Ford Commercial Reliability Tour. Many are lined up by a fence, looking at a squadron of U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-1 Hawk pursuit airplanes parked in the grass. Scene shifts to closer to terminal building where visitors stroll amongst a variety of planes parked on the ramp. Buildings of the Greenfield Village are seen in the background, especially the Clock Tower. In near background, the squadron of P-1 airplanes have engines running. Camera moves and focuses on those aircraft. A light plane is seen inflight overhead. One of the P-1s taxis on the ramp. Next, woman aviator, Nancy Hopkins is seen in the cockpit of her Viking Kitty Hawk B4 biplane, NC30V. She is wearing helmet and goggles, and appears to have just parked her airplane. Two men greet her (one wearing a cowboy hat, of sorts). She turns and smiles for the camera. Then she removes helmet and goggles and climbs down from the cockpit, to pose next to her airplane, displaying the number “22” on its fuselage. On the plane’s tail, is written,”Kittyhawk” in large letters, followed by “ Kittyhawk Flying Boat Company, New Haven, Conn.” Camera shows formations of U.S. Army P-1s in flights of three, airborne overhead. A solo stunt airplane is seen next.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A trimotor aircraft on an airfield. A few men beside the aircraft. Two men and two children move from a vehicle towards the aircraft. A few men on the airfield. Other aircraft on the airfield. Henry Ford, ,son Edsel Ford and Edsel Ford's two sons, with the pilot beside the aircraft. Edsel Ford walks with his two sons towards the craft. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford talking with two other men beside the aircraft.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour, at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A group of men standing on an airfield, during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. One of the men holding a flag. An aircraft in view behind the men. An aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. The aircraft in flight. The men on the airfield. One of the men flags off a monoplane and a biplane on the runway.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several people on an airfield. A dirigible in flight. People on the airfield watch the dirigible. The dirigible in low flight, and lands on the airfield. The people standing on the airfield watch the landing.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several people on an airfield. An aircraft on the airfield. A few hot air balloons moored to the ground. A hot air balloon with a black envelope and two balloons with white envelopes. P 215 written on one of the white balloons. People beside the balloons.
Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn, United States. The final assembly line in the plant in Ford Rouge in Dearborn. Workmen at work along the assembly line. The spectators move in a queue and watch the vehicles in the assembly line from behind a barrier. Men, women and children view the vehicles. The President-elect of Mexico Pascual Ortiz Rubio along with Edsel Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company. Edsel Ford points out something to the President-elect Rubio. The men talking. Several men and women watching the vehicles in the assembly line. The vehicles are rolled out of the assembly line. A group of men stand and talk beside the line. The vehicles are rolled by the workmen one after the other out of the assembly line. Spectators standing in a line. Men, women and children come out of the plant. The vehicles driven out of the plant one behind the other. Other vehicles in the background.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.