Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan on October 5, 1929. Film opens showing two aviators in ten-gallon hats standing next to some airplanes parked on the Ford Airport in Detroit Michigan. The pilot on the left is E. W. Cleveland, known for his ten-gallon hat, which is filled with autographs and other written memorabilia pertaining to aviation. Camera shows several formations of biwing training airplanes flying over the field, and then focuses on the Texaco number 13 aircraft with pilot Frank M. Hawks in the cockpit shaking hands with someone seeing him off. Closeup of Hawks sitting upright in the cockpit. Next, his wife Edith Bowie Hawks is seen standing next to his airplane. He playfully touches her cheeks. Next a man is seen wearing a heavy fur coat with hood. He smiles for the camera and then heads into an airport building. The wind (natural or from propellers turning) causes some of the men to hold onto their hats. Views of several men and women and a child gathering in front of the corrugated fuselage of a passenger airplane. Film ends showing two men smiling and chatting with May Halzlip, one of the three women pilots in the tour, who is dressed in flying gear with helmet and goggles on top.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. People gathered at the Ford Airport in Michigan during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. People along the side of the airfield in front of the airport building. An aircraft in flight. A Ford Trimotor prepares to take off from the airfield. People beside another Ford Trimotor. 'Ford' and '23' written on the aircraft. The Ford Trimotor taxis and takes off from the airfield. A group of men watch the aircraft. A biplane on the airfield. Several people on the airfield. A man holding a flag walks with a woman among the crowd. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and Edsel Ford, Henry Ford's son and President of Ford Motor Company and William B.Stout, an executive at the Ford Motor Company, with another man standing and talking on the airfield. William Stout and the man walk away. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford walk together behind them. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford on the airfield talking to another man. A large crowd beside an aircraft on the airport. A man getting into the cockpit of the aircraft.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. People gathered at the Ford Airport in Michigan during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. A few men walk towards an aircraft. An aircraft flying low over the airfield. People walking about on the airfield. The aircraft in flight. A trimotor taxing in the airfield and taking off. A biplane taxis and take off, another aircraft taxis and take off. People beside an aircraft. Men taking pictures of a biplane aircraft. A group of people beside the biplane. The biplane taxis and takes off. Several men on the field. One of the men holds a flag. The man flags off aircraft. Another aircraft flagged off. The aircraft takes off one after the other. Three men on the field talking. One of them holding a book. People beside a Ford Trimotor. 'Ford' and '23' written on the aircraft. The Ford Trimotor taxis and takes off. Another aircraft taxis on the field and takes off. Groups of men on either side watch the aircraft. Three men standing on the airfield and talking.
According to the slate, Edsel Ford is seen in his open Ford motorcar automobile. He says goodbye to several other men and then drives away in the Ford car, on his way to the Panama Pacific Exposition, in San Francisco. The remainder of the sequence shows ordinary American citizens walking on the sidewalk at intersection of Moore Place and a main thoroughfare in Dearborn Michigan. Teenage boy or young man with slicked down hair, big ears and a bow tie, smiles and mugs for the camera.
Airplanes parked on a field at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan,United States. Spectators along the edge of the field. Some people look from the roof of the hangar. Some people near the planes. A Ford Tri-Motor loaded. The Museum clock tower which is a replica of the Independence Hall in Philadelphia is seen in the background
Aerial view of the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Aerial view of Mr Henry Ford's laboratory, office, factory, the main hangar group adjoining the airport and dirigible mooring tower built by Henry Ford. Some Ford Tri-Motor planes on the field. A man stands near a plane.
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